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BlueMtnCabins

Joined June 2016
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(Posted 5 days ago)

Feature Requests » Automatically follow up on a quote or inquiry

How do we change the quote status? eg guest has decided on somewhere else? but it's still showing Open in OwnerRez  Can we change to withdrawn somehow? by Jennifer W (/forums/users/347384531) – Nov…

(Posted Nov 14, 2024 2:57 PM)

General Help and Questions » Airbnb guests not responding to Rental Agreement request

I'm sure they are getting the messages. You can log into your Airbnb account and see the copy of the channel message sent from OR there in the Air inbox. And yes, they are "not obligated" - if they d…

(Posted Oct 11, 2024 8:02 PM)

General Help and Questions » Airbnb guests not responding to Rental Agreement request

Coz it's Airbnb. Their guests think that rules are optional for them. Nothing you can do but keep sending the request. I also sometimes send them link to this Air help article https://www.airbnb.com/…

(Posted Oct 11, 2024 3:20 PM)

Feature Requests » "Contact us" form instead of showing email on the hosted sites

Many owners are bombarded by spam emails that must originate from some entities scraping OR hosted sites.  Maybe have an option of a "contact us" form with Captcha that hides email but forwards e…

(Posted Oct 9, 2024 2:21 PM)

Feature Requests » Ability to create temporary banner/announcement on the hosted sites

Sometimes there are some situations that we need to alert site visitors about (such as major road closure or weather event in the property's area). It would be good is there was a setting for splash/…

(Posted Oct 7, 2024 1:40 PM)

Feature Requests » Renter Agreement Status not updated after booking changes

Try tag automation?

(Posted Sep 13, 2024 2:19 PM)

Feature Requests » New/updated hosted site templates and functionalities

while the OR hosted sites are very functional, it would be nice to have the following: 1. newer style website templates  2. ability to embed photo galleries/carousels (that are not of the pro…

(Posted Aug 16, 2024 2:50 PM)

General Help and Questions » Airbnb showing up slightly higher than VRBO for rent (despite us only entering one price for all platforms)

1. Airbnb splits certain fees (example: Management) across stay and applies them to nightly rent https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-management-api-integrations-airbnb-rules-settings . …

(Posted Jul 30, 2024 5:07 PM)

Feature Requests » Using Review as Trigger for templates

Yes will be great

(Posted Jul 17, 2024 4:46 PM)

Feature Requests » Multi property availability widgets - Min and Max bedrooms and Pet friendly filters

Thanks. Tag groups do  not work on property share widgets.

(Posted Jul 11, 2024 8:55 PM)

Feature Requests » Multi property availability widgets - Min and Max bedrooms and Pet friendly filters

Bumping this.  The most complained about items on our property share are 1) the inability to limit search results by bedrooms and 2) the inability to filter by pet-friendly

(Posted Jul 11, 2024 6:49 PM)

Feature Requests » 'Remove all other discounts" check box for optional discount

Currently, I have optional traveler-selected discounts for paying by check and paying by Zelle. On far-out bookings, guests can select either. But, they also can select both and that is not desirable…

(Posted Jul 11, 2024 6:44 PM)

Feature Requests » Custom photo gallery for embedding in OR hosted website and/or blog posts

Would be great to have an option of creating a photo gallery (with image descriptions) to be used on OR hosted website pages, but not the photos of the property. For example, if a user wants to creat…

(Posted Jun 30, 2024 6:56 PM)

Feature Requests » Ability to have a separate (from share owner) GA tag/analytics for property shares

This was released earlier this month. Enjoy! by Shawn H (/forums/users/347409523) – May 30, 2024 12:52 AM (UTC) Thank you, www.smokymountaincabinsbyowner.com (http://www.smokymountaincabinsbyo…

(Posted May 29, 2024 9:32 PM)

General Help and Questions » Rental agreement - is there a way to make guest initial every page or important paragraph?

Speaking as a guest, though, I know I myself personally loathe the super complicated "jump through hoops and initial everywhere" type of rental agreement.  And I have bailed on rentals because of tho…

(Posted Apr 24, 2024 7:36 PM)

General Help and Questions » Tripz.com

Has anyone had an issue with Tripz.com listing? We have ask many times to remove our listings as many we do not manage anymore or the prices have increased and tripz.com have not responded at all.  b…

(Posted Apr 24, 2024 7:28 PM)

Feature Requests » Payment Schedules

Crystal, (The quote page that says "What to pay" will state either 100% up front or 50% up front) which then doesn't align with the payment terms in your rental agreement (1/3 up front and 1/3 every…

(Posted Apr 19, 2024 12:51 PM)

General Help and Questions » Rental agreement - is there a way to make guest initial every page or important paragraph?

I'd like to sound what's possibly a discordant note in this cry for new initials, callouts, etc. I like a good contract, but I like happy guests too. This much initialing and choosing introduces …

(Posted Apr 18, 2024 4:01 PM)

General Help and Questions » GVR and Discount Position

Percent of rent doesn't appear to be available for code-based discounts. :-( by Chip B (/forums/users/347419943) – Mar 20, 2024 12:28 AM (UTC) How you would even have code based discount on goo…

(Posted Mar 19, 2024 9:34 PM)