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Ken T

OwnerRez Team Member
Joined August 2019
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Feature Requests » Make a rate adjustment per property on an API

For now, to do this, create a surcharge that applies only to those particular properties and only to Airbnb. Don't forget to use one of the Airbnb magic names: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/arti…

(Posted Aug 20, 2021 12:02 PM)

General Help and Questions » HELP! VRBO cancelation and refund problem

Most likely, that payment has not yet cleared the processor and cannot be refunded - it should instead be voided. This is better anyway since it'll save you the transactions fees.

(Posted Aug 20, 2021 10:20 AM)

General Help and Questions » booking process custom fields problem

Go into the Booking, Legal tab, and use the Request dropdown button to ask for a new rental agreement. They'll be given the same opportunity to enter their information and custom fields, and can cor…

(Posted Aug 19, 2021 5:59 PM)

General Help and Questions » Definitions for Terms in PM Owner Statements

You will find some of them on these pages: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/booking-statistics-glossary-name https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/glossary-definitions

(Posted Aug 19, 2021 5:19 PM)

Feature Requests » Send Automated Message 2nd Day of Stay to Check In on Guests

You can already do this, in the Trigger Booking Fields criteria - set it for when Number of Nights > 1.

(Posted Aug 19, 2021 3:15 PM)

General Help and Questions » Adding existing listing, not ported over when API connected

You can't import listings using the API, but if the listing is visible, you can import it to OwnerRez using this tool: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/listing-content-import

(Posted Aug 19, 2021 10:32 AM)

Feature Requests » Touch Stay sending Guide Book URL back to Owner Rez

This is technically feasible - our open API, that TouchStay is using, includes access to Custom Fields. You could create a Custom Field to hold this URL, which TouchStay could then populate, and you…

(Posted Aug 18, 2021 12:50 PM)

Introduce Yourself! » Hello from BCS, Mexico!

Great to have you here! I'm sure you'll find many useful resources in this Forum and other parts of the site. Best of luck to you as you move forward!

(Posted Aug 16, 2021 1:47 PM)

Feature Requests » Discount by Tag Criteria

Yes, that's a good idea that will likely be added down the road a bit.

(Posted Aug 10, 2021 11:13 AM)

General Help and Questions » Blocked time not showing on VRBO/Airbnb

Please write in to the Helpdesk with specifics as to the blocks that are having problems, and we'll investigate what's going on.

(Posted Aug 9, 2021 1:53 PM)

General Help and Questions » Exporting to VRBO

No, that shouldn't be the problem - Vrbo allows only 5 calendars *per property*, but you shouldn't need more than one per each property.

(Posted Aug 6, 2021 3:14 PM)

General Help and Questions » Exporting to VRBO

Yes, that's correct - one iCal link can only contain the data for one property.

(Posted Aug 6, 2021 2:20 PM)

General Help and Questions » Exporting to VRBO

You'd normally need one iCal import from Vrbo into OwnerRez, and then one iCal export from OwnerRez back into Vrbo. So that should be fine: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/channel-manag…

(Posted Aug 5, 2021 2:39 PM)

General Help and Questions » Damage Insurance Coverage

Here's information about our Damage Protection program: https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/damage-protection-overview The DP program covers the cost of damage and repairs, but not lost r…

(Posted Aug 3, 2021 1:52 PM)

Feature Requests » Texting (SMS) from OwnerRez

You can forward voice calls made to your SMS number, to another phone number, yes. You cannot forward SMS messages though.

(Posted Aug 2, 2021 11:06 AM)

Feature Requests » Owner feature - Reviews and communication feature

We do plan to add additional capabilities to the owners portal over time.

(Posted Aug 2, 2021 9:56 AM)

General Help and Questions » Credit card processing

Actually, one of the Vrbo API requirements is specifically to have your own credit card payment processor - with the API, Vrbo does not handle guest payments. https://www.ownerrez.com/support/arti…

(Posted Jul 29, 2021 10:51 AM)

General Help and Questions » Inquiry: how to setup a trigger for me to notify inquiry person if dates become available due to cancellation?

At present, unfortunately, no, we don't have any automated "standby" notification capability.

(Posted Jul 28, 2021 2:00 PM)

General Help and Questions » Rate calendar not updating

Yes, that would do it - importing rates from a channel creates Spot Rates.

(Posted Jul 27, 2021 1:24 PM)

General Help and Questions » 'Custom fields' in Templates not showing up in correct font/size and on different line - help please?

Formatting and custom fields is a very complex and challenging issue because of all the invisible coding going on behind the scenes - depending on the type of field, there may be embedded HTML in it,…

(Posted Jul 27, 2021 1:22 PM)