Paul H

OwnerRez Team Member
Joined October 2019
303 posts
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Blog » Airbnb restores Super Strict, FL Wants OTAs to Pay All Taxes, Miami Targets Party Houses

Happy Friday Everyone! Airbnb has restored the Super Strict cancellation policy options. During COVID, Airbnb blocked new listings from using Super Strict 30 and Super Strict 60 cancellation poli…

(Posted Jul 10, 2020 6:40 PM)

Blog » What is the right word to call you?

It seems like every channel and PMS has a unique name for their customers that own or manage vacation rentals: clients, hosts, owners, PMs, etc. It's not really correct to say "owner" because tha…

(Posted Jul 8, 2020 2:50 PM)

Blog » Kauai Gov. Makes Deal with Expedia and Airbnb to Get Booking Data, 5 cheap places to buy vacation rental property

Happy 4th of July weekend!🎆🎖️ Conspiracy theorists, cover your eyes. The Kauai government (Hawaii) made agreements with Expedia and Airbnb, which has been in the works for nearly a year, to tra…

(Posted Jul 3, 2020 12:35 PM)

Blog » Do you plan on expanding your vacation rental business?

Vacation rentals are a lucrative business that is constantly changing and adapting to the times. Covid has brought opportunity to purchase properties at a bargain. We would like to hear what your p…

(Posted Jul 1, 2020 3:33 PM)

Blog » Integration with ASCENT

We are pleased to announce we have partnered with ASCENT to provide payment processing for vacation rentals. About Ascent: ASCENT provides payment regulation expertise, modern and innovative te…

(Posted Jun 29, 2020 8:12 PM)

Blog » Airbnb Makes It Harder To Email Guests, Adds Last Min. Discount, Expedia Dumping HomeAway & Officially Going "Vrbo" Everywhere

Good News! It's Friday! Oh boy. Airbnb will no longer be giving out proxy/double-blind email addresses soon. In other words, the "guest.airbnb.com" email address that used to come along with the…

(Posted Jun 26, 2020 5:45 PM)

Blog » How many people help you run your vacation rental business?

Here at OwnerRez we know how much work goes in vacation rentals. It can take multiple people to manage all the intricacies of the business. We'd love to know how many properties you have, what size…

(Posted Jun 24, 2020 5:45 PM)

Blog » Palm Beach Reverses Decision, Some of Hawaii is Back, Rental Fraud!, Refund Battles in OBX

Happy Friday Everyone! Florida still cant make up its mind Palm Beach County pauses vacation rentals reopening due to growing coronavirus cases. With a safety plan in place and the states approva…

(Posted Jun 19, 2020 5:08 PM)

Blog » What repetitive task takes you the most time in OwnerRez each week?

OwnerRez is an incredibly powerful tool that does a lot of high level tasks automatically. But there are still some thing that take time. We'd like to hear what repetitive task you think takes the …

(Posted Jun 17, 2020 2:09 PM)

Blog » Airbnb’s Surge In Demand, Beyond Pricing’s Pulse Page Stats, Crow Wing County License Requirement, Hawaii Owners Threaten to Sue

Good news everyone, It's Friday! Airbnb joins vacation-rental sites who have begun to see a surge in demand. Antsy city dwellers seeking to escape their Covid-19 refuges are road-tripping to near…

(Posted Jun 12, 2020 2:19 PM)

Blog » What channel API changes should we make?

API Integrated Channels communicate with the partner site on a preferred back-channel. This allows for the ability to push rates, availability updates, receive bookings, and much more! That being s…

(Posted Jun 11, 2020 5:28 PM)

Blog » Integration with Wishbox

We're happy to announce that we've partnered with Wishbox. This allows OwnerRez clients to use smart tools such as online check-in with document scans, guest app, upsells, online check-out, and mor…

(Posted Jun 9, 2020 1:15 PM)

Blog » $108 million Vacasa Deal, Vacation Rentals Rebounded 127%, Florida Rentals Restrictions, Hawaii 68% drop in total occupancy

Happy Friday Everyone! Silver Lake is betting big on the travel industry despite what is happening with the global pandemic. The top Silicon Valley tech investment firm bought big stakes in Exped…

(Posted Jun 5, 2020 6:48 PM)

Blog » What do you worry most about with your vacation rentals?

As most of you know, managing vacation rentals creates a lot of anxiety. COVID has impacted the industry greatly, but now that locations are starting to open back up, business is beginning to flour…

(Posted Jun 4, 2020 5:02 PM)

Blog » Some Friday News - Long-Term Stays, More Florida Counties Reopen, VRBO Price Consistency, Buying Vacation Houses Sight Unseen

Happy Friday everyone! Vacation properties are seeing a surge of bookings, especially now that states are reopening and loosening health and safety restrictions. A typical summer vacation may tak…

(Posted May 29, 2020 7:00 PM)

Blog » Coming Soon to a Hosted Website Near You

Many of you reading this may already be using our Hosted Website feature. If not check out some great examples like ShenRent, Sasquatch, MT Shasta, CB Borrego, Dawn's or Mountainside. Hosted We…

(Posted May 27, 2020 7:59 PM)

Blog » Integration with RueBaRue

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with RueBaRue to provide advanced guest communication tools. RueBaRue now integrates seamlessly with OwnerRez software to help vacation rental pr…

(Posted May 27, 2020 5:23 PM)

Blog » OwnerRez is now a Preferred Partner of HomeAway

Our older users know that it took a few years for OwnerRez to break into the channel API integration game. We avoided using third party software and lobbied hard for the channels to work with us di…

(Posted May 25, 2020 1:24 PM)

Blog » Some Friday News - Perfect Price’s really-long free trial, VRBO talks health, CDC says covid doesn’t spread (easily) on surfaces

Good news everyone, its Friday! If youve ever wanted to check out what dynamic pricing is and how it works, now is the time. Perfect Price is offering FREE dynamic pricing software for all of 202…

(Posted May 22, 2020 4:28 PM)

Blog » What's the single biggest feature missing from OwnerRez?

OwnerRez is an incredibly powerful tool. We are constantly trying to improve and add new features for our users. That being said, we would love to hear what you think the single biggest feature mis…

(Posted May 21, 2020 5:02 PM)