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Beginner Guide to OwnerRez Vacation Rental Software
Aug 1, 2025
New to OwnerRez? This beginner-friendly guide walks you through everything you need to know about using OwnerRez vacation rental software—from setting up your properties and managing bookings to syncing with platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo. Perfect for short-term rental hosts, property managers, and vacation rental owners looking to streamline operations. #OwnerRez #VacationRentalSoftware #AirbnbManagement #ShortTermRental #PropertyManagement #OwnerRezTutorial #BeginnerGuide
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In this video, I'm going to take you
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through a beginners guide to honor
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vocational renting software. So, if you
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are interested with this software, this
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guide will help you just do that. My
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name is Isaac and this is a minute with
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AI. So, let's get into it. Now when you
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talk of owner, this is a professional
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vocational renting management platform
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that is designed to help owners and
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property managers to manage their
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listings, bookings, communication,
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payment and the list is just endless.
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All this in just one place. Now whether
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you are managing a single Airbnb or a
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multiple short-term rental property,
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Onar offers automation and integration
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tools that can help you save time and
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also increase efficiency. So in this
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guide, we're going to look at various
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aspect of this such as key features. I
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will also take you through a step by
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step on how you can set up your own for
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the first time. I'll also be giving you
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optional but powerful add-ons as well as
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my final tips for anyone who is
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beginning with this app. Now before I
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dive in, it is helpful to know what
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honories can do. Now the first thing you
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can do with these honories is channel
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management. Now this will help you to
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connect platforms such as Airbnb, VBO,
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Booking.com and even trip advisor for
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unified management. You'll also be able
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to do booking and calendar management
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using this tool. For this, you'll be
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able to manage all your reservations and
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also availability from a single
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calendar. Another key feature that you
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can get from this is automated
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messaging. So, this will help you send
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scheduled messages to guests before,
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during, and even after their stay.
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Another key feature that comes with
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Honor's vocational rental software is
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payment processing. So using this tool
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or software, you'll be able to accept
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payment via credit cards or bank
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transfers. You'll also be able to
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automate invoicing and receipts. Another
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key feature that comes with honories is
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website builder. So if you are
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interested in having your own
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professional website, you can also use
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this honor to create a professional
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bookable website or direct reservations.
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So this is a very great tool to give you
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ownership when it comes to website
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builder. Another key feature that comes
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with this owner software is CRM and
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guest management software. And we all
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know how important this is. For this
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you'll be able to maintain guest
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profiles. You'll also be able to
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maintain communication history or see
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your communication history as well as
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repeat booking tools. Another key
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feature that comes with this is
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accounting and reporting. So we have
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this available in this honor tool that
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can help you track revenue and not just
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revenue but taxes, expenses as well as
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general reports. Now apart from those
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that I've mentioned, you can also use
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this tool to make digital rental
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agreements. With this, you'll be able to
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send e-signable custom agreements to
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guests so that they can easily sign up
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your agreement without the hassle of any
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paperwork. Another key feature that
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comes with this software is security
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deposits and damage protection. Now,
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with this app, you'll be able to
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customize how deposits and protections
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are handled. And lastly, another key
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feature is QuickBooks integration. Now,
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you have to know that not so many tools
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allow you to integrate with great
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software such as QuickBooks, but for
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this, you can do that. So with this
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software you'll be able to sync your
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finances directly with accounting
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softwares such as QuickBooks. So those
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are key important features that you have
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to note when it comes to honor software.
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Now when it comes to setting up for the
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first time if you are new or a beginner
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to this then let me take you through
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that process you can follow. In the
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first stage, you have to sign up for an
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account. And you can simply do this by
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visiting honorar.com and then click try
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it free to create your own account. You
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have to note that you'll get a 14-day
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free trial to explore all features
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without having to make any payment. Now,
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once you have signed up for this
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account, the next step is to add your
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properties. To do that, you'll have to
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navigate to properties and then add new
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property. And once you do that, you'll
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have to input details such as property
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name, location of this property, and
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also number of bedrooms or bathrooms
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that the property contains. You'll also
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be able to add amenities, checkins, and
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checkout rules if you have any, or if
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you want to tailor them to suit your
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preferences. You'll also be able to add
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photos, descriptions, as well as
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pricing. And remember, you have the
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power to determine the pricing. Now for
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this you have to be thorough so that
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your listings will be used for syncing
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with Airbnb, VBO and your website. So
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you have to make sure that this
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information can be shared across all the
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other platforms should you want to do
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that. Now the next thing we're going to
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look at is how to connect your channel
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or Airbnb or VBO to this software. To do
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that just go or head to settings option
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and then choose the option called
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channel management. From here, connect
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your booking platforms to automatically
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import reservations and sync calendars
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or prices. Once you have done that, each
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platform will have specific integration
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steps. So, follow the steps and the
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prompts for each. Now, you have to note
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that you may need an API access for full
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integration. Now, the good news is
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honors provides guidance and support
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that can help you set up this. Now let
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me talk about another aspect of this on
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software and that is an important aspect
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which is setting up your reds plans and
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rules. Now under reds you have to
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configure things such as seasonal
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pricing, minimum stays, weekend prices
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as well as discounts if you are offering
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and one important aspect is cancellation
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policies or rules. or come up with
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guidelines on how you can handle
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cancellations and maybe even refunds.
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You may also want to go ahead and set
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booking rules such as gap nights,
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check-in restrictions, just to mention
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but a few. Now, let's go to the next
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step, which is setting up your payment
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processing. Now, to do that, you'll need
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to go to your settings option and then
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choose the option called payment
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methods. From here, you'll have to
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connect with a payment processor like
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Stripe or Authorize.net. And lastly,
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under setting up your payment
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processing, choose whether you want to
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collect deposits or full payment at
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booking. So, you can give your plans an
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option among these two. Now, let's talk
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about creating rental agreements on this
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software. To do that, it is quite
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simple. Just go to legal agreement and
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create your own rental contract. You
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have to include terms such as house rule
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reliability clauses as well as
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cancellation information. You have to
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note that owner will send this
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information to guest automatically for
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signature. So once you're done this will
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be sent to your clients or guests so
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that they can sign them electronically.
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Another aspect that I want us to talk
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about is how to automate guest
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messaging. You can simply do this. The
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good thing is on provides for this and
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this can be found under automation. If
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you go to automation, choose the option
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called triggers. From here, go ahead and
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set up schedule messaging. You can
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schedule booking confirmation, check in
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instructions, as well as post checkout,
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thank yous. You'll also be able to
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customize the message content per
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property or template. Next, let me talk
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about how you can set up your own
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booking website using this software. And
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remember, this is an optional feature
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that is added here. You don't have to
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set up your own website. You can just
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use software. You can just on board your
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content on this software and that is it.
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But should you want to go ahead and get
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a website builder for this, go ahead and
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use a website builder to create a direct
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booking site. Once you have created your
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own website, go ahead and choose a
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template and then upload your logo and
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set up your own branding colors. Once
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you're done, now you can go ahead and
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connect your custom domain if you desire
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to do so. Now what about damage
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protection and security deposits? You
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can also go ahead and enable this and
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you can do this under settings and then
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choose the option called damage
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protection. Once you have chosen this
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you have to choose an option either
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between refundable security deposits or
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third party damage protection option.
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They are all available for you. And
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finally under this let me talk about
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another important aspect and that is how
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to start accepting booking. For this you
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have to make sure that you have
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connected your property on this platform
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or you have onboarded everything and
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then after you connect your channel make
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sure that everything has synced
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automatically from here. Now you can
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manually add bookings block dates or
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even offer direct bookings via your
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website if you had one. You'll also be
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able to monitor all activities from the
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unified dashboard on this software. Now
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do we have other optional or add-ons?
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Yes, let me talk about that. We also
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have some optional powerful add-ons that
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you can use and this include quickbook
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integration. This is very much ideal for
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bookkeeping. Another add-on that you'll
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find under this is property management
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tools. For this you'll have to set up
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your own statements, commissions as well
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as owner portals. Another add-on is
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Zapia integration. For this, you'll be
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able to automate tasks using thirdparty
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apps such as Mailchimp or even Google
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Sheet. This software also provides
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another very important add-on that is
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SMS messaging. For this, you'll be able
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to send text messages to your guest
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using this add-on. And lastly, another
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important add-on that is available is
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custom widgets. This will help you to
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embed uh calendars even availability
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reviews into external websites. Now, all
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that said and done, what about customer
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support on this platform? Now one fact I
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know is that after checking on the
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internet and on the interweb is that
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honor is known for its excellent support
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and among the support they offer is that
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you can submit a help ticket via their
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dashboard. You can also use a live chat
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during working hours as well as get
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personalized onboarding especially for
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property managers with multiple
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listings. So that is it about this tool.
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Now what is my final tip or thought
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about this? I'll advise you that you
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start with one property and then get
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comfortable. Then you can now scale. At
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the same time, you have to keep your
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automation simple at first and then and
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then add complex later. Then another tip
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is test your guest messaging by making a
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mog booking. So this will help you
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identify if indeed the messages are
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going through or if there is any
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challenge you can be able to pick it up
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in the earlier stages. And lastly,
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always preview your rental agreement and
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pricing before going live. So go ahead
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and try it out. If you have another
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question, kindly let me know in the
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comment section. Otherwise, if this
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video is helpful, please like it and
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also subscribe to my channel. Thanks for
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watching and let's meet in the next
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video.