Tutorials on how to effectively use the Lodgix.com vacation rental management application and how to be a great vacation rental owner and manager
Guests want certain items from their rental. The channels call these things Amenities, we call them filters. In most instances a guest wants to filter out listings that do not contain the amenities they desire. According to VRBO, these are the top amenities that are commonly used by guests when searching for a vacation rental. […]
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For those of you who want to push availability data to sites like Airbnb or Google Calendars, we now publish an iCal feed for all properties. The feeds can be found under Settings > Marketing Partners > Review Offers under the “iCalendar” Tab. http://www.lodgix.com/system/marketing_partners/ To use the iCal feed with your Airbnb: In your Airbnb
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When we evaluated, and eventually chose RightSignature as our digital signature solutions provider, we had several objectives in mind that had to be met. After reviewing about 10 different firms, it became very apparent that for our needs, RightSignature.com had a solution that met all the requirements. Does it seal documents with a unique “fingerprint”?
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Hooray! It’s now easier than ever to search and find that perfect property for a guest. The calendar tape within Lodgix now includes additional filters for Areas and for Amenities. The Areas filter won’t appear unless you’ve configured your “areas” within the Area Manager (properties > area manager). The amenities filter is configurable. Instructions are
Calendar Tape Now Includes Area and Amenity Filtering! Read More »
Occasionally a subscriber will have a property that can be rented in different configurations. For example, a 5 bedroom house could be rented to a large group, or it might be rented to five individual groups. We don’t have a lot of demand for the lockout feature, but for those that require it, we do
Lockouts Have Launched! Read More »
As we work to integrate digital signatures into the Lodgix platform, we are taking the opportunity to upgrade many of the systems that are affected by the new functionality. Creating and editing PDF templates today became much easier as we’ve upgraded the entire interface and made the process of finding, selecting and inserting merge tags
PDF Template Creation and Editing Process Has Relaunched Read More »
Every training sessions I’ve ever attended by TravelGuard has been well worth my time. If you are selling or considering selling travel insurance, I highly recommend their webinars. More information.
Travel Insurance Webinar – December 11, 2012 @ 2pm CST Read More »
The best way to explain this feature is to give an example. Let’s say you have several properties and each has a lockbox with a different lockbox code. You want to send out instructions (automagically of course) to an arriving guest with check-in instructions which would include the lockbox code for the property. Well Lodgix
Most vacation rental owners and managers have no idea that WordPress has transcended being a simple blogging platform and turned into a full fledged content management system for vacation rentals. Even I was surprised at how easy it was to use WordPress to create great looking vacation rental websites. However even with the large number
WordPress and Thesis are a great combo for Vacation Rental Websites Read More »
If you would prefer to embed a nice looking booking banner on your website, rather than the booking calendar itself, we provide a several professionally designed buttons / banners of various sizes that might interest you. Click on the Banner Wizard Menu Item Add a New Banner by Clicking on the "+" Sign Follow the
Booking Banners for your Website Read More »
Lodgix.com wants to be more than just a management and online booking platform, we want to help you market your property(s) as well. We can do this by distributing your property and / or room data to other vacation rental marketing sites that will in turn generate inquiries for your rentals. Do you REALLY want
Many times throughout the week I encounter Lodgix.com customers that are not using best practices when it comes to guest reservations and invoicing. As a vacation rental owner myself, I cannot fathom how a vacation rental business owner can manage their business effectively if they aren’t accurately recording the payments and refunds associated with each
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Moving guests between properties is relatively easy. However the method varies depending on whether you are moving a guest between rooms within a roomtype (common for b&bs, boutique hotels, condotels, etc.) or whether you are moving guests from one single unit to another single unit (cottages, homes, condos, etc.). The methods are different for each
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