Recently we’ve seen an uptick in interest in our system from people that manage vacation rental homes, condos, cabins, etc. I’m happy to say the system works great for these type of users, and continues to improve everyday.
Here is a link to a recent recommendation from a property manager user in Miami:
http://www.facebook.com/ReservationKey/posts/561688777190413
And here is an email I recently received from a prospective user that had a huge list of items she is looking for in her new system. It was pretty cool being able to go through this list and check off almost every item as a feature we offer. See below for the complete list and our response.
If you manage short term rentals, definitely consider our product for your needs. Not only do we have a very flexible and full-featured product, but we offer it at a great price.
http://reservationkey.com/signup-rk.asp
http://reservationkey.com/pricing.asp
Website
Customizable site – yes, with themes you can customize look and feel
Easy to create microsites/subpages – create as many pages as you need; one for property if you want
Twitter/iframe feeds on front page – you could do this with HTML; not a built in feature, but doable with HTML easy enough
Video capabilities – not sure what you need? Would be easy to embed youtube videos in the property description with HTML
Chat capabilities – not built in; seems like you would add this to your website rather than reservation system; on each of the pages you have for your properties, you embed your reservation page in to an existing page on your website where you also have chat feature
Embed Blog and social media – same
Integrated Website – we provide the reservation system, not a full website
Group page by location with availability calendar – possible
Capability to use Promo Codes – yes we have
Online Bookings – yes
Mapping – could add with html; not a built in feature
Image Gallery – yes we have slideshow
Optimized for Mobile – yes can make a theme specific to mobile ; regular system works well on mobile also
Comments Section – yes we have guestbook
Buy and Sell Gift Cards through site – yes we have
Real time availability – yes, all web based
Web calendar – yes, several reports can be embedded with iframes
Back End
Easy to upload photos – yes
Auto resize photos – yes (as long as file size is less than 800kb)
Weekend pricing – yes can have different rates for each day of the week
Easy to set up rates – pretty easy
Propery Owner Log in – yes, can have individual log ins
Easy to add fees – yes we have section for fees
Multi-user capability – yes , see above
Display multiple screens at same time – not sur ewhat you mean, but prob yes
Currency conversion – not automatic; have to pick one primary currency to display
Occupancy Reports – yes
Process Credit Cards – yes
Create duplicate properties using same settings – can duplicate some sections such as rates, reservation pages
Spell check – no; many browsers have this built in
Easy to read reservation calendar – yes
Ability to hold dates before booking – yes
Ability to transfer held reservations into actual reservations – yes
Ability to send PDF documents – yes; actually just now working on making a cool feature to turn an email template into a PDF and then attach that file to an email; great for generating contracts
Accounting reports – some; export all to csv for greater accounting abilities
Income tracking & stats – yes
Referral tracking – yes
Refund automation – i think so
Travel Insurance – can sell as an item for sale; a percentage of grand total of reservaiton cost
Reservation history – for sure
CRM
Auto reply quotes – yes
Payment notification/alerts – yes
Multi payment schedule – yes
Build email lists – yes
Integrated Email System – somewhat; we have new feature scheduled emails for anniversaries, birthdays, but not full featured email system ; for that use something like Vertical Response or Constant Contact
Waitlist – yes
Send auto payment notification to guests – yes, an automatic email can be set up which includes a link that they can use to pay their remaining balance
Email templates – yes, lots of flexibility here; merge codes, html, etc.
Guests receive auto receipt when booking online – yes
Marketing
Affiliate marketing program – not really
SEO optimization – sort of, but more important is your website is SEO optimized since the reservation pages plug into your site
Book through Facebook – yes, easy to create facebook reservation page using our facebook apps.