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.asphttp://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.