Airbnb Chat & SMS Messaging bolt-on option users can now use Airbnb chat directly from 365Villas. Contact your account manager or email support@365villas.xyz for more information. Furthermore, we've enhanced 5 key automated messages so that you can send them via Airbnb chat or SMS text message. These can be set up on the Automated Messages page, accessible on the Guest Communications landing page. We've also enhanced automated messages more generally. As standard, all users can now...
For users with the Advanced Payment bolt-on option, 365Villas will now fully automate all guest payments, including those for all channel bookings. This feature enhancement is for those using Vrbo, Booking.com, or other channels that don’t bill the guest directly. Now, instead of having to manually bill the guest yourself, all payments will be billed automatically. If you prefer to manually bill your guests, this new enhancement can be deactivated on your Payment...
We’re delighted to inform you that a direct Airbnb API integration is now available to all users. Our Airbnb channel manager connection is two-way, which means that we will synchronize property information, rates, and availability in real time. For new properties already advertised, we are able to import properties and map the bookings. This is in addition to our current API connection with VRBO. Please contact your account manager to switch over to our 365Villas direct API. The benefits of...
Monitor the status of your property portfolio We are pleased to confirm that we have deployed the new Property Status page that will help you to review the readiness of each property to be connected to the channels, as well as the status of connection with your website. The page will be particularly helpful when you add new properties to your portfolio and a useful tool to use for an overview of the connection status of each property at any given moment. In the systems Property & Policy...
365Villas is initiating a big challenge for itself and the vacation rental software industry at large, and we’re inviting you to take part! What’s the 365Villas Mobile Challenge? Our goal is to be the leading Property Management Software (PMS) provider with the industry’s best mobile solution and to do this we need your feedback. We’re asking short-stay property managers everywhere to see our mobile solution in action and tell us how we can make it better. We believe we’re already ahead of...
NEW EU GDPR REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE LATER THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE WAY THAT AGENTS AND OWNERS STORE AND PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA OF EU CITIZENS. IS THE DATA IN YOUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GDPR COMPLIANT? AT 365VILLAS WE WANT TO ENSURE OUR CLIENTS ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEW LEGISLATION AND HAVE PUT TOGETHER THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES TO CHECK THAT YOUR DATA IS COMPLIANT. Before we start, let’s just remind ourselves what GDPR is all about… The EU’s General Data Protection...
LATER THIS MONTH, NEW EUROPEAN GDPR REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE, WHICH WILL AFFECT THE WAY THAT YOU STORE AND PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA OF EU CITIZENS. TO BE COMPLIANT, THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE TO YOUR WEBSITE. Let’s start by reminding ourselves what GDPR is all about… The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to give people more control over how organisations use their data. The regulations overlap with with The Privacy and Electronic...