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Is your rental property on Expedia ? OLR is on for 100% of our properties.

Some travellers don’t know what Airbnb is. Expedia is the oldest and largest player on the market, they have over 100+ websites in 75 countries, they are a “monster”. Booking might come from Expedia.com or from Hotels.com or from Orbitz.com, which are all brands owned by Expedia.

Is your rental property on Expedia ? If not, you might be missing quite a few bookings. Have a look here, we are sold out. By the way, One Love Rentals (OLR) is on.

OLR is on Expedia at 100% and we are not looking back.

Don’t hesitate to reach out day or night for your free consultation or just to say “mi deh yah”:

Phone @ +1(876)-531-4571 or +1(305)-894-6644

Email @ support@oneloverentals.com

 

Announcement: OLR is on Expedia. Yay.

All our properties, are on Expedia ready to be booked !

 

It was an amazing journey and Expedia’s support staff is second to none.

From The Welcome Letter:

“WELCOME TO EXPEDIA

Dear One Love Rentals

We’re excited to welcome Penthouse By The Sea 3BD Apartment as an Expedia® partner and are nearly ready to put you live on more than 100 travel sites in nearly 70 countries.”

We are excited as well ! Thank you Expedia.

Number of supported channels :  5

Airbnb, Booking,com, Tripadvisor/Flipkey, Homeaway/Vrbo and now Expedia

Number of supported websites (via channels): 115+

We have more channels to onboard with. Please let us know if have any interest to be published on the following systems:

  • Wimbdu
  • Cleartrip
  • Ebab
  • Holiday Lettings
  • Housetrip
  • Tripvillas Vacation Rentals
  • Vacationhomerentals

Thank you for your support.

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Announcement: OLR in the process of adding our properties to Expedia. Soon come.

We have signed an agreement with www.expedia.com to list, advertise and process bookings via their network of websites.

Expedia is the oldest channel on the market. We are in the process of onboarding for all our properties, new signed properties will be uploaded as we go. Estimated Time For Arrival (ETA ) is estimated at 3-4 weeks.

We will get  Full Sync (!!!) via our channel manager, which means we can process everything about particular booking via Expedia within our backend IT system.Convenience, ease of management which is translated to spot on hosting experience for our guests and better availability, reporting and revenue streams handling for our owners.

Number of supported channels :  4 (5)

Number of supported websites: 10 (15+)

We have more channels to onboard with. Let us know if have any interest to be published on the following systems:

  • Wimbdu
  • Cleartrip
  • Ebab
  • Holiday Lettings
  • Housetrip
  • Tripvillas Vacation Rentals
  • Vacationhomerentals

We are aware that the majority of the bookings will be coming through “main” channels/websites such as Airbnb or Booking.com, but in our opinion if you still have availability with your properties, it would not hurt to advertise the same elsewhere. Thank you for your support.

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Announcement: OLR is Superhost on Airbnb

We are proud to announce that we have achieved Superhost status on one of our booking distribution channels (Airbnb).

Kudos to our guests and amazing property owners. You are awesome!

We love you!

Excuse me, but what exactly does it mean ?

1.We are quick and agile in communications and problem resolution;

2.More than 80% of our bookings marked with 5 stars (top rating) by guests;

As a result our properties are treated with priority by the channel, which translates into more bookings (cha-ching !) for our owners.

Parameter
Superhost
Us
Completed trips
10
96
Commitment rate
100%
100%
Response rate
90%
100%
5-star trips
80%
88%
Review rate
50%
100%

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What are the channels and why do you must get on as many as you can ?

Ok. Channels. Airbnb is a channel. It is a website that brings plenty of potential guests who are looking for a place to stay. There are quite a few channels out there. Airbnb is one of the industry leaders, but there are other “monsters” out of there such as Booking.com, Homeway/VRBO, TripAdvisor (and other sites that they own), Expedia, etc.

Some guests like Airbnb and some are using Booking.com. In order to get as many bookings as possible we want to be on all major and also niche (if applicable to our market segment) channels as well.

More channels for your listings means more potential bookings -> more income.

In the same time, more channels translates to more problems, which needs to be addressed or/and resolved: synchronizations of the calendars, booking tracking and follow up, different pricing entry points (each channel has their own fees and other trickery). Don’t fret, this is our job, as well as getting your properties to all major channels to bring you more wonderful guests and additional revenue.

We have selected our primary software provider and we are pretty happy about it.

After a month and a half of research, 200+ emails, 20+ conference calls and conversations with experts on the subject matter we have decided on a software package to use for our business. Hooray ! Champagne to everyone !

What we wanted is an all in one solution, which wasn’t easy to find at all. Some vendors provide a solid PMS system, other offer Channel Manager services which can connect to anything or good looking websites. So, we digged more, because we were sure there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

We are pretty happy with our selection so far. Channels – check. Slick interface – check check. Modern and fast website – check and mate. Did we mention awesome customer service and user manuals ? No ? Oh, yes, we got that too.

Ok, time to run to learn the system and configure the same and make our owners and guests proud and happy. Thank you !

Oh, almost forgot. Here is our new website: www.oneloverentals.com

Please let us know if you have  any suggestions or ideas. We are here for you.

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