Setting/custom homeaway
Custom values can be defined to specify specific values for this channel only. This will override the values you have set generally. Add the parameters one per line. Available parameters are:
BOOKERMINAGE (default is 18)
DININGSEATING
LOUNGESEATING
Custom Cancellation Policy
You can send up to three variable percentage refund amounts based on time to check-in plus one optional fixed fee amount which occurs for any cancellation regardless of time to check-in.
The percentage has to be between 1 and 100. For all days less than the lowest rule no refund is automatically applied.
If you want to send a custom cancellation policy you need to set "Cancellation Policy" = Custom in (SETTINGS) CHANNEL MANAGER > VRBO > SPECIFIC ROOM CONTENT.
CANCELCUSTOM1
CANCELCUSTOM2
CANCELCUSTOM3
CANCELCUSTOMFIX
Examples:
CANCELCUSTOM1 14 50
This will send that the guest will get 50% back if he cancels 14 or more nights before check-in.
CANCELCUSTOM1 14 50
CANCELCUSTOM2 30 75
CANCELCUSTOM3 90 100
This will send that the guest will get
- 50% back if he cancels 14 or more nights before check-in
- 75% back if he cancels 30 or more nights before check-in
- 100% back if he cancels 90 or more nights before check-in
CANCELCUSTOM1 14 50
CANCELCUSTOMFIX 100
A fee of 100 will be charged for any cancellation. If the guest cancels 14 days or more before check-in he will get 50% minus 100 back.
Custom House Rules and Event Rules
You can send 3 custom house rules (each max. 150 char.) and one event rule (max. 50 char.) to VRBO.
HOUSERULE1
HOUSERULE2
HOUSERULE3
EVENTRULE
Examples:
HOUSERULE1 Visitors are not allowed.
EVENTRULE No loud parties.
Taxes and Fees
The taxes and fees you can use here, are all additional charges, so they're calculated in the final price but as an additional price.
TAXPERCENT
TAXPERCENTROOM
TAXPERSONNIGHT
TAXADULTNIGHT
ADMINFEE
ADMINFEEPERCENT
ADMINFEEDAILY
ADMINFEEPERSON
ADMINFEEPERSONNIGHT
AIRCONDITIONINGFEE
AIRCONDITIONINGFEEDAILY
ARRIVALEARLYFEE
ARRIVALLATEFEE
BABYBEDFEE
BABYBEDFEEDAILY
BOOKINGFEE
BOOKINGFEEPERCENT
CLEANINGFEE
DAILYCLEANINGFEEDAILY
CONSUMPTIONFEE
CONSUMPTIONFEEPERCENT
CONSUMPTIONFEEDAILY
CONSUMPTIONFEEPERSON
CONSUMPTIONFEEPERSONNIGHT
DAILYCLEANINGFEE
DAILYCLEANINGFEEDAILY
DAILYCLEANINGFEEPERCENT
DEPARTUREEARLYFEE
DEPARTURELATEFEE
ELECTRICITYFEE
ELECTRICITYFEEPERCENT
ELECTRICITYFEEDAILY
ELECTRICITYFEEPERSON
ELECTRICITYFEEPERSONNIGHT
ENERGYFEE
ENERGYFEEPERCENT
ENERGYFEEDAILY
ENERGYFEEPERSON
ENERGYFEEPERSONNIGHT
LINENFEE
LINENFEEPERCENT
LINENFEEDAILY
LINENFEEPERSON
LINENFEEPERSONNIGHT
MANAGEMENTFEE
MANAGEMENTFEEPERCENT
MANAGEMENTFEEDAILY
MANAGEMENTFEEPERSON
MANAGEMENTFEEPERSONNIGHT
PARKINGFEE
PARKINGFEEPERCENT
PARKINGFEEDAILY
PARKINGFEEPERSON
PERSONNIGHT
PETFEE
PETFEEDAILY
POOLFEE
POOLFEEPERCENT
POOLFEEDAILY
POOLFEEPERSON
POOLFEEPERSONNIGHT
RESORTFEE
RESORTFEEDAILY
RESORTFEEPERCENT
SECURITYDEPOSIT
SERVICEFEE
SERVICEFEEPERCENT
SERVICEFEEDAILY
SERVICEFEEPERSON
SERVICEFEEPERSONNIGHT
SPAFEE
SPAFEEPERCENT
SPAFEEEDAILY
SPAFEEPERSON
SPAFEEPERSONNIGHT
UTENSILSFEE
UTENSILSFEEPERCENT
UTENSILSFEEDAILY
UTENSILSFEEPERSON
UTENSILSFEEPERSONNIGHT
WAIVERDAMAGEFEE
WAIVERDAMAGEFEEPERCENT
WAIVERDAMAGEFEEDAILY
WAIVERDAMAGEFEEPERSON
WAIVERDAMAGEFEEPERSONNIGHT
WATERUSAGEFEE
WATERUSAGEFEEPERCENT
WATERUSAGEFEEDAILY
WATERUSAGEFEEPERSON
WATERUSAGEFEEPERSONNIGHT
WOODFEE
WOODFEEPERCENT
WOODFEEDAILY
WOODFEEPERSON
WOODFEEPERSONNIGHT
Stay collected fees
Taxes and fees can be set to be collected at the accommodation (instead by VRBO).
CITYTAXPERCENTSTAY is a preset code.
For other fees you can use CUSTOMSTAYFEE plus the amount, type how the fee is collected. The fee is collected at the time of the stay.
How the fee is collected (the default is STAY):
PERCENT
STAY
NIGHT
GUEST
GUESTNIGHT
Types (the default is TAX):
ADDITIONALBEDFEE
ADMINFEE
AIRCONDITIONINGFEE
ARRIVALEARLYFEE
ARRIVALLATEFEE
ASSOCIATIONPROPERTYFEE
BABYBEDFEE
BOOKINGFEE
BOOKINGEARLYFEE
BOOKINGLATEFEE
CITYTAX
CLASSFEE
CLEANINGFEE
CLUBFEE
CONSUMPTIONFEE
CONSUMPTIONFEE
DAILYCLEANINGFEE
SECURITYDEPOSIT
DEPARTUREEARLYFEE
DEPARTURELATEFEE
ELECTRICITYFEE
ENERGYFEE
EQUIPMENTFEE
FINALCLEANINGFEE
FOODFEE
GARDENINGFEE
GASFEE
GUESTFEE
HEATINGFEE
HIGHCHAIRFEE
HOTTUBFEE
INTERNETFEE
LABORFEE
LAUNDRYFEE
LINENFEE
LINENSBATHFEE
LINENSBEDFEE
MANAGEMENTFEE
OILFEE
ONSITEPAYMENTMETHODFEE
PARKINGFEE
PETFEE
PHONEFEE
POOLFEE
POOLHEATINGFEE
PROPERTYFEE
RENTFEE
RESORTFEE
SERVICEFEE
SPAFEE
TOILETRIESFEE
TOURFEE
TRANSPORTATIONFEE
UTENSILSFEE
UTENSILSFOODFEE
VEHICLEFEE
WAIVERDAMAGEFEE
WATERUSAGEFEE
WATERCRAFTFEE
WATERCRAFTMOORINGFEE
WATERDRINKINGFEE
WOODFEE
RESERVATIONFEE
Taxes and fees with age limit
You can limit the tax or fee to apply only for certain age groups using CUSTOMSTAYFEE plus the amount, type how the fee is calculated. and AGEFROM and AGETO This is currently supported for
CITY_TAX
TAX
and for
GUEST
GUESTNIGHT
Steuer auf Gebühren
Wenn Sie auf Gebührung Steuer erheben müssen können Sie diese wie folgt hinzufügen:
CUSTOMSTAYFEE 6 PERCENT TAX BASE=FEES ONLINE
Examples:
CLEANINGFEE 100
This will send a cleaning fee of 100 to this channel instead of the cleaning fee you have globally defined.
CLEANINGFEE 0
This will send no cleaning fee to this channel instead of the cleaning fee you have globally defined.
TAXPERCENT 0
TAXPERCENTROOM 10
In this example the tax on room and fees is set to 0% and the tax on room only is set to 10%. i.e. no tax on fees
If you add STAY at the end the fee will sendit as collected at the accommodation and VRBO will not charge commission on it.
CITYTAXPERCENTSTAY 5.5
CITYTAXPERSONNIGHTSTAY 4.56
CITYTAXADULTNIGHTSTAY 1.23
Example:
CITYTAXPERCENTSTAY 5.5 will send 5.5% citytax to be collected at the accommodation.
CITYTAXADULTNIGHTSTAY 1.23 will send 1.23 citytax to be collected at the accommodation per adult (VRBO considers guests 18 as adults) and night.
'Tax on fees
If you have to charge tax on fees you can add it like this:
CUSTOMSTAYFEE 6 PERCENT TAX BASE=FEES ONLINE
Examples:
CUSTOMSTAYFEE 2 CITYTAX GUESTNIGHT AGEFROM=6 AGETO=64 will send 2 citytax for each guest between the age of 6 and 64 per night to be collected at the accommodation
CUSTOMSTAYFEE 2 CITYTAX GUESTNIGHT AGEFROM=6 will send 2 citytax for each guest from the age of 6 to be collected at the accommodation
PERMIT AB01244
This will send AB01244 as permit ID for this room to this channel instead of the one defined per property.
DININGSEATING 6
This send 6 dining seats.
