Q4VR HUB API Documentation / Testing Examples

Testing Q4HUB API Calls Testing the Q4HUB response data will help you determine if your error is in the Hub or the VR plugin. If you get your expected response, you know it’s a plugin issue. The Q4HUB is making API calls to the PMS based on the Vacation Rental Service entered on a customer’s … Continued

Q4VR: Beyond Pricing for Availability Calendar Rates

Beyond Pricing is an automated dynamic pricing solution that utilizes real-time market data to ensure proper price recommendations to maximize revenue and occupancy for it’s customers. Starfish Vacation Rentals, PMI Maui, and Playlist Properties are using it at this time. All three of these Escapia customers are having rate issues on their availability calendars and an … Continued

Q4VR: Insurance Confirmation Pop-up

Version 2.18.00 of the plugin includes the option for a pop-up to display when a customer declines travel insurance so that they have to confirm declining coverage. The pop-up is a duplicate of the Travel Insurance Details pop-up, but it includes a customizable statement asking the customer if they want to decline protection and buttons … Continued

Q4VR: Urgency Feature

Version 2.17 of the Vacation Rental plugin includes a new Urgency feature. This will display the number of other people that have recently visited a page to create a sense of urgency for people viewing the website. Please follow the directions below (or watch the video) to set up the feature. Here’s an example of … Continued

Step 1: Creating Your Individual Mailchimp Account

Before setting up accounts for your customers and sending eblasts, you will first need to create a Mailchimp account of your own. This account will make it so you can be added as a user on customer accounts – enabling you to easily access all the accounts you manage from a single login. Create Your … Continued

SOP For Online Vacation Guide For 30-Day Onboarding

This process has been streamlined to ensure completion during the 30-day onboarding process. CEMs will add a link to the OVG questionnaire to the customer’s KO document. They’ll also include links to examples of similar OVGs. Very important: Add examples that are similar to the one they’ll get. CEMs and CCs will outline how important … Continued

Q4VR: Image Capture – Download and Compress Property Images

Overview – PMS Loaded Images By Default By default, images are not stored on the website, instead the Q4VR plugin hotlinks single property page gallery images directly from the respective PMS via the API. So whatever image is stored at the PMS is served on the Q4VR enabled website, and scaled to fit. By default, … Continued

How to Use the Bug Tracker in Zoho

Here’s how to take advantage of the bug tracker built into Zoho: https://bugtracker.zoho.com/portal/q4launch Bug Tracker is basically a stripped down version of Projects, which we use every day: https://projects.zoho.com/portal/q4launch When an issue is added under a project in Zoho Projects, it is separate from tasks, and other items. Issues can then be tracked within the Bug … Continued

SEO FAQ

Here’s a list of frequently asked questions about SEO! This list will be updated often so be sure to check back. If you’re searching for an answer on your own, it can helpful to know which sources are reliable. Anything by Moz, Backlinko, Neil Patel, SparkToro, and Search Engine Journal can be trusted! Frequently Asked … Continued

Helpful Chrome Extensions to Install

There are many extensions you can add to Chrome to enhance what it can do. There are several that we’ve found to be particularly helpful to the work we do. To install them, simply click on the respective links, below, and click “Install” Grammarly – A great grammar and spelling checker. Ublock Origin – An … Continued