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All Forum Posts by: Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart has started 10 posts and replied 85 times.

Post: Guesty / hostaway / hospitable?? Help!

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

Yes I did upvote it. I really hope you guys will consider it. I think it would help bring in more larger scale managers to hospitable. I feel like hospitable is known for more small scale managers or those with only a few listings. I have had others mention that to me and try to swing me to other PMS. I really like Hospitable though and know other larger scale managers would favor hospitable over other PMS if there were some more channel integrations. Hopefully it is something will we see in the future. 

Post: Guesty / hostaway / hospitable?? Help!

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36
Quote from @Miles Hobson:

Hey I work for Hospitable and happy to answer any questions you might have. I can get you booked for a demo call to answer any questions or concerns you have and we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right solution for you. No need to jump on a call for a quote or anything though (pricing is here) and we're transparent with feedback from hosts and what we're building (we host public bi-weekly Town Halls where you can ask us anything).

Hey Miles 
When are we going to see a Marriott home and villas API connection. We might have to leave hospitable due to hospitable not having a integration into home and villas. 

Post: Guesty / hostaway / hospitable?? Help!

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

I have been with Hospitable since they were "smartbnb" have 92 listings on their software. Overall I am very happy with them. The API to VRBO sometimes is a issue but since most my business is on Airbnb its not a huge game changer. We were going to switch to Hostaway last year since they have direct API connection to VRBO. The day we were set to switch over I was told with their direct API, VRBO no longer will process payment and for our business model I was not setting up 90 plus listing stripe accounts or doing the accounting for that process. We ended up staying with Hospitable and have been fine with it. I do like Hospitable direct booking options and that they can process payments, tax etc. on their end and each DB site can have a different pay out options for different clients. MY only issue now is we are looking to partner with Marriot Home and Villa's but Hospitable does not have a partnership for API connection to Marriot so looks like I am most likely looking to either go to Hostaway or Hostfully. For direct bookings does Hostaway or Hostfully over payment processing? 

Post: Guesty / hostaway / hospitable?? Help!

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

Long time Hospitable user here..it's been a good software for me. My biggest issue is constant issues with VRBO connections. Apparently Hospitable uses a public API and is not a official partner with VRBO. We have 80 different properties so we considering moving to hostaway but the price point is triple the amount of what we pay for Hospitable

Post: Futurestay, Hospitable, etc. Whats better?

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Chris Barczewski you'd really have to use each of them for a prolonged time to get a real gauge.

I use Hospitable and it's pretty good. Definitely have some issues with VRBO synchronization and prices not being changed tonthe proper amount.

From my research Guesty seems to be the best out there but for me the cost to use Guesty with 25 properties would be crazy. Hospitable it so much cheaper so that's probably what I will keep.

Post: STR insurance question

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Kyle Debiase yeah I'm out of town right now so can't give you the specific policy. She's probably not understanding what you need. You can also try to call Neptune insurance directly. Or just Google generic STR insurance coverage.

Post: STR insurance question

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Kyle Debiase ask for Izabella Ward. Some of the reps are not very seasoned and don't know what policies are what.

Post: STR insurance question

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Kyle Debiase so r

I run 20 STR properties all over the city. The STR unit I own is located in back area of Bungalow Park. My property is a 2004 build and raised to fema specifics so I actually only pay like 370$ a year.. most people don't have the situation i have with flood ins due to year built and being built to Fema specifics

Post: Should I help my girlfriend pay off her debt?

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Benjamin Couch Marry her first

Post: STR insurance question

Paul StewartPosted
  • Specialist
  • Atlantic City NJ
  • Posts 91
  • Votes 36

@Kyle Debiase Hey Kyle STR owner and STR property manager here in Atlantic City. You need insurance specific to STR coverage to get your STR permit in Atlantic City. There are local ins. Companies that offer the coverage. Some claim you do not need it that is not correct you do. It's also 100% not commercial insurance. Call Izabella Warda from Heist Insurance agency. 609 736 7215. I use her as a broker and my actual STR ins company is Johnson & Johnson