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🟦 What are the requirements to join SW Florida by Owners?
The SWFLBO website is a DIRECTORY of privately-owned properties whose owners...
1. Own and self-manage short-term vacation rental(s) in the SW Florida (Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte,Lee, & Collier Counties).
2. Offer direct booking on their own website using OwnerRez software.
3. Do not charge booking or service fees on their website.
4. Do not have links to other online booking sites on their website. (Vrbo, Airbnb, etc.)
5. Have the OwnerRez shared widget and menu link installed on their website.
🟦 More details about the shared widget
The Availability/Property Search Widget features a tiled view of property thumbnails along with a short description. The default sorting is 12 random properties per page and the sort is changed throughout the day. Users can choose to sort the properties alphabetically. Most users will choose criteria in order to filter their search.
â– The shared widget plus additional information is found on our standalone "book direct" directory website. Guests can be easily referred to the site. https://www.swflbyowners.com
â– Example owner pages with widget installed:
🟦 What are the benefits of the SWFLBO Shared Widget?
â– REFERRALS MADE EASY
The Property Search helps with referrals when your property is occupied or doesn’t meet the guest's specific needs. Just mention the site to inquiring guests and you are done! No need to remember peer property sizes or availability. Guests can search by themselves. It is THAT simple!
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🟦 Can owners who use other property/channel management software join?
No. While there are many other property/channel management types of software used by owners (IVOL, Lodgify, etc), the property sharing/ referral site ONLY works with OwnerRez because its programming is based on OwnerRez.
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🟦 What this site does NOT do...
â– SWFLBO is NOT a listing site and is not an Online Travel Agency (OTA).
â– We have no way to track how many site visitors actually visit any owner's website linked here.
â– SWFLBO does not have any type of customer support and does not handle inquiries or bookings. All inquiries/bookings are channeled through each respective participant’s website and their OwnerRez portal.
â– We do not do any paid advertising through any search engine or social media sites.
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🟦 What does the annual fee cover?
There is currently no annual fee to join the SWFLBO Property share, but this and other criteria may change. Those who join this alliance of owners should understand that this site is not for profit and is managed by several owners who volunteer their time and efforts.
If an annual is implemented, it will covers the cost of the domain name and website hosting. The expected fee is $5 annually per property.
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🟦 What is OwnerRez Software?
OwnerRez is "vacation rental software that is beautifully fast and flexible. Explore features like channel management, messaging, websites, branding, reporting, automation and so much more. OwnerRez vacation rental software has all you need to manage your properties in one spot without spreadsheets and clunky software."
Click here to read more about OwnerRez