Managing your Vacation Angel listing – Mobile

To create your account go to the home page www.vacationangel.com

• In the top right corner of the page you will see the Person Icon – CLICK THIS
  
  
  

• If you have a Facebook or Google account you can sign up with one click by clicking either option.
  OR
  You can enter your email address and create a password for your account.
  
  
  

You can then log in using the credentials you just made. 

After you have logged in the first thing you should do is verify your phone number.

By doing this you will be able to get text notifications when a guest has a question or you have a booking request.

Its important that you respond quickly to guests so that you can give them the best experience possible and also so you don’t lose out on a reservation.

To do this:  
After you are logged in. 

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in the top right corner of the page.   
• Click MY PROFILE
• Halfway down the page you will see the container to add your MOBILE number.
• For a North American number you will enter: +19175555555
• Make sure you enter it with this exact format:  +19175555555    
• Do not use any dashes  or spaces as outlined in this example.
• If you have a Nicaraguan or other phone number make sure to enter +,Country Code,  Phone number.  
• For a Nicaraguan number you will enter: +50555555555 

• Space it out exactly like in the example.
• When the number is entered then go to the bottom of the page and click UPDATE PROFILE to save.
• Then click SEND ME VALIDATION CODE  button.     
• You will receive a text message with a code.   
  Enter that code into the container above this button where is says ENTER VALIDATION CODE HERE:
• Now click VALIDATE MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.

DONE!   

Now you will receive Vacation Angel notifications.

When you receive our notifications you will not be able to respond to messages by text.   The Text Message notification you receive will have the message and a link. 

If you click the link in the text message it will open up the page in your web browser so you can respond quickly and easily to messages and booking requests.

To add a property listing 

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in the top right corner of the page.
• Click on ADD NEW LISTING.

From there follow the prompts to add the information and media of your property to build your listing. 

 When each page is completed click CONTINUE at the bottom of the page and it will walk you through each category of your listing until you are finished. 

  Please fill out and enter the necessary details for each category and leave blank items that are not relevant.

Should you have any problems with something please reach out and we will help you. 

If Vacation Angel is building your property page you do not need to add your property yourself.   We are building it for you and will transfer it to you when it is completed.

To view and edit the information and content on your listing

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in the top right corner of the page.
• Go to MY LISTINGS
• Click the EDIT PROPERTY icon of the property you wish to edit.  This is at the bottom left of the properties section (left of the TRASHBIN icon)

• Here you can edit your properties information and media.

  Each category of your listing will all be in succession.  You will not be able to skip directly to a category.

  You will need to go through each category one by one. 

  To change to the next category scroll toward the bottom of each category page and click the  CONTINUE button to go to the next category.   

  The Categories are in the following order:

  • Description
  • Listing Price
  • Listing Media
  • Listing Details
  • Listing Location
  • Amenities and Features
  • Availability Calendar / Calendar Sync  

Scroll and edit each item as you wish.

Make sure when you have edited something to click CONTINUE or FINISH at the bottom of the page or else the change will not be applied.

You should become familiar with these categories so you’ll know where to make edits on your property in the future.

Vacation Angel accepts and pays out in Cryptocurrency as well as the standard Bank Transfer, PayPal, and Venmo payment methods.   We give you more options than any other booking platform in the world.   

To set your payout preference.

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in top right of the page.
• Select MY PROFILE
• At the bottom of the page you will see the ‘Payment Info / Hidden Field’ container and the Email for receiving ‘PayPal Payments’ container
• Enter your bank transfer details, cryptocurrency account information or Venmo handle in the above container, of the two. 
• If you choose to use your PayPal you can enter it in the appropriate below the container. 
• If you enter both.   Please specify which one takes priority.

• When completed make sure to click UPDATE PROFILE to update your information. 

When a guest makes a booking, payment is needed for them to confirm their reservation.   Without full payment, their reservation will not be completed.

Vacation Angel pays property owners on the first day of the reservation, in full.   This includes the rental fees as well as any other fees which hosts set up in their profile.  These can include Taxes, Cleaning Fees, Deposits and Extra Item fees.  

The method that hosts choose to receive payouts will determine the speed that funds will be received by hosts.   

Any possible delays in receiving funds would be due to of speed of the banking intermediary. 

Vacation Angel only pays out in Cryptocurrency if the guest pays in Cryptocurrency.   If you choose Cryptocurrency as a payout method please also add an additional method as a backup. 

The standard methods of payout are typically Bank Transfers and Paypal.    

Venmo and PayPal usually have the fastest rates of transfer as payments are typically received immediately upon payout.  

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in top right corner of the page.
• Go to MY LISTINGS
• Click the EDIT PROPERTY icon of the property you wish to edit.  This is at the bottom left of the properties section (left of the TRASHBIN icon)

  To change to the next category scroll toward the bottom of each category page and click the  CONTINUE button to go to the next category.   

• To get the the The Categories are in the following order:

  • Listing Price
  • Listing Media
  • Listing Details
  • Listing Location
  • Amenities and Features
  • When is your listing available / Calendar Sync  

Scroll to the ‘When is your listing available’ page

• • On your Calendar click the first date that you wish to Block.  
    Then click the date of the last date you wish to block.
  • The following popup will appear.

     

• Write in a note for why you blocked these dates.   
• Click BOOK DATES to save. 
• These blocked dates will now appear in your MY BOOKINGS tab along with the description.

   

• To remove the blocked dates you can click CANCEL MY OWN BOOKING.

• Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in the top right of the page.
• Go to MY LISTINGS
• Click the EDIT PROPERTY icon of the property you wish to edit.  This is at the bottom left of the properties section (left of the TRASHBIN icon)

• Here you can edit your properties information and media.

  Each category of your listing will all be in succession.  You will not be able to skip directly to a category.

  You will need to go through each category one by one. 

  To change to the next category scroll toward the bottom of each category page and click the  CONTINUE button to go to the next category.   

  The Categories are in the following order:

  • Description
  • Listing Price
  • Listing Media
  • Listing Details
  • Listing Location
  • Amenities and Features
  • Availability Calendar / Calendar Sync  
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• Scroll to the ‘Listing Price’ page
• Scroll to the bottom of the page
• On the calendar click on the first date that you want to change the price of.
• Click on the last date that you want to change the price of.

• A popup will appear.  
• Change the prices for the selected dates accordingly

• Save by clicking SET PRICE FOR PERIOD.

This tutorial is specific to Airbnb.
If you’re working with a different platform or Channel Manager CLICK HERE:

Syncing your calendars with Airbnb and other platforms will make it so that if you receive a reservation on one platform your availability calendar will update and sync across all platform calendars.

To do this:

Open your Control Panel by clicking the PERSON icon in top right of the page.

• • Go to MY LISTINGS
  • Click the EDIT PROPERTY icon of the property you wish to edit.  This is at the bottom left of the properties section (left of the TRASHBIN icon)

    To change to the next category scroll toward the bottom of each category page and click the  CONTINUE button to go to the next category.   

  •  The Categories are in the following order:

    • Listing Price
    • Listing Media
    • Listing Details
    • Listing Location
    • Amenities and Features
    • When is your listing available / Calendar Sync  

• Go to the ‘When is your listing available’ page
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
• Here you will find your iCAL code.  You will copy and paste this code from here and paste it into your Airbnb or other platforms’ iCAL. 
• Once done it will send your Vacation Angel calendar changes to those platforms automatically.

For the FEED URL you will need to retrieve this information from your Airbnb account and enter it here.

GO TO AIRBNB:

To Sync your calendar with your Airbnb listing.

• Log in to your Airbnb Account
• Go to your listing
• Click the PRICING AND AVAILABILITY tab.

• Scroll down to the CALENDAR SYNC section

• Click IMPORT CALENDAR.
• Paste your Vacation Angel ICAL url here and click save.

• Click EXPORT CALENDAR.
• Copy this iCAL URL and paste it into your Vacation Angel FEED URL container. 
• For FEED NAME.   Name it according to the platform you’re syncing.   If it’s Airbnb, name it AIRBNB.  This is just for your recolection for whats being linked.

Click FINISH

Now your Vacation Angel and other platform calendars will sync automatically saving your time and avoiding double bookings.

See our comprehensive Article on this subject here:  HOW TO TAKE PANORAMAS WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.

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