Escapia OwnerWeb Empowers Property Owners and Strengthens Relationships With Vacation Rental Management Companies
SEATTLE – May 16, 2005 – Escapia, Inc., developers of the most technologically advanced, web-based software in the fast growing vacation rental management market, today announced the release of OwnerWeb, an optional superset of the Escapia Vacation Rental Software Suite that provides vacation rental owners a secure, real-time website where they can reserve their own properties and view accounting statements published by their vacation rental management firm.
George Volsky, industry veteran, attorney, former vacation rental manager, and now director of Escapia Research, sees significant advantages for both owners and management companies. "OwnerWeb gives property owners the information they want, when they want it," said Mr. Volsky. "It empowers them with a sense of involvement and ties them to the vacation rental manager like never before. Escapia OwnerWeb cements the owner/manager relationship and is one of the unique tools that vacation rental companies can use to leverage the rent-by-owner trend."
Escapia OwnerWeb allows property owners to view a 12-month availability calendar and easily book a reservation for any of their properties. Upon doing so, the owner reservation is immediately updated on the management company's Reservation Grid of the Escapia Vacation Rental Software.
Management companies can publish individual accounting statements to OwnerWeb, thus eliminating the need to email or mail statements to the owners. Management companies can also communicate with all their owners using a free-form text area on the OwnerWeb home page. Owners can then view their statements and information on OwnerWeb at their convenience.
OwnerWeb is available immediately and costs just a few dollars per month per owner.