Latest News from the Hospitable.com team
New feature
Feature update

Weekly product updates

Alan avatar
Shared by Alan • December 14, 2024

It's almost the end of the year, and we want to be well-prepared for 2025! We've made a lot of new improvements and also focused on fixing features that users would like to see improved.

Calendar Availability

Edit check-in and check-out for reserved days

  • We used to not show check-in or check-out fields if the booking dates were not available
  • Now, the check-in and check-out input fields will always show in the "Availability" section of the Calendar right sidebar
  • One or both of the fields may be disabled and not editable because the dates are reserved
  • If the user selects a date range and the field is disabled, it'll be disabled for the whole range
  • To fix this, the user simply needs to select a narrower date range

VRBO

More detailed payment data is available

  • We are now showing all the payment details for VRBO reservations
  • We're also showing the correct status for the payments when split over time

Update to the VRBO shortcode %listing_name%

  • We were pulling the wrong data, causing users to use %listing_city% instead of %listing_name%
  • Now, VRBO bookings using shortcodes will pull the correct data from %listing_name%
  • If you were using %listing_city% instead of %listing_name%, you can revert it to how the expected behavior would be

Smart Devices

Add custom presets to your thermostats 🌡

  • Before we only had default presets to set your thermostats to, such as occupied or unoccupied
  • Now, we've added the ability to add your own thermostat presets in the device section
  • This allows you to better handle temperatures at specific properties or in certain circumstances
  • We also added a new dashboard to view and manage your presets
  • You can read a more thorough explanation of thermostat presets here in this help article

Owner Statements

Better usability of transactions in Owner Statements

  • There's now pagination so if you have a large number of transactions, they'll sort by pages
  • Transactions are now sorted by transaction date
  • We now show which transactions are locked with a description explaining how to edit them
  • Users will no longer see that they can delete locked transactions

Inbox and Messaging

Booking alternations card improvements

  • Before, it was hard to interact with the alternation that the guest requested in the message thread
  • Now, the alternation card has been updated to be more user-friendly
  • It no longer overlaps with the sidebar and the details are displayed easier to read