Web-Based Software: Have You Joined the Party Yet?

With web-based software from LiveRez.com, vacation rental managers can run nearly every aspect of their business anywhere there's an Internet connection.

Today, people have the option of doing many things online that 20-30 years ago would have required them to leave their home, if even to just drop a letter in the mail.

Think about it. Now, people talk to their friends…online.  They pay their bills…online. They shop…online. Some people even date…online.  And now, many people run their business online.

Web-based software is truly the future of the industry, and many savvy vacation rental managers have noticed the trend and jumped at the opportunity to take their businesses to the next level. The advantages of web-based management software are far reaching. Consider these key benefits:

• Software that lives online can be accessed 24-hours a day anywhere there’s an internet connection, allowing managers and their employees to run their businesses remotely.
• Web-based software allows managers to respond to consumer or business needs immediately. This could include taking and/or modifying a reservation remotely, scheduling a cleaning or maintenance activity, updating one or more sections of the company’s consumer-facing website, providing detailed reports to owners in seconds, and much more.
• Some web-based software platforms are available on mobile devices like iPads, iPhones and Android smart phones, essentially putting a manager’s business in the palm of his or her hand.
• Updates and upgrades to the software are handled remotely, which means business will have significantly less downtime and little to no onsite IT work.

Furthermore, web-based software comes as a service (see SaaS – Software as a Service).  And, this “service” aspect is important. Unlike traditional software, where the software provider has already made its money at purchase, web-based software providers generally operate on contracts, meaning they have an incentive to keep their users happy – generally through thorough training, regular updates and excellent tech support.

At LiveRez.com, we offer the industry’s largest and fastest-growing web-based vacation rental software platform. Our platform is designed to handle every aspect of a vacation rental manager’s needs – from a dynamic consumer-facing website to a robust reservation system to accounting (via an exclusive connection with QuickBooks). And, we align our interests with our partners by basing our prices on how our software performs.

If you’d like to learn more about what our platform can do for you, visit us at LiveRez.com or call 800-343-2891.

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