What to Consider When Evaluating Vacation Rental Software

Choosing vacation rental software is an important decision for your business. There are many things you should consider before making your decision.
Vacation rental software is a big choice for property managers – one that shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you're a property manager in today's competitive business environment, vacation rental software is not just a tool that's nice to have - it's an essential. The right software can save you time and money, and play a big role in increasing your bookings and growing your inventory. So, making the right choice can be essential to the success of your business.
Because many software providers require that you sign up for a pre-determined length of time - generally on annual contracts - it's important to know what you're getting into before you make the jump to one provider. Today's vacation rental software providers offer a broad range of features and services to their clients. So, it's essential to do your research to make sure you find a provider that offers the best overall value and the best fit for your business.
When considering specific software products, there are a number of questions you should ask before making a decision.
Why Do Vacation Rental Managers Switch to LiveRez?
During the sales process, vacation rental managers always ask: “Why do managers switch to LiveRez?” It’s a great question, seeing as how LiveRez is the fastest growing vacation rental software company in the industry. Of course, this rapid growth wouldn’t have been possible without many of our partners making the switch to us from one of our competitors.
The purpose of this blog is to go over the major reasons why our partners have made the switch. So, without further ado, here’s the list.
QuickBooks
For the many managers that are tired of either doing their accounting manually or trying to deal with the sub-par accounting software that came with their system, LiveRez’s real-time integration with QuickBooks is a huge selling point. LiveRez is the only company in the industry with a real-time connection with QuickBooks, the world’s most popular and trusted accounting software.
Integrated Dynamic Websites
A lot of managers are tired of paying extra for their website, dealing with multiple companies (software, design, SEO, etc.), and then not having the ability to change their website when they want to. With LiveRez, you get a professionally-designed, high-ranking, high-conversion website with the industry’s best online booking capability – all as part of your start-up costs. Furthermore, with LiveRez’s content management system, you have the ability to change your website’s content whenever you want to – right from the back office. LiveRez is the only software in the industry that offers this level of end-to-end integration between its website and back office.
Fight Tax Season Fear: Get LiveRez’s QuickBooks Accounting Integration

LiveRez's QuickBooks Integration for vacation rental accounting is approved by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.
Since the turn of the new year, an elephant has plopped itself down in the corner of every business across America, and vacation rental managers aren’t immune.
That elephant is tax season – that dreaded part of the year when companies really start to realize how good (or bad) their current accounting software really is (if they have software at all). For many managers in the vacation rental industry, they are stuck with the accounting software that came with their vacation rental management platform. Some dislike their software so much, they export their data out of their system and import it into a consumer accounting software product.
At LiveRez, we knew there was a need for great accounting software in the vacation rental industry; that’s why we chose to make our industry-leading vacation rental software integrate with QuickBooks, the world’s most-trusted accounting software with more than 38 million users worldwide.
LiveRez.com’s QuickBooks Integration Earns Trust Accounting Compliance in North Carolina
The company’s exclusive integration with the world’s most trusted accounting platform was recently certified as compliant by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission
BOISE, Id. –– LiveRez.com’s exclusive QuickBooks integration has been evaluated by The North Carolina Real Estate Commission (NCREC) and has been found to comply with the provisions of the Commission's Rules and Trust Account Guidelines.
“This is exciting news for us and the many vacation rental managers in North Carolina,” said Tracy Lotz, founder and CEO of LiveRez.com. “With this certification, managers in North Carolina will now be able to use the world’s most trusted accounting platform.”
According to a 2010 VRMA survey, more than 40 percent of respondents said they used QuickBooks, making it more than eight times more popular than the next integrated accounting software platform. LiveRez.com’s QuickBooks integration is a one-of-a-kind feature in the industry as it allows vacation rental managers to seamlessly integrate all of their accounting data into the world’s most popular accounting platform.
LiveRez.com, which has devoted hundreds of hours to developing this QuickBooks integration, was informed of its certification via e-mail on June 27.
“I can give the compliance nod based on the 6.15 QB (QuickBooks) file, or in other words ‘LiveRez, version 6.15,’” said Emmet Wood, director of audits and investigations for the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.

