RMS Holiday Newsletter 2012

RMS Partners with Glad to Have You!
RMS welcomes our new partners Glad to have you! The mobile phone application that offers RMS Property Managers and their guests mobile, instant, cutting edge and worry free technology.
  
Glad to have you is a web application for guests with a powerful dashboard application for our RMS clients.  Vacation rental managers can communicate to guests via their phone with a customized welcome greeting, information about their vacation property, maps, photos, restaurants, area attractions and more.  Guests can work with smartphones and tablets including iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch to download the app and receive all the information from the manager.  Call Sean at extension 207 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.     for more information or to sign up today!
 
RMS & HomeAway
Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, RMS and HomeAway have partnered to bring you the latest technology so you can get more bookings, more renters and more service.  HomeAway works seamlessly with RMS and allows your properties on a global network that has millions of visitors each year.  If you have an existing HomeAway account let them know you use one of their trusted software professionals, RMS.
 
Go Clean and Green in RMS

The new Cleaning Vendor portal gives your cleaning vendors a way to login live and get their cleaning assignments from RMS without having to access the full system.  When a vendor logs in, they will see only the properties they have been assigned to clean.  The cleaners can then change the status of a unit from dirty to cleaned!  It's that simple!  Your cleaning vendor or inspector can login using their smart phone, android or iPad.  The screen information is derived directly from the RMS Cleaning Work Order Summary -but no printing required!  The login method allows you to communicate with your crews and for them to communicate to you with efficiency and no waste of paper!

 

RMS Clean Text 

RMS Clean Text gives Vacation Managers the ability to automatically notify guests their vacation property is clean and ready.  Clean Text sends a text message to the guests phone  Contact Sean at extension # 207 or  send him an email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. " shape=rect rel=nofollow target=_blank> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like more information or to set up a demo.
 

Annual Procedures

1. Complete all Monthly Procedures.

2. Print Owner Copy Unit Totals as needed.  Go to Reports>Owner Reports>1099's and Unit Totals.

3. Print 1099's. RMS will print the federal 1099 information for the Owners and the Vendors.  RMS will also create a file you may send the IRS if you choose to submit the 1099s that way.  The 1099s should be printed after the statements for the last month of the year have been finalized.

4.Upgrade Unit's Date File - ONLY IF NEEDED.  This option will drop the first year tracked and build a new calendar year for booking.  Make sure you are done with the first year before running this utility.  Some reports will no longer be available, but all your reservation data will still be at your fingertips.  If you need assistance with this utility please call RMS Support. 

5. Update Unit Rates.  You can run the Rental Rate Listing, found in the Unit Reports menu, to check your rates for the new year.  Remember rates must be changed in the Unit Rate File.

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28 December 2012, 17:56