Let RMS Help you Create New Profit Centers

RMS can help you build new profit centers within your rental program using the tools already at your fingertips and a little ingenuity.

Add equipment in the Equipment File and allow guests to order it during the booking process. Create new charges for the Charges file and add to a reservation. RMS automatically calculates these charges and equipment rentals when the reservation is booked.

Guests are always looking for extra value, so be sure that all services are listed and promoted whether they incur an extra fee or are included as part of a hospitality package.

Amenities in RMS are another way you can add value to your reservations. Amenity charges are embedded in the rent so the prices are not itemized to the guest. Owners do not share in profits from amenities, they go directly to the management company. RMS allows you to design packages to promote your amenities and services and apply advertised discounts to promote these features at your resort.

RMS also helps you make the most of your advertising dollars with the Advertising Report.

RMS Announces Partnership with NELCO

Nelco is a trusted forms supplier of   checks and compatible envelopes, wage and tax forms for federal and state filing, and custom or stock presentation folders. Nelco has been in business since 1952 and has recently partnered with AMS, Inc. to provide excellent online ordering resources for checks and envelopes compatible with the Resort Management System.  
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RMS looks forward to a long lasting partnership that will be a great benefit and convenience to our valued customers

RMS Celebrates 25 Years in the Vacation Rental Industry

It was 1984 when RMS was first released...Ronald Reagan was president, Amadeus won best picture, the first Mac went on sale, the average cost of a new house was $86,730.00. You could buy gas for $1.10 a gallon. The first commercial CD players went on sale. The first 3 1/2” computer disk was made by Sony. Movie goers went to see Terminator, Splash, and Ghostbusters for $2.50, the price of an average movie ticket . Tina Turner was belting out “What’s Love got to do with it?” and we were listening to other songs from Billy Joel, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen or maybe you were listening to Cars or Duran Duran. People were watching Dynasty, Knight Rider, The A -Team, Magnum PI, Cheers and Jeopardy. We still watch Jeopardy.

We did not have Windows from Microsoft or VRMA (Vacation Rental Manager’s Association) or many vacation rental software programs to choose from, but we did have RMS, the Resort Management System.   And we still have RMS!

The first RMS was a DOS based system that was responsive to the keyboard only, rather than the mouse. An integrated accounting and general ledger accompanied the reservation system which allowed the reservation by search and the reservation by unit booking processes.

RMS did not have icons on a navigation menu, the colorful tape chart, the unit calendar, travel insurance, online booking, credit card processing, trust–based accounting, disburse or escrow settings, package and promotions options, inactivate unit settings, automatic updates, Hosted RMS or Online booking to name a few of the enhancements to date.

RMS is proven, reliable software for the vacation rental industry! Thanks to all our past and current users. We couldn’t have done it without you!

RMS Hot Tip: Should you detete or inactivate a unit?
RMS allows you to change the status of a unit from "Active" to "Inactive". The active status is for all units that are booked or that you want to be able to book reservations in. Typically "active" units are in your program. Typically, inactive units are properties that have left your program but you believe you will have them under contract again.   Inactive units cannot be booked.
This is a key point: Is there a chance that the unit will return to your program? Once a unit is made inactive it will not be counted towards the unit level. This means you can add new units to make up for any you have inactivated or deleted. You should be aware of how many you have given the inactive status. You can view a list of inactive units by selecting the Activate button and then clicking the select list. To return a unit to your program, select it from this list and then click “Continue” then choose “Activate”. To delete an Inactive unit you would also select from this list and then choose the “Delete” button. Inactive units can ONLY be deleted from the system using this screen.
RMS keeps track of how many units you have in the system. To see the number of units your system has go to the Utilities menu and choose “Add New Units”. On this screen you will see your Unit Level, the maximum number of units your system may have and the actual Active Units number. If there are any units waiting to be added you will also see that number.
The unit level also displays when you choose “About RMS” on the Help menu from the top toolbar. If you would like to increase your unit count at anytime, please call RMS Sales at 1-800-366-5152.