Brent Kleinheksel

Brent began work on Lodgix in 2008. Since then, Lodgix has grown to serve 750+ property managers representing over 40,000 vacation rentals. As the vacation rental market continues to grow and evolve, so too does Lodgix. During his 10 year tenure as the owner of a small resort in Holland, Michigan, Brent came to know and respect the many challenges of managing and marketing vacation rentals. This experience directly led to the development and launch of Lodgix.com in 2008. Brent has his MBA from the University of Notre Dame and enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters at their home in State Road, North Carolina. He is an avid Notre Dame football fan and loves to work outdoors, fish, play tennis and explore the many small communities in Western North Carolina.

Great Progress on Digital Signatures This Week!

Spent most of the week tweaking and testing the new Digital Signatures Module that (fingers crossed) should finally be launched next week.  We overcame some User Interface and API obstacles this week and are well on our way to the last phase of testing. Digital signatures will be an optional, additional monthly fee module.  Some

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iCal Feed Now Available for All Properties

For those of you who want to push availability data to sites like Airbnb or Google Calendars, we now publish an iCal feed for all properties. The feeds can be found under Settings > Marketing Partners > Review Offers under the “iCalendar” Tab. https://www.lodgix.com/system/marketing_partners/ To use the iCal feed with your Airbnb: In your Airbnb

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Inquiry Management – [autosuggest] Merge Tag Update

Previously, Lodgix deployed a simple algorithm to determine which properties to [autosuggest] for inquiries on properties that are not available.  [autosuggest] is a merge tag that can be used in automated responses to suggest other similar properties that ARE available for the same dates in the original inquiry. For must property managers the Lodgix alogorithm

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Inquiry Management – Automated No Response Followup

Located within Lodgix under Inquiries > Configuration Options (disabled by default) This setting pertains to web inquiries ONLY, phone inquiries are exempt. Some property managers wonder why many times when they respond to an inquiry they never hear back. Maybe the guest never got the response, maybe they accidentally deleted the response from their inbox

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WordPress Rentals Search Widget Updated with Amenities Filter!

Within WordPress, under Appearance > Widgets, you will find the Rentals Search widget. This is a simple, but powerful tool for vacation rental managers and owners with larger number of properties who want to make it easier for their website guests to search their inventory. One of the coolest features of this widget is that

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