Activating the connection between CiiRUS and HomeAway.com is a simple process.

Please go to:

1. Reservations & Quoting and then
2. Select Channel Manager.
3. HomeAway appears in the first tab. In order to enable HomeAway as channel partner in CiiRUS,
4. Check the box that states "Enable HomeAway Sync?".

After enabling the Sync, please contact HomeAway to setup an account. Please make note of your User ID as Homeaway will ask for this when creating your account. Once you supplied your User ID, HomeAway will set your account and listing preferences (including subscription levels and bundles), so that you can begin the activation and syncing process.

Before syncing, each property must be correctly configured to ensure that all listings meet quality standards.

The Property set up will have four settings:

1. Rates
2. Description
3. Terms
4. Property Features and Images
5. Enabling the Feed

We will review each of these components in detail next.

Rates

1. The rates used for HomeAway must be either Daily or Weekly.
2. Monthly rates and Combined rates WILL NOT WORK and should be avoided.  
3. The rates currency must be set to be consistent with the currency of your HomeAway profile. A currency mismatch will cause an error.

Once the settings are applied, you are free to begin building your rate set. To create a rate set,

1. Click on New Set, enter description name, for example, Dolphin Way HomeAway Rates >
2. Click Add

To add the Date Band,

1. Click the 'Add Date Band' button at the bottom of the screen
2. Enter the 'Date From' by clicking on the date drop down
3. Enter the 'Date To' by clicking on the next date drop down
4. Enter the Daily/Weekly amount for the selected period
5. Click Add

To view or enter descriptions, select a Property from the Property Dropdown Chooser and go to:

1. Owners & Homes
2. Descriptions
3. Under Title and Bullet Points, enter the Headline.  The Headline must have a minimum of 20 characters.
4. Then enter the Property Title

1. Enter the Plain Text Description which is a description of the property. The Plain Text Description must be a minimum of 400 characters.
2. Press Save and Close

HTML descriptions are not supported

To enter Terms and Conditions, go to Reservations and Quoting > Quote Settings

1. Select the Terms and Conditions tab <then either>
2. Select a Terms and Conditions template from the left menu<OR>
3. Press the Add button to create a New one
4. If you are creating a new Terms and conditions Template, enter the Terms and Conditions in to the 3 white panels located under the Plain Text Setting section of the screen.

HTML descriptions are not supported here

To specify the Property Features that will reflect on your HomeAway listings, go to

1. Owners & Homes
2. Property Features
3. Press the HomeAway Button.

The HomeAway Mappings Property Features only apply to the selected property.

To view uploaded images, go to:

1. Owners & Homes
2. Image Gallery

The first 24 photos will feed to HomeAway. HomeAway will display the title of each image.

1. To change the image title, triple click on the text to update

Once you have populated each property with rates, descriptions, terms and conditions, property images and features, you are ready to

1. Specify the correct Rate Set
2. Specify the correct Description Set
3. Specify the correct Terms & Conditions Set and then
4. Sync each unit to HomeAway

The activation process is now complete!

You must configure the Quote Settings for each property in your system. Most of the Quote Settings are supported and sync over to HomeAway. Specifically, the settings listed below:

1. Cleaning Fee
2. Booking Fee
3. Discount
4. Balance Payment
5. Down Payment
6. Online Booking Settings
7. In addition to Quote Settings, Mandatory Cart Extras will also sync over to HomeAway

Here is a helpful chart of the required fields that you must fill in in order to successfully sync your properties to HomeAway. This chart displays where the fields are located within your CiiRUS account and how they reflect on HomeAway