I would love to be able to message all of our past clients who have booked through Peerspace and offer them a discount code to rebook. However I don’t think there is an option for this. I think the communication process via Peerspace can be improved on. I don’t like having to ask our clients for their contact information. Would be a much more streamlined process to display their contact info to the host once a booking is confirmed.
I agree. When someone schedules a site visit or books the space, the first things I ask for is full name, cell # and email address. Would be nice if messaging via Peerspace could be more robust.
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Everything else on Peerspace is great but the messaging. It’s really bulky and needs to be more user friendly. I would say we get 95% of our business through Peerspace so I am constantly having to ask for their info. All Peerspace needs to do is have a user agreement that notifies users that their email (at the bare minimum) will be made visible to the host once a booking is accepted.
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I imagine one issue with sharing contact information is the concern that hosts will book guests directly and bypass the Peerspace system. I appreciate that Peerspace has always felt trusting, and getting contact info has never felt like an issue.
We get the occasional inquiry who asks, typically at a site visit, “So, do we book through Peerspace? Can we just book with you?” Without hesitation, an inquiry that came through Peerspace has to be booked there. I have also had a few direct inquiries who I have directed to our Peerspace listings.
Some other platforms are more restrictive with messaging and sharing contact information, and it definitely slows the process.
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Agreed about the messaging–although I ask for contact info as a matter of course, so that if something happens 15 minutes before the rental start time I can call/text and tell them. As it is, when someone books, I send them a link to a Google form survey that asks a whole lot of questions about setup and needs during the rental–but the first thing is “point person during the rental” and contact info for that person.
I’d also love to be able to send attachments through Peerspace messaging; sometimes someone wants a floorplan with furniture set up in a particular conformation, or the specs on our AV equipment… something that I have already set up in a doc file.
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A feature I wish Peerspace would make available is “search” in the message inbox. That way, hosts can locate an inquiry or ongoing conversation with a guest quickly. For hosts who receive, say, 10+ inquiries a week, after a month or two it becomes very tedious to scroll through pages of emails to find a specific guest.
A search function by keyword or guest name would be tremendously helpful.
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When someone makes an inquiry on Peerspace, the first thing I ask for is their cell phone number. This should be required by Peerspace since a dialogue needs to occur before booking. This would eliminate any delays for the person making the inquiry.
I always direct everyone to book my space through Peerspace as well. The contact information collection feels to flow naturally as the conversation evolves around bookings in my experience. It would be great to get a report from Peerspace about all the guests I’ve had and then be able to send them all a happy holiday message or as Blink_C mentions above, do some outbound marketing to certain types of past guests as well.
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These are great ideas @Brad_B and @Amy_W! We’d love to be able to offer a more streamlined solution for this in the future and will pass on the note to the team. Keep the suggestions coming!
We recently started a spreadsheet (Google Sheets) as a database for rental clients. I have not done any mailings yet, but I also like the idea.
Hey Matthew - I just started a new thread and then I saw this topic.
I would be amazing if the messaging had a search option so I can keep track of all of the conversations. When I chat with a guest about their wedding and agree to provide tables - the booking message often is not connected to the inquiry message - Months later - I don’t have record of what I promised with out scrolling through hundreds of old messages.
Is a search option possible?
John, we definitely hear you on this! Inbox is one of the areas of the product that our team hopes to spend time in throughout the year. Our goal is to make it easier for your to keep track of all your conversations and not lose track of inquiries and bookings. Stay tuned!
I write everything that is requested the day of the approval of booking This way you have it all confirmed, if they want to change it we can do so without a problem.
I have had a lot of issues with tracking messages with the guests.
When we first start talking - we work through their needs for the event and what we can provide. Then they book - sometimes months in advance - The booking messages often start a new thread and I don’t have access to the original conversation.
If a few months have passed - I have to try to find the original conversations through hundreds of messages.
Can the two be linked?
Is there a way to search by a guest name?
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Did the client message you on the same thread? Because if they did it usually comes to the same conversation. But there are moments where I have to refresh or close the app to see it again. Or you can checking your emails to see the thread and see when was the last conversation you had and find it in your previous messages.
Once the client reaches out with a new thread you lose the last conversation because it’s considered a new request.
It is four years later and I am still having the same issue with the inbox.
I just want to be able to search!
I now have people that are coming back after the lockdown saying “we’ve booked with you before” and it is YEARS ago. I can click on their profile and see my review but I would love to be able to search the inbox to find their original thread.
Or I have a booking that was terrible and a new request comes in that sounds like it is one of their friends booking a similar event.
It seems like it would be easy to add a search widget to the inbox so we can see past messages.
I have been on Peerspace for about 5 years and we get dozens of requests each week. Finding a message thread from a month ago, or a year ago, is VERY time consuming.
How the heck do you reach a human being at this organization? one of my posts are under review we requests for changes and there seems to be no way to reach anyone.And the help button doesn’t work
Hi Dan! I’m sorry you’re having trouble reaching us. We’ve just sent you an email so we can help look into this further. Please check your inbox and reply there with a bit more detail about the issue you’re experiencing, and we’ll be happy to assist.
Yep, I responded. Thanks,