PartnershipsWe Value Our Partners
Our dedication to driving success with providing strategic consulting, expert support, innovative solutions, sustainable practices, and promised results could not happen without our valued partnerships and alliances.
Lodging Software Partners
Ascent partners with some of the best property and rental management software providers to ensure your processing is seamless, secure, and fits your needs.
Apartunity
Connecting your Corporate Reservation Management system to the world in real time.
Avantio
Founded in 2001, Avantio is a global company with offices in Europe and USA, seeking to optimize the workflow and distribution strategy of the professional vacation rental businesses all over the world, that handle a large number of properties. They offer an All-In-One Software that includes a VRMS (Vacation Rental Management System) with a fully integrated Channel Manager fully integrated with the main OTAs and Direct Bookings option, through custom vacation rental Website designs with booking engine.
Barefoot Technologies Corporation
Committing to innovation and customization of Vacation Rental software for more than 20 years focusing on the ease of use, communication tools and functionality for every department — reservations, managers, trust accounting, housekeeping, maintenance, and revenue managers
BookingAutomation
BookingAutomation is more than just property management software. It's a specialized tool for vacation rental owners and hotel apartment managers, ensuring they remain at the forefront of the hospitality industry. With its tailored features and seamless integrations, it's the ultimate platform to optimize operations, maximize profits, and offer guests an unforgettable experience.
BrightSide Rental Management
A complete management solution for vacation rental agencies or property management companies. This software can help manage your rentals, reservations, housekeeping, maintenance, accounting, employees, and marketing. Brightside enables their customers to innovate by building powerful, yet easy to use, software and backing it with industry-leading support.
CiiRUS Vacation Rental Software
Providing revolutionary software that puts customers ahead of their competition with advanced Property Management tools including custom reporting, advanced housekeeping and maintenance tracking, integrated owner accounting, and more
CodeOne
CodeOne Corporate Housing Software is a powerful cloud hosted platform designed exclusively for the serviced accommodations industry that allows you to simply manage your apartments, leases, vendors, clients, and bookings all in one place whether it's at your desk or on the go.
Escapia
Offering the best-in-class Vacation Rental software with robust trust accounting, no booking fees, easy reservation calendar, housekeeping tools, and more to help grow your inventory.
Hostaway
Hostaway is known as the market leader in marketing, sales, management, reporting, and communication for vacation rental property managers. One of the largest marketplaces in the industry and deep integrations with Airbnb, VRBO, Expedia, HomeAway, and more, property managers can increase exposure while saving time and money. Thousands of property managers around the world trust Hostaway, the fastest-growing vacation rental software in the world. The combination of offering the best support and onboarding in the industry with a highly scalable and customizable platform is the key to success for any property manager!
InnGenius Hotel PMS Software
Packed with easy to understand yet powerful features and makes it easy for you to manage your daily tasks while increasing your productivity and guest satisfaction. InnGenius is built with the help of a dedicated team of hospitality experts and is able to meet the demand of most intricate operational requirements.
Janiis
JANIIS is next generation lodging management software. Their software was designed and created by lodging professionals for lodging professionals.
Lodgable
Lodgable’s property management software for vacation rentals allows you to manage every aspect of your vacation rental company. Connect to all of the major booking sites including Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, and more. Lodgable allows you to manage all of your listings from one intuitive channel management dashboard and book more nights and make more money with Lodgable.
LSI Tools
Offering Vacation Rental clients customized solutions for company-specific issues with a suite of tools including software, detailed Property Management addendums, and e-sign options for owners and guests
OwnerRez
A comprehensive booking management engine, built by people who have vacation rentals of their own. It integrates with listing sites like VRBO, AirBnb, and FlipKey to centralize calendars, manage inquiries, and quote guests. It allows property managers to host their own website, guest checkout with e-sign renter agreements, and process payments directly, including auto-scheduled payments. All emails sent to the guest are templatable, and property managers can schedule their own emails to go out automatically. OwnerRez also provides travel insurance and damage protection insurance, as well as integration with QuickBooks, property management/owner statements, and other power features.
Real Time Rental
Offering fully-integrated Vacation Rental software for companies of any size on the original cloud-based Vacation Rental software solution including fully integrated trust accounting, website integration options, rental marketing, and more
Reservation Software
Reservation Software: a leader in rental management software, offering a modern alternative to the industry’s legacy software. Their solution is specifically designed for “Managing the utility of a Rental” from two days to two years. Their suite of “Native” features are interconnected to increase efficiency through automation.
ResSoft
Providing every facet of online Vacation Rental Management services including secure online reservations, website integration, credit card merchant processing, online e-signature services, tenant screening, workflow processing, contact management, housekeeping management, reporting tools, and more.
Rezometry
Offering software for tour operators and travel agencies including integrated CRM, marketing, sales, reservations, trip planning, operations, accounting, and reporting for group and tour travel
RMS Resort Management System
Packaging Vacation Rental reservations, accounting, online booking, and more all in one powerful software since 1984.
RNS Rental Network Software
Producing Vacation Rental software for more than 30 years to make Property Managers lives more efficient and profitable with features including online reservations, guest and owner portals, welcome app, distribution marketing, CRM, accounting, management, and more.
Streamline
Providing Vacation Rental software for Property Managers built by Property Managers
TCS The Company Software
Offering customizable turnkey solutions through affordable Vacation Rental software.
Tenant File
Tenant File property management software that just makes sense. Speed, power, and security. Very easy to use. The Tenant File Property Management Software is for owners, landlords and managers of any type of rental property, residential or commercial.
TRACK by TravelNet Solutions
Creating a world-class guest experience from start to finish with enterprise software solutions for leading hotels, resorts, and Vacation Rental Managers utilizing features such as trust accounting, channel management, housekeeping and maintenance, rate and reservation management, booking engine, guest and owner portals, triggers and automation
VRM Virtual Resort Manager
Managing a complete, all-in-one Vacation Rental software with CRM, advanced work order systems, automated accounting, and more.
Lodging Website Development Partners
Ascent works closely with some of the top lodging website developers to provide the best payment solutions customized within your platform.
Bizcor
Leveraging the power of proven digital strategies for the Vacation Rental Industry.
Bluetent
Growing online business with digital solutions for Vacation Rental professionals by increasing revenue with the Rezfusion suite of high performance, direct booking websites that are built to address the needs of Vacation Rental companies of all sizes and increasing website traffic, strengthening brand loyalty, and broadening your digital footprint with a full complement of strategic digital marketing services
ICND Intercoastal Net Designs
InterCoastal Net Designs (ICND) is one of the premiere website development and digital marketing agency for vacation rental management companies. As trusted industry veterans with over 24 years experience in business, our proven conversion-focused approach is founded on the Book Direct philosophy
RealTech Webmasters
RealTech provides real solutions. Their independent web agency specializes in the vacation rental industry. RealTech is here to make their client’s lives easier and to increase their direct bookings with custom websites, effective marketing, fanatical support, easy and seamless integrations. Period.
Scurto Marketing
Scurto Marketing builds beautiful, responsive websites for the travel industry that work seamlessly with popular software solutions and APIs. Scurto also provides top-notch online marketing services for clients, including email marketing, pay-per-click management, social campaigns, and SEO.
Additional Lodging/Vacation Rental Services
Ascent constantly looks for ways to make your life easier. We partner with companies within the lodging industry to help with services in addition to payment acceptance – like virtual employees or scheduling assistance within your organization.
ChargeAutomation
Integrated with 120+ payement gateways and numerous property management software systems, ChargeAutomation is key to increased guest experience & revenue while maintaining efficient, frictionless operation. Use ChargeAutomation FREE online check-in tool to collect Guest ID, selfie, document, custom questions, rental agreement, e-signature & offer personalized guest portal with guidebook. Another powerful feature of ChargeAutomation is the smooth collection of security deposit, reservation payment & upselling.
Direct Booking Tools
Direct Booking Tools is the first of many technology platforms being developed by Booking Insights to improve both the vacation rental guest experience but also provide incredible services and insights for the property managers. Everything we are developing focuses on increasing direct booking revenue, making marketing costs more effective, providing operational insights and increasing efficiencies, driving bottom line profits and educating the public.
Extenteam
Extenteam specializes in delivering cost-effective and flexible staffing solutions for vacation rental operators and hospitality brands. Whether you are managing five homes or need seasonal temporary staffing for your contact center, they can work with you to deliver experienced virtual agents well within your operating budget.
Extenteam’s global talent network can align seamlessly with your existing team, property management system, and technology infrastructure to handle all of your incoming inquiries, calls, text messages, emails and other ad hoc tasks specific to your business requirements.
Nofie
Nofie is the unique vacation rental marketplace that puts guests and hosts back in the center of the travel experience by empowering them with booking options. When you list your property on Nofie, you are able to showcase all your booking options, including your direct booking site as well as any third-party platforms you're listed on. After making the connection between guest and host, Nofie steps aside. The best part? Nofie charges no fees.
RueBaRue
RueBaRue Guest Communication Platform helps property managers optimize operations, increase revenue and provide guests with the best experience using digital guestbooks, text automation, unified text inbox, local area guides, web chat, surveys and extend gap stays.
Silicon Travel
Silicon Travel is an Internet Service Provider with Vacation Rental WiFi solutions for Property Managers. Our short-term rental Internet and WiFi solutions are designed to support a better guest experience, capture leads, drive direct bookings, and save you and your homeowners time and money.
SkyRun
SkyRun represents over 950 vacation rental properties in over 30 beautiful destinations in 12 states, Mexico, and Canada. Each SkyRun destination is locally owned and operated with their own direct local phone number to provide the most local experience possible. You can relax knowing you're in excellent hands.
StayFi
Vacation rental managers use StayFi to brand WiFi, collect guest data, and increase direct bookings - all while providing a better WiFi experience for guests.
StretchBill
StretchBill is the solution that both allows renters to pay in installments, while emiminating credit card processing fees and chargeback risks. Save money on payment fees and attract new renters with StretchBill.
VRScheduler
VRScheduler is the calm way to manage vacation rental staff and operations. Never miss another clean, inspection, or any other task – track all of your maintenance issues and save hours in scheduling and payroll. Features include a drag-and-drop scheduling calendar, staff dashboards, time tracking, payroll support, maintenance tracking, and more. Save time, increase revenue, and create happier guests and owners with VRScheduler.
Industry Associations
We are involved in several industry organizations, not only to support the lodging industry overall, but so we can help educate our clients and future clients on best practices and regulations.
Association of Lodging Professionals
The Association of Lodging Professionals (ALP) is a collaborative community, solving the challenges of independent lodging property owners in a changing travel landscape. ALP is a non-profit association that focuses on professional development and advocates for the industry in media relations and influencing public policy.
NorthWest Vacation Rental Professionals
We believe that the professionally managed NWVRP properties are the best short-term rentals in the Pacific Northwest. It’s all about trust, and professionals who are willing to exceed expectations. Members of NWVRP are banding together to develop the very best marketplace for our product. This is just one of the great benefits of being a member. Why not come and be a part of US!
The Association for Short-Term Rental Homeowners (ASTRHO)
The Association for Short-Term Rental Homeowners (ASTRHO) is a not-for-profit professional network for all short-term and vacation rental homeowners. ASTRHO is built to bring short-term rental homeowners together to collaborate in new and better ways, learn from marketing and business experts in the vacation rental space, and to provide perks and benefits that are important to the homeowner.
VRMA Vacation Rental Management Association
VRMA Vacation Rental Management Association: VRMA advances the Vacation Rental Industry by providing invaluable educational and networking opportunities, promoting the value of the Vacation Rental experience, and speaking as the authoritative voice to foster professionalism and growth
Local Organizations
Ascent is the best credit card processor in the lodging industry. In addition to supporting national organizations, we believe in supporting our local associations, as well. We are here to help.
Boulder Independent Business Alliance
Gatlinburg Hospitality Association
North Carolina Vacation Rental Managers Association (NCVRMA)
A statewide trade association, North Carolina Vacation Rental Managers Association (NCVRMA), is dedicated to the ongoing development of the professionals and standards of the vacation rental industry, as well as the economic well-being of North Carolina’s tourism industry, of which we are a lynchpin.
Members of NCVRMA come from the mountains, coast, and Piedmont and Sandhills between. Many members are from resort destinations and manage properties owned by individuals from all over the U.S. NCVRMA members vary in size from those with just a few rentals to those with 1,000+ in their destination. Our Supplier members support rental management firms with products and services like linens, phone, web hosting, and marketing.
Pigeon Forge Hospitality and Tourism Organization
Smoky Mountain Vacation Lodging Association
Travel Insurance Providers
Ascent has been a pioneer in the vacation rental/lodging industry for more than 20 years. We want travelers to feel safe about the vacations they plan, so we work closely with several travel insurance providers to give guests more peace of mind about their investment.
Red Sky Travel Insurance
We are always adding to our portfolio of partners in order to offer the services to fit individual business model needs. Please fill out the form below and one of our Business Development Managers will follow up ASAP:
