How Ripazo works, in 3 minutes
A quick walk-through of Ripazo below, so you see what it can do.
What does Ripazo look like once it's running your vacation house?
Ripazo swaps the group chat, the shared spreadsheet, and the laminated printouts in the kitchen for one private page everyone who uses the house can open. The booking calendar keeps multiple groups from turning up the same weekend or week. Arrival checklists mean the shutters actually get shut before a storm. And you'll know who paid for the oil burner last spring in about four seconds, without scrolling six months back through WhatsApp.
Below we go through the three steps to get set up and the seven features families use most. If you'd rather watch than read, the 3-minute demo is at the top. The full plan comparison is one click away if you're already weighing cost.
Which features does Ripazo give a shared vacation home?
How do you set up a shared vacation home on Ripazo?
Create your account and house page
Start by creating your Ripazo account and the page for your vacation home. Give the house a name and the country it sits in, and that page becomes the private space everyone who uses the property can open. It is the starting point for everything you set up next. You stay in control of every detail, and nothing is locked in. Whatever you choose now can be changed later, so you can begin without overthinking it.
Make the portal yours
Open the admin panel and set the look of your portal. Pick a theme, and its colours and styling carry across every page your family opens, so the whole portal feels like one place. Choosing a theme takes only a moment, and you can switch to another one whenever you want. It is a small touch, and it is the first thing that makes the space feel like your own.
Choose the pages you'll use
Ripazo gives you pages for the booking calendar, expenses, photo albums, arrival and departure checklists, house information, and local activities. Few houses need all of them, so you decide which ones are switched on. In the admin panel you turn each page on or off and set which roles can see it. The portal then matches the way your house is run.
Fill each page with your details
With your pages chosen, you fill them with what is specific to your house. The information page holds things like the Wi-Fi code, the alarm code, house rules, and useful phone numbers, sorted into categories you arrange yourself. The arrival and departure checklists work the same way: you set the items that matter for your house. Add a photo anywhere it makes something clearer, and everyone at the house reads the same current version.
Add the weeks you've already planned
If your family has already agreed who stays at the house and when, add those weeks to the shared calendar right away. Members request their dates and an admin confirms them, so the stays you already know about are on the calendar from the start. From there, the whole family opens one calendar and sees the same overview of who is at the house each week.
Invite your family and friends
From the admin panel you add the people who share the house. Enter an email address for each person and give them a role: owner, family, or guest. Ripazo sends the invitation, and once it is accepted they can reach the house page from any phone or laptop. The role you assign decides what someone sees and does, and you can change it with a single click if that ever needs to shift.
Settle in and let Ripazo do the rest
Once the setup is behind you, the house page quietly does its job. Members request their weeks, add photos after a stay, and log the costs they cover, all in the same place. The overview gives you a calm read on the house whenever you want one, and you step in only when something genuinely needs you. From here, Ripazo holds the practical side of a shared house together, so your family can focus on the time spent there.
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