Yes, I know its confusing !
in January 2014, HomeAway changed their entire sync system and opened it up only to large customers of theirs. Originally defined as 10 or more properties, I got them to reduce it to 5.
Prior to Jan 2014, PIMS had a proprietary sync system with HomeAway, and they made a special case that allowed all EXISTING PIMS users at Jan 2014 to subscribe to the new system automatically. (Nemo, thats why you slipped under the Radar
)
All owners/managers who subscribed
after Jan 2014 need to go through some tortuous process to be "accepted" by HomeAway.
The benefit of the new system, however, is that it also syncs VRBO and all other HA sites, including OwnersDirect when subscribed as an add-on to HomeAway.
Last time I spoke to Neil at MyVRZone he told me that he uses a different methodology to sync with HomeAway. One that does not require HomeAway "permission" as it relies on MyVRZone "logging in" for you to your HomeAway account. I am not sure if this works for all HomeAway sites.