If you’re a property manager listing on Airbnb or VRBO, you already know the math. Every booking comes with a commission bite — typically 3-15% on the host side, and sometimes much more when you factor in service fees that discourage guests from returning directly. Over the course of a year, across a portfolio of properties, that’s not a rounding error. It’s your revenue.
That’s the problem Stay was built to solve. As the anti-commission vacation rental platform, Stay gives property managers a flat-fee model with no commissions, no hidden fees, and no surprises; just a predictable annual plan that scales with your business.
Stop giving away thousands every year, and list with Stay instead. Watch Scott explain how it works.
The Commission Problem Is Bigger Than You Think
Let’s say you manage 20 properties averaging $200 per night with 60% occupancy. That’s roughly $876,000 in annual gross rental income. A 5% host commission alone costs you over $43,800 a year — money that flows directly to a platform that had almost nothing to do with the quality of the guest experience you delivered.
The more successful you are, the more you pay. That’s the structural flaw in commission-based platforms: your best work is punished by higher fees. Property managers who have built strong reputations, repeat guest bases, and well-run portfolios deserve a platform that rewards them, not one that taxes their success.
What Makes Stay Different for Property Managers
Stay isn’t trying to be another marketplace that owns your guests. It’s designed to give property managers control: over pricing, policies, branding, and guest relationships. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
No Commissions, Ever
Stay operates on a flat annual subscription. Whether you receive 10 bookings or 1,000, you pay the same predictable fee. You keep every dollar earned from your bookings. That’s a fundamentally different economic relationship than what the major OTAs offer.
Direct Booking, Your Brand
With Stay, guests book directly with you. That means you own the guest relationship: their contact information, their preferences, their loyalty. You can re-engage travelers with ads featuring your logo and your properties. Stay supports your brand, not its own.
Your Policies, Your Pricing, Your Process
Commission platforms often impose restrictions on cancellation policies, pricing floors, and guest communication that work against professional operators. Stay gives you full control. Set your own policies, your own pricing, and manage your own process whether you’re running one property or a hundred.
Seamless PMS Integration
One of the biggest concerns property managers have when evaluating new channels is operational complexity. Stay integrates directly with leading property management systems. Your listings, pricing, and availability sync automatically, no manual calendar management, no double-booking risk.
Who Should List on Stay?
Stay is purpose-built for professional property managers. While individual homeowners can absolutely benefit from the platform, the economics are especially compelling for operators managing multiple units. Volume discounts kick in at 3+ properties.
Stay is also particularly well-suited for property managers who have already built a reputation and a guest base on other platforms, and want to begin migrating toward direct booking relationships that don’t carry a commission cost.
It’s not an either/or decision — Stay is designed to work alongside your existing channels, giving you an additional path to bookings that prioritizes margin and long-term guest ownership.
How to Get Started
Getting listed on Stay is fast and straightforward. If your PMS is already integrated, onboarding is largely automated. Pricing starts at $149/year, with volume-based discounts available for larger portfolios.
The better question isn’t whether you can afford to list on Stay. It’s how much longer you can afford not to.
Stop Paying Commissions on Your Own Success
Join property managers who are keeping 100% of their booking revenue with Stay’s flat-fee platform.