Since day one, Stay was built around a simple idea: property managers do the work, so they should keep the reward. That means no commissions, no platform fees eating into your revenue, and no algorithm deciding whether your listing gets seen.
Today, we’re making it even easier to get started.
Stay now offers self-checkout, a fully online onboarding flow that lets you sign up, list your properties, and start accepting inquiries in minutes. No sales call. No back-and-forth. Just a fast, straightforward path to direct bookings.
Why We Built This
A lot of property managers have been burned by Airbnb and Vrbo: rising commissions, algorithm changes that tank your visibility overnight, guests that belong to the platform and not to you. They’re already looking for a better alternative. What they didn’t want was to jump through hoops to find one.
We also heard something else clearly: not everyone wants to talk to sales first. Some hosts just want to evaluate the platform on their own terms, sign up when they’re ready, and get moving. That’s a completely reasonable way to make a decision, and self-checkout is built for exactly that.
Self-checkout is designed for RBOs and property managers with a handful of properties who want to get listed and get to work, fast.
What’s Included
When you sign up through self-checkout, you get everything Stay offers:
- A listing on Stay’s no-commission marketplace, where travelers book directly with you
- A flat annual subscription of $159/year per property
- Your brand front and center at every step of the guest journey
- Full control over pricing, policies, and how you communicate with guests
- Compatibility with leading PMS platforms including HostAway, Hostfully, OwnerRez, and many more — and if you’re not connected to a PMS, no problem. We can build your property listing manually.
The Math Still Works the Same Way
This isn’t a new pricing tier or a stripped-down version of Stay. Self-checkout is just a faster on-ramp to the same platform.
For context: a property manager running even two or three bookings a month through a commission-based OTA is paying hundreds (many times thousands) of dollars per year in platform fees alone. At $159/year flat, Stay pays for itself quickly. And unlike commission platforms, your cost stays the same whether you have a slow month or your best one ever.
What This Means for the Industry
The short-term rental industry has long operated on a model that benefits platforms more than hosts. Commissions compound. Guest relationships belong to the OTA. Visibility is rented, not owned.
Self-checkout is one more step toward making the alternative accessible, not just for large property management companies with dedicated onboarding resources, but for any professional host who wants a better model.
When more hosts own their channel, the whole dynamic shifts. Guests pay less. Hosts earn more. And the relationship between them belongs to the people who actually created it.
Managing a larger portfolio?
Self-checkout is especially built for smaller property managers and RBOs. If you manage a larger portfolio, we offer volume pricing that makes even more sense at scale, but it’s worth a quick conversation with our team first to make sure you’re set up on the right plan.
Get in touch here.
Get Started Today
If you’re ready to stop paying commissions and start building a booking channel you actually own, self-checkout is the fastest way to get there.
Head to staywithstay.com/hosts/plans and you can be listed before end of day.