HouseStay was built with landlords and tenants in mind and is customized for those who are frustrated with the experience that modern short term rental platforms offer. For property managers who have the responsibility of managing multiple properties and ensuring a high-quality guest experience, integrating with HouseStay can be especially valuable.

But how does integrating with the HouseStay system differ from other platforms? Let's dive into why property managers should integrate directly with HouseStay and how you can get started.

Direct integrations with HouseStay help you reduce your overhead.

If you're managing multiple furnished apartments or properties at a time, you most likely have room carved into your budget for a channel manager. But while channel managers support your property management system (PMS) and ensure that your properties are being seen by furnished finders who will make reservations, they may take a 10 to 15 percent fee for each booking. On top of other fees and expenses that managers may encounter while managing property owners' rentals, this can mean an unnecessary loss of profits.

When you make the decision to integrate directly with HouseStay, you can avoid tacking these extra fees onto the expenses you're already paying. This helps you reduce your overhead, achieve greater business growth and revenue management, and makes for a more desirable listing experience than you would find with other property management solutions.

We open up your inventory to high-quality tenants looking for short-term and long-term stays.

The biggest issue with online travel agencies (OTAs) like Expedia or Booking.com and platforms like Airbnb is that they're all designed to accommodate the needs of tourists. While this is great for those working in the hospitality industry, property managers who want to fill vacancies for longer than a week at a time find themselves unable to do so with the platforms at their disposal today. Besides the length of the stay, longer occupancy gaps between renters can lead to a sudden drop in revenue, which is a natural consequence of using booking platforms like these as well.

HouseStay helps property managers navigate these issues by allowing you to tap into a market of high-quality tenants or furnished finders looking for a minimum stay of at least 30 days. Should they feel the need to extend their online reservation, they have the flexibility to do so for as long as they need. If you're tired of dealing with platforms that only cater to the hotel industry or tourism industry and cut long term rentals out of the picture, use HouseStay to list your clients' vacation rentals, furnished apartments, furnished condos, multifamily homes, and beyond!

We've automated the booking process to offer a seamless experience for hosts and tenants.

Your property management software, whether you use RealPage, Yardi Breeze, or WebRezPro, likely makes it easy to keep track of all of your clients' listings. But when it comes to aspects of managing properties like billing, tenant screening, communication with prospective or current tenants, you may find that the channel managers you're using aren't allowing you to function optimally. After all, there are no hoteliers with a front desk or front office to manage all of your tenants when you manage homes and apartments!

HouseStay simplifies the listing and hosting process by offering a fully automated booking process. This means:

• Tenants are able to search through our database to discover your comprehensive listings, which give further insight into what the property offers, what their monthly rent payment will be, and around which area their rental is located before they make online bookings.

• You can communicate with tenants directly to provide them with more information about the property and answer any questions they may have.

• Background checks are conducted on the platform after tenants make their due at booking payment (all transactions are online payments), ensuring that the renters occupying your properties are of the highest caliber.

• The HouseStay short term lease applicable for monthly rentals is signed and tenants and hosts coordinate the renter's transition to the property.

Of course, the benefits don't stop there. For hosts, our platform offers benefits like:

• Further analytics and insights to help you develop a better rental strategy.

• The ability to see all of your occupied and vacant rentals in one place.

• Greater control over the rental process than you may receive from customer relationship management (CRM) or PMS systems.

Even better, there are no additional costs to you for this automation on our online portal! This offers you greater support than a modern property management system without the high price point. If guest satisfaction and convenience are important to you, you will discover that HouseStay makes the short term rental booking process a breeze for everyone.

Our platform isn't limited to one type of tenant, allowing you to manage all your clients' listings in one place.

The hospitality industry is truly limited when it comes to what it serves, even while it's still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. For the most part, people looking to travel are directed towards small hotels, independent hotels, bread and breakfast (B&B) listings, or major chain hotels or resorts that are well known as quality hospitality business providers. However, this leaves out corporate travelers, traveling students, families that need relocation support, and other renters who need more than just a summer for the books that they can post on social media.

Even if they should find short-term rentals on other platforms, they're still subject to housekeeping fees (and related room management fees from maintenance requests/work orders), high daily or monthly rental prices, guest services, and other expenses that vendors may charge. Put simply, these distribution channels are not built for everyone, following hospitality trends instead of the modern user's needs.

HouseStay has a competitive advantage as it's built for all types of tenants. This makes it easy to manage all of your clients' properties in one place. Additionally, there's a reason why many individuals come to HouseStay to book a property. Some of the benefits that HouseStay has to offer renters include:

• All properties listed on HouseStay are fully furnished, whole accommodations and are turnkey homes.

• Every property comes equipped with utilities, housewares, and other essential items so that renters only need to bring their suitcases.

• Many properties offer additional amenities to meet guest preferences, whatever they may be.

• HouseStay gives renters full control over how long they want to stay, which offers longer stays than they will find on other platforms or through OTAs.

If you want a platform that allows for third-party integration and will help you manage all of your clients as well as attract all types of tenants, HouseStay was built for you!

Note: This doesn't take into account hotel managers who oversee corporate hotels. Those who manage hotel operations and utilize a hotel property management system like RoomRaccoon or Oracle Hospitality (for point of sale systems/payment gateways and other hotel solutions), as well as a central reservation system (CRS), may be better suited for OTAs focused on hospitality due to the unique nature of their properties. Corporate hotels come with office staff, financial demands like sourcing guest products and sending out invoices, and other maintenance management requirements that vastly differ from managing homes and apartments. Seek out software advice and other important information from industry experts to get further clarity on your role and create a plan for your unique needs.

Use HouseStay to make property management simple

Property management can be a highly fractured experience as you seek to use a host of property management systems and channel managers to make sure your clients' listings are being found and filled. Instead of using these same systems time and time again, directly integrate with HouseStay to improve your management capabilities. Create an account now to get started!