CiphraX Stays lists your place on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and more, answers every guest in seconds and keeps your calendar full — for 2% per booking instead of the 15–30% agencies charge.
Free to join. No subscription. No contract lock-in. You only pay when you earn.
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Self-managing this property takes about 312 hours a year at 6 h/week.
Skipping our fee "saves" €569 — which pays your hosting time at €1.80/hour.
If your time is worth more than €1.80/hour, we're the cheaper option.
Photos and your address — that's everything we need from you. Our system recognises the rooms and amenities, writes your listing and sets your starting prices from real market data in your area. You review and approve it.
Your property goes live on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Holidu, HomeToGo and more — one synced calendar, so double bookings can't happen. Prices adjust to demand automatically, every night of the year.
Every guest question answered in seconds, around the clock. Check-in details sent on time, keys handled via smart lock or key service, cleaning scheduled and photo-verified after every checkout. Payouts go straight to your account.
A single booking fires the entire operation — no dashboards, no handoffs, no you at 3am.
Everything a traditional agency does for 15–30%, done by AI that never sleeps, never misses a message and never takes a holiday.
Titles and descriptions written the way top-performing listings are written, amenities detected from your photos, and honest advice when a better photo would earn you more.
One synced calendar across Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Holidu, HomeToGo and more. Wider reach means higher occupancy — most owners see bookings from channels they'd never have listed on.
Inquiries, booking questions, check-in help, mid-stay requests — answered in seconds, in the guest's language, with your house rules applied. Anything unusual gets escalated to you with a suggested reply.
Rates tuned nightly to local demand, events, and seasonality. You set a minimum price; we never go below it.
Your cleaner, or one we match from vetted local networks, scheduled automatically after every checkout. Photo-verified with a fallback plan if anyone cancels. Cleaning fees are charged to guests, as usual.
Smart-lock codes generated per guest, or key exchange via KeyNest and Keycafe networks. Late arrivals handled without a phone call to you.
Hosting quietly became a second job. Agencies charge 15–30% to give you your evenings back. Software hands you a dashboard — and keeps the job yours.
CiphraX Stays works differently. It's an AI that does the work.
Software platforms leave the work to you. Human agencies do the work but take up to a third of your income. We built the third option.
| Service | Fee | Setup | Guest messages | Cleaning | Channels | Your ongoing work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CiphraX StaysAI full management | 2% | Photos only | 24/7, all languages | Scheduled & verified | All major | None |
| Travelnestlisting service + experts | 5% | Guided forms | You reply | Not offered | 30+ | You manage listing & guests |
| Housthuman full management | 14–20% | Calls & onboarding | Human team | Included | Major OTAs | Low — at 7–10× our fee |
| Guestysoftware you operate | from $9/mo + 1% | You configure it | AI tools you run | Integrations you set up | 200+ | You run the operation |
| Vacasa / Sykes / Awazetraditional agencies | 20–35% | Contracts & visits | Human team | Included | Their channels | None — at a third of income |
| EvolveUS "half-service" | 10% | Photo-ready required | 24/7 included | You arrange locally | 4 majors | All on-the-ground work |
| GuestReadyhuman full management | from 15% | Onboarding fee | Human team | Included | Major OTAs | Low — at 7×+ our fee |
| Pass the KeysUK full management | 20% + VAT | £149 onboarding | Human team | Included | Major OTAs | Low — at 10× our fee |
| Doing it yourselfAirbnb only | your time | Airbnb's tools help | You, at 3am | You arrange it | 1–2 | Everything, forever |
Fees are each provider's published rates as of July 2026 where available (Houst pricing page: 12–20% + monthly account fee; Travelnest: 5% + channel commission; Evolve: 10%; GuestReady: from 15%; Pass the Keys: 20% + VAT + £149 onboarding). Vacasa, Sykes and Awaze don't publish rates — ranges shown are as commonly reported by owners. Channel/OTA commissions apply equally to every option, including ours. Guesty's entry tier (Lite): $9/month + 1% per reservation — software only, you still run the operation yourself.
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Our own place runs on Stays end to end — the same AI writes the listing, answers every guest and books the cleaning. We're our own first customer, on the same 2%.
The first 100 properties keep the 2% rate for life, onboarded personally by the team building the product. No subscription, no minimum term — leave any time.
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Because our costs are different, not our service. Traditional managers pay local teams to answer messages, coordinate cleaners and update prices by hand. Our AI does that work at near-zero cost, so we don't need your margin to cover salaries. Cleaning itself is paid by guests through cleaning fees, exactly as it works on Airbnb today.
Send photos and your address, approve the listing we write, and tell us how you handle keys and cleaning today (we'll plug into it, or set you up with a smart lock or local cleaner network). After that: nothing. You'll get a monthly summary and payouts to your bank account.
The AI resolves routine issues directly with the guest and dispatches your cleaner or maintenance contact when needed. Anything involving money — refunds above a limit you set, damage claims — always comes to you first with a recommended action. You stay in control of every decision that costs you money.
Guests see "the host team" and get answers in seconds instead of hours. If a guest asks for a human, or the AI isn't confident, the conversation is escalated. Response speed is one of the biggest drivers of ranking and reviews on every booking platform — this is where you'll notice the difference.
No. There's no subscription and no minimum term. Your listings are yours — if you leave, we hand over everything, including your reviews where the platform allows transfer.
Short-term rental rules vary by city — registration numbers, night caps, tax collection. During onboarding we flag what applies to your address and what's needed to list legally. We're not a law firm, but we won't publish a listing that's obviously non-compliant.
Your listing is generated within minutes of sending photos — you review and approve it the same day. Publishing then takes a few days at most, as each channel runs its own checks, so most properties are bookable within the week. For comparison, human managers advertise 10–14 days.
The leading ones — Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Holidu and HomeToGo among them. The exact set depends on your property type and region; we publish wherever your property earns most, with one synced calendar so double bookings can't happen.
Guest payments are processed by the booking channels and paid out to your bank account, minus our 2% fee. Every booking, fee and payout is itemised in your monthly summary — there are no other charges from us.
Of course. Block any dates in one tap and every channel's calendar updates at once. Many owners keep the summer weeks for family and let the AI fill the rest of the year.
We'll send back your finished listing within 48 hours — free, no commitment. If you like it, we publish it and your property starts earning.
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