Is there a free app to manage a holiday rental?
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Short answer
Yes. Stayem has a free plan for one property and one calendar that stays free after the launch period: it syncs your Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo calendars, records direct and platform bookings, and gives you an availability calendar for your own website, on iPhone, Android and the web. No credit card is needed.
Until 31 December 2026 everything else in Stayem is free too — guest records, payment tracking, the guest welcome portal and cleaner schedules. Paid plans will be announced well before that date.
What a free plan covers
On Stayem's free plan, including after the launch period:
- 1 property and 1 calendar
- Automatic sync with Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo (every hour, plus on demand)
- Direct and platform bookings in one calendar
- An availability calendar to embed on your own website
- Your owner property portal
- The iOS and Android apps
What is free only until 31 December 2026
During the launch period these Pro features cost nothing as well. After it, they will be part of a paid plan, with the price announced in advance:
- Guest records and payment tracking, with deposits, balances and extras
- The guest welcome portal (QR code, no app or account for guests)
- Operator and cleaner schedules
- Alerts and event notifications
- Booking requests from your public calendar
Other free ways to manage a holiday rental
Plenty of owners start without any dedicated app. The common free set-ups, and where they stop working:
- The platforms' own apps: free and good for one platform each, but each one only sees its own bookings, so you still juggle several calendars.
- Google Calendar plus a spreadsheet: free and flexible, but everything is typed by hand — bookings, payments, cleaner messages — and nothing blocks dates on the platforms for you.
- Free trials of professional channel managers: powerful, but a trial ends, and the pricing is usually per listing per month, built for managers with many properties.
Who a free plan is right for
If you own one holiday home and list it on one or more platforms, the free plan covers the thing that costs owners the most — a double booking — plus a single calendar to run the house from. If you manage several properties or want guest and payment tracking beyond 2026, you will need a paid plan.
Common questions
Is Stayem really free?
Stayem is free to start. One property and one calendar — sync, bookings and your website availability calendar — stay free after the launch period. Everything else is free until 31 December 2026; paid plans will be announced well before then.
Do I need a credit card to sign up?
No. You sign up with your email address only.
Does the free plan work with Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo?
Yes. It imports your calendars from each platform automatically every hour and gives you one calendar feed to add back to each platform, so a booking on one blocks the dates on the others.
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