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An Effortless Vacation Rental Management Experience

Minimize Your Stress with our vacation rental management services

Minimize Your Stress

Know that your property is in trusted hands with experts at the helm. Your home will be well looked after and in perfect, guest-ready condition.

Outshine Your Competitors with our expert vacation rental management

Outshine Your Competitors

Better bookings, higher returns! Our trusted brand attracts families, friends and professionals who respect and appreciate the high-end homes that we manage.

Recreation vacation rentals offers a one of a kind partnership with the Recreation Guarantee

One-Of-A-Kind Partnership

Our homeowners enjoy end-to-end service that comes with managing a second home. We treat your home like it’s our own, and you as a partner not just a number.

Not all vacation rental managers are created equally.

Managing a vacation rental on your own isn’t easy – but that’s why we’re here. We can earn you more from your home while looking after the details.

We were founded by two luxury hospitality executives and we’re bringing time-tested practices from some of the best hotels in the world to the vacation rental industry to help your home reach its maximum rental income potential and create raving fans of your property.

We’ll give you peace of mind, impressive returns and a flawlessly maintained vacation home – and it’s all backed by The Recreation Guarantee!

If we don’t achieve a 5-star review on a guest stay, we won’t charge our management fee on that reservation.

Hospitality Experts
Hospitality Experts

We care deeply about one thing; creating outstanding experiences for our owners and our guests. We bring nearly three decades in hospitality to this space and our hard working team pulls it all together.

Respecting Your Property
Protecting Your Investment

We’re property owners too so we understand how important it is to take care of your investment. From deep cleaning to managing repairs or handling any other issues with care and speed, our job is to maximize your return.

Cleaning & Maintenance
Flawless Cleaning & Maintenance

Our professional housekeepers ensure attention to detail that meets or exceeds the highest industry standards when cleaning and maintaining your property.

Property Marketing
Property Marketing

We work with the top booking sites to list your property and get it noticed with professional photos, customized property descriptions and outstanding guest reviews.

Locally Focused
Locally Focused

Creating an emotional connection with a destination is what separates good stays from great ones. Incorporating exclusive and local elements with the stay experience is how we create raving fans of your property.

24/7 Guest Support
24/7 Guest Support

Rest easy knowing you, your home and your guests have continuous support from our expert, local team. Preserve your quality of life and enjoy peace of mind that your home is well cared for.

We offer turnkey vacation rental management services.

We’d love to hear about your property and show you how much you can earn in your first year with us!

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What you get with Recreation Stays:

recreation vacation rentals can attract more business to your vacation rental
Attracting Business
  • Listing on the best booking sites
  • Digital marketing
  • Professional photography
  • 3D virtual home tours
  • Customized listing details
  • Driving direct & repeat bookings
we have your back with our one of a kind performance guarantee
Having Your Back
  • Unlimited owner holds
  • Custom reporting
  • Guest screening and damage coverage
  • Inspections and regular maintenance
  • Local staff
  • Assistance with taxes and permits
Our vacation rental management services handle all the details so you don't have to
Handling the Details
  • 24/7 guest service
  • Professional cleaning & maintenance
  • Vendor relationships
  • Payment processing
  • Monthly payouts
Our revenue management strategy will be unique to your house, it's not a generic one-size-fits-all approach
Expert Revenue Management
  • Pro-level rate setting
  • Market analysis
  • Package creation
  • Benchmark reporting
  • Guest segmentation strategy

All you have to do is give us the go ahead and we handle everything:

  • We get it all set up for you
  • We manage all the listings

  • We set the rates

  • We verify the guests
  • We handle the cleaning

  • We coordinate light maintenance

A partnership designed for success

No Onboarding or Start Up Fees

No Long Term Contracts

100% Owner Satisfaction

And it’s all backed by the Recreation Guarantee!
If we don’t achieve a 5-star review on a guest stay, we won’t charge our management fee on that reservation.

How Does Recreation Stays Choose New Properties to Manage?

Our team will develop a detailed property analysis, including a rental projection. This will help ensure that your vacation home is a good fit for Recreation. Please know that we cannot accept every home onto our property management program.

Our turnkey vacation rental management services feature no start up fee, no long term contract and is all backed by our Recreation Guarantee!

See how much you can earn in your first year with us!

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Our Team

Headshot of Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Knight, experienced leader in vacation rental management, showcasing our professional commitment to excellence in the industry.

Adam Knight

Co-Founder & CEO

A hospitality veteran and operations expert, Adam brings 25 years experience across luxury hotel brands like Fairmont and St. Regis, and has led corporate operations for independent hotel companies in San Francisco and Seattle. He has lived and worked all over North America and the Caribbean. He loves the left brain/right brain dichotomy of the hospitality industry. One minute you’re diving into a P&L, the next you’re tasting the new seasonal menu in the restaurant. His passion lies in understanding how things work and making them better, be it small service experiences or large-scale project management.

Adam is the Creator and Host of The Proven Principles Hospitality Podcast, Principal of Recreation Hospitality, and was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful People in US Hospitality

Professional headshot Co-Founder, Wil Slickers, showcasing the leadership and experience driving our vacation rental management success.

Wil Slickers

Co-Founder & Chief Hospitality Officer

Wil brings a new perspective to tourism, hospitality, and service. Wil lives by the concept of “Exceeding Expectations and Creating Destinations.” While running his network of podcasts, he is also an advisor for other hospitality brands like a Treehouse/Glamping company based in California and much more!

Wil got his start by working for a Marriott Autograph Collection with over 700 rooms as a 4 Diamond property and even moved on to managing an all-suite hotel on the Oregon Coast before taking the leap into full-time self-employment and entrepreneurship.

Recently, Wil has been listed as one of the Top 50 Most Influential People In Hospitality & Top 20 In Vacation Rental Technology!