Direct bookings
Every home gets its own booking page on our website, marketed alongside the booking sites, so guests can book you direct with no booking-site commission. The more bookings come direct, the more of each one you keep.
Airbnb and holiday-let management, UK-wide Get your property booked, not just managed
Marketing-first management that specialises in direct bookings and mid-term stays, run to the same standard every day. Start with a free revenue estimate, and Leo talks you through it.
- 4.85average guest rating across our homes, out of 5
- 30+booking sites, run from one calendar
- 30 daysnotice, any time. No lock‑in
“I wanted the property to work as a short-let, but I didn't want the constant messages, guest issues and changeovers. Straight Up Stays made the whole process feel much simpler. I know what's happening, but I'm not dragged into the day-to-day running of it.”
Where your property gets seen
Ten of the 30+ booking sites we distribute to, synced from one calendar.
We distribute listings to Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Google, Tripadvisor, Agoda, HomeToGo, Holidu and Trip.com among others.
The offer
What you get, in writing
One company markets your home and runs it, start to finish. These are the terms before you’ve filled in a thing.
A free revenue estimate
What your property could earn, month by month, built from paid market data on comparable homes near you. Leo talks you through it on the phone. We cover the cost.
Full management
Photography, the listing, your own direct booking page, 30+ booking sites, mid-term stays, pricing, guests, cleaning, maintenance and payouts. You approve the plan; we do the work.
One fee, agreed first
A percentage of booking revenue, so we earn when you do. Your rate and anything charged separately are in writing in your proposal, before you sign.
No lock-in
Thirty days’ notice, any time, with no exit fees. You stay because it’s working for you.
Get my free revenue estimateAbout a minute. No obligation.
Booked, not just managed
Every empty night is income you never get back
A spotless home can still sit empty midweek. Nights get filled by four jobs that run all year, and they are where we start.
Position
Who your home is for, and why they’d pick it
We decide which guest your home suits best and build the listing around them: the photographs, the title and the details that make someone choose it. Get that right and the long, valuable stays, the family weeks, go to you first.
Distribute
Direct first, then everywhere guests search
Your home’s own booking page on our website comes first, so guests can book direct with no booking-site commission. Then Airbnb, Booking.com and the rest of 30+ booking sites, all from one calendar so a night can never be sold twice.
Price
A rate that moves with demand
Rates, minimum stays and gap nights are worked as the calendar fills: school holidays, local events, booking pace and how far ahead guests book. Minimum stays protect the long bookings, and the short gaps between them still get sold.
Optimise
Mid-term stays fill the quiet weeks
Contractors and people relocating book for weeks at a time, direct and through our partners, so the slower months fill with one long booking. Reviews and booking data go back into the listing, and the dates you want for yourself stay yours.
What we’re known for
Direct bookings and mid-term stays are our speciality
Two kinds of booking make a home earn all year, and keep more of every pound. They’re the two we go after hardest.
Mid-term stays
Contractors, work crews and people relocating stay for weeks or months. We market homes to them directly and through contractor and relocation partners, so the quieter months fill with one long booking instead of scattered nights.
One of our first homes
One bungalow, one booking, £67,500 paid out
A three-bedroom bungalow that had earned around £1,100 a month as a long let. We prepared it, photographed it, listed it, priced it and ran it. It took a single booking of 546 nights, the kind of long stay we specialise in.
- Paid out
- £67,500
- Nights, one booking
- 546
- Average a night
- £171.82
One property, and not a typical or guaranteed result. Every home gets its own estimate first.
“The bookings came in much quicker than I expected, and it was clear there was proper marketing experience behind the launch. Straight Up Stays think carefully about the listing, the pricing and the type of guest the property would appeal to.”
SeanLandlord, Gloucester, five-star owner reviewHow it works
Valued. Set up. Booked. Paid.
Four steps from the house you have now to a home that earns. Your part gets smaller at every one.
- Sample estimate · figures hidden
1 Valued
Know what it could earn before you decide anything
- Your part
- Three details about the property. It takes about a minute.
- Our part
- Comparable homes near you, demand month by month, nightly rates and running costs, worked into a revenue estimate with the assumptions shown. Leo then rings to talk you through it, and tells you straight if short letting isn’t right for your home.
A reply within one working day
2 Set up
Guest-ready, photographed and listed
- Your part
- Approve the plan.
- Our part
- Preparation and the safety paperwork, styling, professional photography, the listing, house rules and pricing, and a professional cleaning company trialled before the first guest arrives.
A furnished home is usually live within a few weeks
3 Booked
On sale everywhere, looked after every day
- Your part
- Nothing, unless you want to watch.
- Our part
- Your direct booking page and 30+ booking sites, run from one calendar. Every message answered, guests vetted, every changeover cleaned and checked, repairs handled within the limit you set.
Pricing reviewed as the calendar fills
4 Paid
One statement, then your money
- Your part
- Read your statement.
- Our part
- Bookings, income and costs in plain figures every month, then your payout. Nothing on it that your proposal didn’t say.
Every month
Ask Leo
A family business, with Leo at the end of the phone
I’ve marketed holiday lets since 2020, from the Isle of Lewis to Skye and Wales, and trained more than 300 hosts along the way. Straight Up Stays puts the marketing and the running of your home under one roof, with my wife Ruth leading the interior design.
Leo Simpson, founder
Pick a question
How do I choose an Airbnb management company?
Leoreplies
Ask every company the same five things. Who decides who the listing is for, and writes it? How many booking sites will it be on, and who works the pricing day to day? What exactly is the fee, and what is charged on top? How much notice do you give to leave, and are there exit fees? And who do you speak to when something goes wrong? The answers tell you more than any sales page.
What’s in the free revenue estimate?
Leoreplies
What your property could earn over a year, month by month, built from paid market data on comparable short lets near you: their nightly rates, how full they are and how that moves through the seasons. It sets out running costs and our fee, so you see what lands with you, and ends with a straight recommendation. We pay for the data. The estimate is free to you, and Leo talks you through it on a call.
How do your fees work?
Leoreplies
Full management is charged as a percentage of booking revenue, so we earn when you do. Your rate and anything charged separately are confirmed in writing in your proposal before you sign. There is no lock-in, 30 days’ notice and no exit fees.
What is guaranteed rent?
Leoreplies
Under full management, booking income varies and is never guaranteed. For selected properties, Straight Up Stays may instead rent the property from you under a separate company let agreement and pay an agreed fixed rent. We then run it and carry the booking upside and downside. It isn’t available for every property, and the rent, term, responsibilities and permissions are agreed separately.
Won’t guests damage my property?
Leoreplies
Serious damage is rare. Guests are vetted, house rules are clear, and the home is checked at every changeover, so small issues are caught while they are small. If something does happen, we document it and claim through the booking platform and any deposit on your behalf.
My mortgage or lease says no short lets. What now?
Leoreplies
Don’t rule yourself out yet. Many lenders grant consent for short letting, specialist mortgages exist, and lease terms vary more than people assume. We flag exactly what needs checking for your situation and point you to brokers and advisers who deal with it every week.
What if the property is empty, or has tenants right now?
Leoreplies
Empty is ideal: it means a faster launch with no gap between incomes. If tenants are in place, we plan the switch around their notice so the property moves from one income to the other with as little dead time as possible. Either way, the estimate is worth having now, so you decide with real numbers.
How quickly can my property go live?
Leoreplies
A furnished, ready home can be photographed, listed and taking bookings within a few weeks. Homes that need preparing take a little longer. Your estimate comes with a realistic timeline, and we run the whole launch so it doesn’t land on your plate.
Guides worth reading before you decide
The UK rules, setting up, and what a manager really does, in plain English.
Find out what your home could earn
Three details about the property and where to send it. You’ll get a revenue estimate built from paid market data on homes like yours, and Leo will call to talk it through.
- Free to you, with no obligation
- No lock-in if you go ahead, 30 days’ notice
- A reply within one working day