Early access — independent STR operators

AI guest messaging,
built for your properties.

Custom AI that answers your Airbnb guests in seconds — with your house manual, your voice, and your escalation rules. Not another generic chatbot.

No pitch. Just learning what's broken about guest messaging today.
JM
Jenna M.
Cypress Cabin · Wimberley, TX
Auto-sent
Hey! Just landed in Austin, we might get there a couple hours before check-in. Is early check-in possible? And is there parking on site?
2:47 PM
Hey Jenna, welcome to Texas! Check-in is 4 PM but I'll text you by 1:30 if the cabin is ready sooner — cleaning crew usually wraps up around then.

Parking is easy: two spots on the gravel pad right next to the cabin, no permit needed. Look for the wooden Cypress Cabin sign at the turn-in off Ranch Rd 12. Safe drive down!
2:47 PM · 8s response
AI
Intent: check-in + parking Confidence: 0.94
Sent via Airbnb
Integrates with Hostaway Guesty Hospitable OwnerRez Lodgify
The problem

Your team lives in the Hospitable inbox.

A 50-listing operator handles 5,000+ guest messages a month. Roughly 70% are the same questions on repeat — WiFi, parking, check-in, pet policy, "where's a good taco place?"

You've probably tried the built-in AI in Hospitable, HostBuddy, or duct-taped ChatGPT to your inbox. It hallucinated about your properties and you turned it off.

Generic AI doesn't know your WiFi password, your lockbox code, or that the hot tub at unit 3B needs the cover propped on the left.

5k+
msgs / month
70%
repetitive
<1h
to rank well
Knowledge base

Knows your properties like you do.

Every reply is grounded in a knowledge base I build for each of your listings. Your WiFi passwords, your lockbox codes, the way the hot tub at unit 3B actually works, your favorite taco spot — the AI knows what you know.

During onboarding, I extract everything from your existing house manuals, Airbnb descriptions, and the answers your team has typed five hundred times. Then I keep it updated as your listings change.

Cypress Cabin · Wimberley
42 facts indexed · updated 3 days ago
Indexed
House manual
WiFiCypressGuest · pw: cypressgang2024
Lockboxrotates monthly, sent day-of via Airbnb
Hot tubprop cover on left, 30s to start jets
Local recommendations
CoffeeWimberley Cafe · 5 min walk
TacosPioneer Town Texican · highly recommended
House rules
Quiet hours10 PM – 7 AM
Petsallowed with $75 fee
What it does

One system. Four jobs.

01 — Pre-booking inquiries

Answered in 60 seconds.

Airbnb rewards sub-1hr response rate with better search placement. Your AI replies in 8 seconds with property-specific answers. Higher ranking, more bookings.

02 — In-stay support

Common questions, on autopilot.

WiFi, AC, parking, late check-out, restaurant recs — answered instantly with the right info for the right property.

03 — Smart escalation

Humans on what matters.

Refunds, complaints, extensions, damage — never auto-sent. Always queued for your team with a draft response and full context.

04 — Review responses

Personal replies, one click away.

Drafted in your voice. Surfaced for your approval. Stop letting reviews sit for three weeks.

Escalation

You get a text the second something matters.

Refunds, complaints, damage, anything novel — the AI never handles these alone. You get an SMS with the guest's question, the full conversation context, and a draft response ready to go.

Reply APPROVE to send it. EDIT and type your version. DECLINE to handle it yourself. You stay in control of every decision that costs real money.

SMS
Default
Slack
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Email
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SMS · just now
+1 (512) ••• 4827
Needs you
Cypress Cabin · Jenna M.
Guest asked for a partial refund after a noisy night next door. I'd reply:
"Hey Jenna, so sorry to hear about that — let me check with the owner about a partial refund and get back to you within the hour."
Reply APPROVE to send, EDIT to revise, DECLINE to handle yourself.
APPROVE
✓ Sent. I'll flag follow-up tomorrow morning.
How it's different

Not another AI SaaS tool.

The reason off-the-shelf AI fails for STR is the same reason it works for everyone else: it doesn't know your specific properties. I do the setup work the SaaS tools skip.

Off-the-shelf SaaS
  • Generic answers, hallucinates about your properties
  • You set it up, learn the tool, eventually give up
  • Sounds like a bot, embarrasses your brand
  • One-size-fits-all escalation
Built for you
  • Knowledge base authored per listing — house manual, amenities, recs
  • I do the setup. You go back to running your business.
  • Tuned to your voice, signoff, and standards
  • Custom escalation — refunds and damage always human
How it works

Four weeks. Then it just runs.

Week 1 · Discovery

I learn your business.

90-minute kickoff. I pull your house manuals, Airbnb descriptions, and the answers your team has typed a thousand times. Then I extract the knowledge base.

Week 2 · Build

I wire it up.

PMS integration, voice and tone tuning, escalation rules per-property, your SMS channel. Nothing for you to learn or install.

Week 3 · Shadow

We tune together.

The AI runs on every real message but doesn't auto-send. You see what it would have said. We adjust voice, KB, and confidence thresholds.

Week 4 · Go live

You get your time back.

Auto-send for high-confidence answers. Sensitive intents still text you. You're back to running your business — I keep tuning monthly.

Pricing

One-time setup. Monthly maintenance.

Standard
Up to 100 listings
$15k setup
plus $500/month retainer
  • 4-week implementation, end to end
  • PMS integration (Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez)
  • Knowledge base authored per listing
  • SMS escalation for sensitive intents
  • Voice + tone tuning to match your brand
  • Monthly KB updates + new-listing setup
Book a call →
Custom
100+ listings or multi-PMS
Let's talk.
Quoted per engagement
  • Multi-PMS deployments
  • Custom integrations (CRM, channel managers)
  • Review responses + owner reports
  • Priority support, dedicated Slack channel
  • SLA-backed uptime
Talk to me

First two operators get a discounted pilot rate in exchange for a case study. Ask me about it on the call.

Who it's for

Independent STR operators,
20–300 listings.

Past the solo-host phase, with a team that touches guest messaging daily, on a real PMS. You've outgrown DIY experiments with ChatGPT and the built-in AI from your PMS — but you're not signing an enterprise SaaS contract either.

20–300 listings under management
Real PMS — Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez
A team that touches guest messaging daily
Frequently asked

Things operators ask first.

What if the AI gets it wrong?

High-confidence answers grounded in your KB are very rarely wrong. For anything sensitive (refunds, complaints, damage, extensions), the AI never auto-sends — it always texts you a draft for approval. And we run the first month in shadow mode where you approve everything, so we can tune to your standards before going live.

Will my guests know it's AI?

The AI replies in your voice, with your signoff, with details only your team would know. Most guests assume it's a human on your team. You can choose to disclose AI use in your house manual or listing if you prefer — that's your call, not mine.

Will Airbnb ban AI responses?

No. Replies are sent through your PMS's official Airbnb partner API — Airbnb sees them as normal messages from your account. Hospitable, HostBuddy, and Hostfully already do this at scale. Airbnb's algorithm actively rewards fast response times.

What about non-English guests?

Handled natively in 30+ languages, no setup needed. If a guest writes you in Spanish or French, the AI replies in Spanish or French — using the same KB you authored in English.

Who owns the knowledge base?

You do. If you ever stop working with me, I export your KB and full conversation history within a week. No lock-in, no hostage data.

Can I cancel?

Yes. Setup fee is one-time. The monthly retainer is month-to-month after a 90-day minimum. Cancel anytime after with 30 days notice.

Behind this

Hi, I'm Sam.

I'm an engineer in Austin. I spend my days building AI infrastructure at one of the largest internet companies in the world — and my nights and weekends building this for STR operators in my home state.

I'm currently in early access with a small group of Texas operators. If your team is drowning in the Hospitable inbox, I'd love to talk. No pitch — just trying to understand what's broken and see if I can help.

Run an STR business?

20 minutes. No pitch. Just trying to understand how you handle guest messaging today.

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