Stay Awhile Cohosting review

★★★★☆ 3.8 · our editorial rating

Type

Co-host

Headquarters

Portland, OR

Markets

Portland

Management fee

20% of net + $150/mo laundry

Listings

Undisclosed

Size

Local

The published facts, in plain English

Stay Awhile Cohosting is a co-host operator based in Portland, OR, covering Portland. Its published management fee is 20% of net + $150/mo laundry. Published portfolio size: Undisclosed. Scale: local.

Data-desk note: Fully published tiered pricing; laundry add-on is mandatory.

Who it’s for

Stay Awhile Cohosting is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in Pennsylvania.

Our take

We list Stay Awhile Cohosting’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.

How it compares to One Fine BnB

On the published figures alone, Stay Awhile Cohosting shows 20% of net + $150/mo laundry and One Fine BnB shows 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding retainer. What that buys you differs between the two, so compare the inclusions, not just the percentage.

Reading the record

Stay Awhile Cohosting sits at the local end of the scale on our desk’s reading — short chains of command, and your property is a meaningful share of the book. The published footprint reads Portland. Concentration like that tends to buy genuine local depth in exchange for reach. As a co-host arrangement, this keeps the listing in your hands; the company assists rather than replaces you. On price, the published 20% of net + $150/mo laundry is the starting point for negotiation, not the end of it — scope varies more than percentages do.

How this plays for two kinds of owner

• The remote owner. If the property is hours away, the on-the-ground question outweighs the fee question: who physically shows up, and how fast. A published 20% of net + $150/mo laundry helps you budget the distance.
• The hands-on owner. If you live nearby and enjoy the work, a full-service fee buys you time you may not need — run the math on what you would actually delegate before you sign anything with Stay Awhile Cohosting.

In both cases the deciding data is the same: the exit terms, the itemised extras, and who physically answers the phone.

Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: One Fine BnB — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If Stay Awhile Cohosting beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. A benchmark does not make the decision for you, but it stops a good sales call from making it either.

Verdict

A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with One Fine BnB.

Questions owners ask

Does Stay Awhile Cohosting publish its management fee?
Yes — 20% of net + $150/mo laundry.

Where does Stay Awhile Cohosting operate?
Portland. It is based in Portland, OR.

How big is Stay Awhile Cohosting?
Published portfolio: Undisclosed. We file it as local in scale.

What we would ask Stay Awhile Cohosting

• “What does the published 20% of net + $150/mo laundry exclude?” Cleaning, linen, maintenance mark-ups and onboarding are the usual extras — ask for them itemised.
• Notice period and exit. Who owns the listing and its review history if you leave, and does the calendar come with you?
• Who is on the ground. Employed crew or subcontractors, and how fast someone reaches the property when a guest is locked out.

Alternatives worth comparing

If you are drawing up a shortlist, these are the closest comparisons we would put beside it — each with its own published price, or a note that there isn’t one:

• Scenic Stays — does not publish a price.
• Fairly — Not published ($5k earnings guarantee).
• HostPros — does not publish a price.

For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is One Fine BnB — see Airbnb co-host for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.

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