VAD
Core product · dedicated STR virtual assistants

The back office
that runs while
you sleep.

One dedicated, STR-trained virtual assistant — embedded in your tools, running guest comms, reservations, pricing, listings and turnovers around the clock. You wake up to an inbox that's already handled.

Worked inside your stack

  • Guesty
  • Hostaway
  • Hospitable
  • OwnerRez
  • PriceLabs
  • Wheelhouse
  • Breezeway
  • Turno
  • Airbnb
  • Vrbo
  • Booking.com
Core product · 7 VA services

Everything a dedicated VA runs — in detail

Each service is worked end-to-end inside your own platform. Here's what that looks like day to day, the tools it runs in, and the outcome it protects for your portfolio.

Service 01

Guest communication & 24/7 after-hours coverage

A trained VA answers every guest the moment they message — day, night, and across time zones — so a 2am lockout never becomes a 1-star review.

PM outcome — A slow 2am reply never becomes a 1-star review.

Day to day
  • Sub-60s first-response on Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and SMS
  • After-hours and overnight rota that covers every time zone you operate in
  • Escalation playbooks for lockouts, refunds and maintenance emergencies
  • Review-recovery messaging that protects your portfolio rating
Tools used
  • Airbnb
  • Vrbo
  • Booking.com
  • Guesty
  • Hostaway
Service 02

Reservations & calendar management

Bookings confirmed, calendars synced and gaps closed across every channel — no double-bookings, no manual blocking, no missed inquiries.

PM outcome — Zero double-bookings, and gap nights filled instead of lost.

Day to day
  • Inquiry-to-booking handling with your screening and house rules
  • Multi-calendar sync across Guesty, Hostaway, Hospitable and OwnerRez
  • Gap-night and orphan-night cleanup to lift occupancy
  • Cancellation and modification handling per your policy
Tools used
  • Guesty
  • Hostaway
  • Hospitable
  • OwnerRez
Service 03

Owner communication & monthly reporting

Owners hear from you proactively — clean monthly statements, occupancy and revenue summaries, and fast answers that keep them renewing.

PM outcome — Owners renew because they always know how their door is performing.

Day to day
  • Branded monthly owner statements and performance recaps
  • Proactive updates on bookings, maintenance and revenue
  • Owner inbox triage with same-day responses
  • Renewal and retention touchpoints throughout the year
Tools used
  • OwnerRez
  • Guesty
  • Hostaway
Service 04

Revenue & pricing execution

Daily pricing moves executed in PriceLabs or Wheelhouse — base prices, min-stays, seasonal rules and gap fills — so your rates never go stale.

PM outcome — Rates never go stale — pace stays ahead of your revenue target.

Day to day
  • Day-to-day rate management in PriceLabs and Wheelhouse
  • Min-stay, seasonality and event-based rule upkeep
  • Last-minute discounting to fill gap and orphan nights
  • Weekly pace and pickup checks against your revenue targets
Tools used
  • PriceLabs
  • Wheelhouse
Service 05

Listing & channel management

Listings kept accurate, optimized and in sync across Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com — content, photos order, amenities, rules and availability.

PM outcome — Listings stay accurate and discoverable on every channel.

Day to day
  • New-listing setup and cross-channel distribution
  • Content, amenity and house-rule accuracy across platforms
  • Photo ordering and listing-health monitoring
  • Channel-manager hygiene in Guesty, Hostaway and Hospitable
Tools used
  • Airbnb
  • Vrbo
  • Booking.com
  • Guesty
  • Hospitable
Service 06

Turnover & maintenance coordination

Cleanings scheduled, vendors dispatched and issues tracked to completion in Breezeway or Turno — every checkout turns over on time.

PM outcome — Every checkout turns over on time — back-to-backs protected.

Day to day
  • Automated cleaning scheduling in Breezeway and Turno
  • Vendor dispatch and follow-up for maintenance tickets
  • Damage, supply and inspection tracking with photo proof
  • Same-day-turn coordination to protect back-to-back bookings
Tools used
  • Breezeway
  • Turno
Service 07

Admin, invoicing & inbox triage

The back-office work that drowns your team — invoicing, reconciliation, data entry and inbox triage — handled quietly and accurately.

PM outcome — Your team stops drowning in admin, and SOPs get documented.

Day to day
  • Vendor and owner invoicing plus payment reconciliation
  • Inbox triage and routing across shared mailboxes
  • Data entry, CRM upkeep and document organization
  • SOP documentation so your process is captured, not in someone's head
Tools used
  • Guesty
  • OwnerRez
  • Breezeway
Not a generic VA

What a dedicated VAD assistant looks like

Not a shared inbox in a far-off pool. A single trained operator who learns your portfolio, works your tools and becomes part of how your company runs.

Dedicated to your doors

One named assistant embedded in your operation — not a shared ticket queue rotating between ten clients.

Trained on your SOPs

Week-1 shadowing of your team, then your playbooks documented and worked exactly the way you run them.

Fluent in your stack

Already proficient in Guesty, Hostaway, PriceLabs, Breezeway and the channels — no months of tool training.

English-fluent, guest-ready

Clear, on-brand written communication that reads like your in-house team wrote it — to guests and owners alike.

Time-zone matched

Placed to cover the hours you actually need, including overnight and after-hours on a coverage rota.

Backed by a team

A success manager and trained backups behind every seat, so PTO or a sick day never leaves a coverage gap.

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How it compares

In-house hire vs. generic VA vs. VAD

The remote ops layer built specifically for STR portfolios — trained, dedicated and ready in weeks, not months.

Comparison of an in-house hire, a generic virtual assistant, and a dedicated VAD virtual assistant.
 In-house hireGeneric VAVAD assistant
Monthly cost$4–6k+ fully loadedCheap, but variable40–60% of in-house
Time to productive1–3 months hiring + trainingYou train from scratch~2 weeks, fully managed
After-hours / 24-7 coverageNeeds extra hiresNoYes — coverage rota
STR tool fluencyYou teach itRarelyPre-trained on your stack
Trained on your SOPsYes, slowlyIf you document itYes — week-1 + documented
Dedicated to your accountYesOften sharedYes
Scales seat-by-seatNo — full hire cyclesInconsistentYes — add as you add doors
No single point of failurePTO = a coverage gapNoneTeam backup built in
Typical outcomes

The numbers property managers care about

Targets we build toward and maintain across embedded portfolios — not guarantees. Your free ops audit sets the baseline.

<60saverage first responseacross every channel, day or night
24/7coverage across time zonesafter-hours rota available
40–60%cost vs. in-houseof a comparable local hire
4.9★average portfolio ratingmaintained, not promised
<2%cancellation ratewith proactive guest handling
~2 wksramp to full embedshadowing to live ops

See exactly what a dedicated VA would take off your plate

Book a free ops audit — we map your stack, door count and gaps, then show you where an embedded VA pays for itself. No obligation.

Month-to-month · ~2-week ramp · 30-day notice to cancel