SimonStays
Host with SimonStays

Your calendar, your guests, your cleaners. One place.

SimonStays keeps your Airbnb, Booking.com and LekkeSlaap calendars in step, takes your guests’ payments, and keeps your cleaners accountable. You keep 90% of every SimonStays booking.

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10% on SimonStays bookings only No monthly fee Keep your Airbnb listing
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Why host with SimonStays

Everything a short-stay host juggles, handled

Built by a host with apartments and houses in Johannesburg and Plettenberg Bay, for the jobs that eat your week.

Calendar synchronisation

Connect Airbnb, Booking.com and LekkeSlaap once. Bookings flow in, and your blocked dates flow back out, so a night sold on one channel closes on the others.

Guest payments taken for you

Guests pay by card when they book. Dates are only held once the money is in, deposits and balances are tracked, and we pay you out.

Cleaner management

  • A reminder to your cleaner the night before each checkout
  • Room-by-room checklist with photos on their phone, no app or login
  • Till slips read automatically, so you see what was bought and what you owe

Calendar management

Every unit on one board. Add direct bookings, move dates, set your own rates with weekend and seasonal pricing, and see today’s checkouts and check-ins at a glance.

Smart lock integration Soon

Each guest gets their own door code that only works for their stay. No key handovers, no codes left lying around.

Invoicing

Professional invoices with your company and bank details, emailed to guests in a click. Extras and date changes become a new invoice the guest can pay online.

Only 10% of each SimonStays booking

No sign-up cost and no monthly subscription. You pay only when SimonStays brings you a paying guest. Your Airbnb and direct bookings carry no SimonStays fee.

Simple pricing
10%per booking
  • Only on bookings guests make and pay for on SimonStays
  • Nothing on your Airbnb, Booking.com or direct bookings
  • Calendar sync, cleaner reports and invoicing included
  • Every payout itemised: booking, fee, what you’re paid
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BookingR6,000.00
SimonStays fee (10%)−R600.00
You keepR5,400.00

A refundable breakage deposit isn’t a booking fee, so it isn’t included here.

Getting started

Live in an afternoon

1

Create your account

One login for hosting and travelling. Already booked a stay with us? Use the same account.

2

Add your place

Photos, description and prices, then paste the calendar link from Airbnb or Booking.com so your dates are synced from day one.

3

Take bookings

Guests book and pay on SimonStays, your cleaners get their reminders, and you see it all under Today.

Questions hosts ask

Do I have to leave Airbnb?

No. Most hosts keep their Airbnb and Booking.com listings. SimonStays syncs the calendars so the same night is never sold twice, and brings you extra direct bookings on top.

What does the 10% cover?

Taking the guest’s card payment, holding the dates only once they’ve paid, guest messages and invoices, and your payout. The hosting tools are included.

Do my cleaners need an app?

No. They get a link on WhatsApp and fill in the checklist on their phone, with photos. No password to remember.

Can I still take my own direct bookings?

Yes. Add them to your calendar yourself and send the guest an invoice from SimonStays. There’s no SimonStays fee on those.

Ready to host with SimonStays?

Set up your first property today. You only pay when a SimonStays guest books.

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