Scale the company.
Keep the independence.
Lose the isolation.

A private network for independent vacation rental operators and short-term rental management companies that want to grow without joining a franchise.Shared benchmarks. Fractional VPs. Collective buying power.

HostGenius — a private network of independent vacation rental operators
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The network, by the numbers

55+
Member operators
2,000+
Properties managed
6 yrs
Avg. operating tenure
30-day
Money-back guarantee
Scottsdale
Smoky Mountains
Destin
Park City
Nashville
Asheville
San Diego
Gulf Shores
Lake Tahoe
Joshua Tree
Outer Banks
Hilton Head
Sedona
Breckenridge
Blue Ridge
Palm Springs
Daytona Beach
Washington DC
Charleston
Boothbay
Sonoma
Chicago
Atlanta

Where it breaks

Every independent operator hits the same ceiling.

You started this for freedom and ownership. As it grows, you become more essential to it. Growth without structure adds responsibility, not leverage. Most operators end up on one of two paths. Neither one ends well.

Path 1.

Join a franchise

They hand you the playbook, the brand, and the leverage. The trade is a perpetual share of your revenue, contracts that run for years, and the brand you built — quietly absorbed into theirs. The exit, if you can find one, is paid in lawyers' fees.

Your independence is the price of admission.

Path 2.

Keep building alone

Stay independent, and shoulder every system yourself. Growth runs on referrals and luck — there is no predictable acquisition engine. The wrong stack compounds inefficiency, unoptimized commission shrinks margin, untracked owner acquisition slows growth. None of it announces itself; it just accumulates.

Each new unit adds responsibility, not leverage.

There's a third way →

What this is

Not a franchise. Not a course.
Not a group chat.

HostGenius is a working network of independent operators building scalable companies together, while staying boutique. You keep your brand. You keep your owners. You keep your independence.

Member voice

Members, in their own words.

1 / 3
I have seen my business transform in a way that’s given me extra time, the ability to focus on growing my business rather than running the day-to-day operations.

Mike Corrales

Allura Homes · Phoenix, AZ

Operating against real benchmarks

What changes

What changes when you stop building alone.

We don't just give you advice. We give you the data, the people, and the leverage to execute.

Shared Benchmarks

Compare revenue, margin, payroll, and OPEX against operators at your stage. See where you're leaking profit, and where to push growth — against numbers from operators five years ahead of you.

A Private Operator Network

Fifty-plus independent operators running real portfolios. No vendors, no pitching, no observers — just operators aligned around execution, and a directory of who's leading each metric in real time.

Fractional VPs

A VP of Revenue, a VP of Operations, a VP of Homeowner Growth — operators who've already walked the path. They read your numbers and push you toward clear targets. You stay in control. You move faster.

Collective Buying Power

Pool unit count across the network to secure enterprise pricing on key software and vendors. Reduce operating expenses without giving up independence — most members recover their membership before the first quarter closes.

The CEO Dashboard

Connect your PMS and financials. Track the fifteen metrics that drive growth — owner leads, conversion, retention, revenue per unit, margin. Every member runs on the same numbers, so you know exactly who to ask.

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

If for any reason you decide it isn't for you within the first 30 days, we refund you entirely. No questions asked.

How it's structured

Three rooms. One membership.

Membership isn't a single thing. It's a nested set of rooms — each with its own cadence, intimacy, and purpose. You sit in all three.

The Core

8 operators · monthly hot-seats

Your inner circle. Eight operators at your stage who put their numbers on the table every month. The people you'll text at 9pm and trust to tell you the truth.

The Fractional Team

VP Revenue · VP Ops · VP Homeowner Growth

Three senior operators who have already walked the path. They read your numbers, push you toward clear targets, and pick up the phone — without the salary load.

The Network

55+ operators · 2,000+ properties

Benchmarks, focused channels, collective buying power, and quarterly summits. The wider room where the network's combined experience compounds against your decisions.

The Network

55+ operators · benchmarks · buying power

Fractional Team

VP Revenue · Ops · Homeowner Growth

The Core

8 operators · monthly

How it goes

Four moves, in order.

You can keep trying to figure it out yourself. Or you can leverage a network of peers who already have.

1

Move 01

Get full visibility

Connect your PMS and financials. Track the fifteen metrics that drive growth — owner leads, conversion, retention, revenue per unit, margin. See exactly where you stand.

2

Move 02

Plug into the network

Join focused channels across homeowner acquisition, revenue management, operations, hiring, and finance. You see who’s leading each metric. You know exactly who to reach out to.

3

Move 03

Borrow a leadership team

Get your own VPs of Revenue, Operations, and Homeowner Growth who have already walked the path. They review your numbers and push you toward clear targets. You stay in control.

4

Move 04

Compound the leverage

Pool unit count to secure enterprise pricing on key software and vendors. Lower OPEX as the portfolio scales. Measurable compounding, not overnight change.

Your brand is the lighthouse — we keep its light yours

Your name
stays yours.

The terms of the room

What we protect — in writing.

Your brand stays yours

We never co-brand, rebrand, or absorb you. Your name on the door. Your phone number. Your owners. Always.

No revenue share. Ever.

Membership is flat. We don’t take a percentage. Whatever you build is yours to keep — full stop.

30-day money-back guarantee

If for any reason you decide it isn't for you within the first 30 days, we refund you entirely. No questions asked.

No Gatekeepers

We only bring in operators who are willing to share what they know — playbooks, numbers, the hard-won lessons.

The Fractional Bench

Borrow a leadership team — without the headcount.

Senior operators who have already walked the path. They review your numbers and push you toward clear targets. You stay in control. You move faster.

VP of Revenue

Pricing strategy, MinLOS, channel mix, and pacing across PriceLabs and Wheelhouse. Tunes the engine that drives net ADR and occupancy.

VP of Operations

Field ops, cleaner networks, maintenance triage, and owner reporting. Builds the system that keeps the company running when you’re not in the room.

VP of Homeowner Growth

Outbound, vetting, pitch, and onboarding for portfolio takeovers. Builds the predictable acquisition engine most operators never get to.

Hiring & Talent

Build your first GM, ops manager, or guest-services lead from the network’s talent pool — vetted by operators who’ve hired the same roles.

Tech Stack Lead

Your PMS, channel manager, and automations — sequenced by operators who’ve already de-risked the stack at scale.

Contracts & Legal

Owner agreements, vendor contracts, and disputes — informed by the same playbooks every member uses.

Operators who have already walked the path — included in membership.

What members say

Growing alone is expensive.

Wrong hires cost months. The wrong stack compounds inefficiency. Untracked owner acquisition slows growth. None of it announces itself — it just accumulates.

As we grow with HostGenius, the numbers only get better. We recently passed $2000/mo in savings thanks to economies of scale.
Apek Rentals · 80 unit portfolio · Palm Springs

Inside the network

Not a group chat. A working room.

Operators meet across the year — quarterly hot-seats, an annual summit, and city dinners across the markets the network operates in. Fifty-odd operators doing exactly what you do, a little further down the road.

Annual Operator Summit
Quarterly Hot-Seats
City Dinners
Operator Retreats
Members meeting in person
Group dinner during quarterly hot-seats
Members at the annual operator summit
Operators in a working session around the table
Operator dinner at a city restaurant

Side by side

The trade, in one table.

Keep your brand, ownership, and owners

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Shared benchmarks against operators at your stage

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Vetted peer network of active VR CEOs

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Fractional VP of Revenue, Operations, Homeowner Growth

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Collective buying power across the network

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Pay a percentage of revenue, in perpetuity

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Locked into multi-year contracts

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30-day money-back guarantee

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Independence by design — no franchise, no course, no group chat

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Membership is by application. The network is kept deliberately small.

Frequently asked

The questions operators ask before applying.

HostGenius is a private, invitation-only network of independent vacation rental operators and short-term rental management companies. Members share benchmarks, a vetted peer network, fractional VPs of Revenue, Operations, and Homeowner Growth, and collective buying power to scale companies together while staying boutique.

Membership is by application

Find out if the network
is for you.

One 20-minute call with Charles. Tell us about your company. If there's a fit, we'll talk. If not, we'll tell you plainly.

What happens after you book —

  1. 01.

    The call

    Twenty minutes with Charles. No deck, no prep. A real conversation about your company.

  2. 02.

    Meet two members

    Operators from your stage. Honest takes on what the network is, and isn't.

  3. 03.

    Decision

    Yes or no, plainly. Within a week. No drip sequences, no chase if it isn't a fit.

A note from the founder →

“This is close to a net-zero cost. It replaces the expensive chaos you already pay for: the wrong tools, the avoidable mistakes, the growth you never captured. The real change is your environment — forty-odd operators doing exactly what you do, a little further down the road.”

Charles Mullany

Founder · HostGenius