An Airbnb management service is provided by companies that takeover the entire management of Airbnb/short-let rental properties on behalf of the owner/landlord, from finding guests to checkout and professional cleaning services.

Despite the service being called “Airbnb management”, it’s more accurate to call them a “short-let management service”, because for all intents and purposes, these companies manage any type of short-stay let. But due to the success and popularity of Airbnb’s platform, and the fact that the Airbnb brand is so ridiculously strong that it’s become a popular synonym for “short-let rentals”, management companies have taken advantage and marketed their management services around Airbnb.

Long story short, Airbnb Management Services aren’t owned by Airbnb or directly related to Airbnb. These management companies will simply market your short-let property on Airbnb to find guests, along with several other popular short-let/holiday platforms, like booking.com, Tripadviser, Expedia etc.

So why have they become so incredibly popular? Once the whole short-term lettings/Airbnb craze kicked off and became the coolest trend since chewing bubble-gum, there was a noticeable pile-up of dishevelled landlords that needed rescuing from all the laborious hard-work that comes with being a successful short-let host and making a shit-ton of money.

Fortunately, a bunch of humanitarians recognised the crisis our most privileged in society were facing; they pin-pointed the gaping hole in the market for a much-needed Airbnb/Short-let management services, which provides a complete takeover solution.

Compare the best UK Airbnb & Guest Management Services in London (and other major UK cities)

Short-let management services are blowing up in popularity and new ones are cropping up every day (needless to say, a few are sinking here and there also). But fear not, to make life easier for you, I have curated a list (which I keep maintained) of the best and most popular short-let / Airbnb management companies that service London and a few other major UK cities, which are unlikely to go under anytime soon (they’ll be removed from the list pronto otherwise)…

The major restrictions with using Airbnb Management Services!

There are currently some major roadblocks, which may render management services a non-starter for you. Yup, what I’m telling you is that your excitement may have been in complete vain.

The bomb-shell (which you may have already clocked)… is that most popular and reputable management companies only facilitate major UK cities (e.g. London, Manchester, Edinburgh etc), and they only manage entire properties (i.e. they won’t work with live-in landlords looking to host ‘spare rooms’).

While I understand why that’s the case, it ultimately makes short-let management services suitable for only a puny portion of landlords with prime real estate in the UK’s [most expensive] cities! So if you’re a landlord with a studio apartment in the middle of Fanny Barks (in Durham), you’ll almost definitely be out of luck. Where? Exactly. And yes, “Fanny Barks” is a real place. Go ahead, laugh.

However, they are expanding into more and more cities as they grow in popularity, so keep your eyes peeled if your area isn’t currently serviced!