Hostella · runs the operation for you

The AI co-host for vacation rental. Answer guests, Run your team 24/7.

One AI agent replies to every guest in seconds, turns requests into tasks for your cleaners and staff, and escalates only what truly needs you.

14-day trial · no card · starts in draft-approval mode — the AI never sends outside your rules.

Live demo · ask a guest question
Powered by Anthropic · OpenAI · MiniMax
💬
Guest · Villa Serena
Unified inbox · Airbnb
English
Behind the scenes
Pick a question or type your own — watch a message become a tracked task.
message → action → done escalates only what needs you

One AI platform to run short-term rentals

Guest messaging, direct bookings, CRM, accounting & every channel — handled end-to-end.
Connects to the channels you already run
Airbnb Booking.com WhatsApp Hostaway Agoda Vrbo Telegram
A night on call

It’s 2:14am. A guest just messaged.

Without Hostella
02:14 Phone buzzes. You wake up.
02:21 Translate the message. Figure out which villa.
02:34 Call the cleaner. No answer.
08:02 Guest leaves a 3-star review: “slow to respond.”
Lost sleep · slower replies · a dent in your Superhost status.
With Hostella
02:14:08 Guest answered in their language — in 8 seconds.
02:14:11 Task auto-assigned to on-call maintenance, SLA running.
07:30 You wake up to a closed task and a happy guest.
08:02 Guest leaves 5 stars: “incredibly responsive.”
You slept through all of it. The operation didn’t stop.
What manual hosting costs a stay

Stop answering the same 40 questions.

×4
The same questions, every stay
Wi-Fi, check-in time, pool hours, "what's the address again?" — the answers scroll away in chat, so every guest asks again. And it's you who types them.
?
"Did anyone even see my message?"
A guest asks for towels and gets… two grey ticks. No confirmation, no progress, no ETA. Silence reads as neglect — and neglect shows up in the review.
0
Trace of it after the chat
A request buried in WhatsApp isn't assigned, tracked, or timed. It lives in your head until it falls out of it — on your personal number, at any hour.
Scroll — this is your guest's screen

Ask once. Watch it happen.

01 — ARRIVAL

Everything they need, before they ask

Your guest taps one link — no app store, no account — and lands in your villa's own app. Check-in time, Wi-Fi, pool, emergency contacts: pinned at the top, never lost in scroll. The four questions you answer every stay, already answered.

02 — THE REQUEST

One tap instead of "sorry to bother you…"

Towels, water, AC, taxi, late check-out — the most common requests are buttons, not typing. A tap and a quantity. Guests ask for more because asking is effortless — and every request comes in clearly, not as a sentence you have to interpret.

03 — THE MAGIC

They watch it happen, like a delivery

The instant they send it, the app confirms it — every time, guaranteed. Then the request becomes a real task, auto-assigned to the right person on your team, and the guest watches it move: Received → Assigned → On the way. No double-texting. No "did you get my message?"

04 — DONE

Closed loop, happy guest

Towels arrive, the tracker turns green, the concierge confirms. Your guest felt looked after the whole time — and you never touched your phone. That feeling is what turns a stay into a five-star review.

Side by side

Same guest. Different experience. A better one.

The moment
WhatsApp
Your guest app
Finding the Wi-Fi password
Scroll back through 60 messages
Pinned at the top, always
Asking for towels
Type, apologise, hope
One tap + quantity
"Did anyone see it?"
Two grey ticks, silence
Confirmed instantly, every time
Waiting for it
No idea if it's coming
Live tracker: Received → Done
Who actually does it
You, forwarding to staff chats
Auto-assigned to the right worker
What the guest sees
Your personal number
Your villa's brand — "My Stay" on their home screen
After checkout
Your number in their contacts forever
A private link, scoped to the stay

Guests who message you on Airbnb or Booking still get answered there — the guest app is what you give them for the stay itself.

Straight from the live product

One link runs the whole stay.

You share one link per stay. From there, every request flows through the same loop — guest app → your team → your dashboard.

Set up once — after that, your only job is sharing the link.

The real Hostella guest app — pinned stay details and chat
01 — THE GUEST

They tap your link

Stay details pinned, quick requests ready, concierge chat below. They can add it to their home screen as "My Stay" — it opens like an app, because it is one.

The Hostella worker app — the task created from a guest request
02 — YOUR TEAM

Nothing falls through the cracks

Each request lands as a task in the right worker's pocket — with the villa, the priority, and a clock. No more "I told someone" that nobody actually got.

The Hostella operator dashboard — every conversation and task on one board
03 — YOU

You see everything, touch nothing

Every conversation and task on one board. You're pinged the moment a request comes in, and you can step into any chat — but you don't have to.

What your guests get

It's the small things that matter. Give your guests a five-star feeling.

NO DOWNLOAD

A link, not an app store

Opens instantly in the browser. One tap adds "My Stay" to their home screen — no account, no password, no friction.

PINNED

Stay essentials on top

Check-in and check-out times, Wi-Fi, pool notes, emergency contacts — always one glance away, never buried in chat.

ONE TAP

Requests without typing

Towels, water, cleaning, AC, taxi, late check-out — tap, pick a quantity, done. Asking feels easy, so guests actually ask.

TRACKED

Live status on every request

Received, assigned, on the way, done — the same tracking they trust from deliveries and rides, for their stay.

ALWAYS ANSWERED

Never met with silence

Every message gets an immediate, human-sounding confirmation — even at 2 a.m. The guest always knows they've been heard.

PRIVATE

A link scoped to their stay

Each stay gets its own secure link. No group chats, no strangers' numbers, no history following them home.

Free to start · One link per stay

Improve your guest's vacation in three simple steps.

Add your villa, send your next guest the link, and watch the first request track itself from "Received" to a five-star thank-you.

Start free with Hostella
You stay in control

You decide how much it does —
a human is always one tap away.

Assisted

The AI sends routine replies on its own and asks you only on anything sensitive or unusual.

Recommended — where most operators live.
70%
sent automatically
One inbox

Every guest, every channel,
in one place.

Airbnb, Booking, Agoda, Vrbo, WhatsApp and Telegram threads merge into a single queue — each tagged with the villa, the channel, and the status of its task.

Auto-tagged by villa & channel
Task status visible on every thread
Escalations float to the top
Guest messaging 12 open · 3 need you
🏝️
Sofia M. · Villa Serena Needs you
Refund request — escalated with full context
🌊
Lucas B. · Casa Azul Task open
AC fix assigned to Putu · SLA 24min left
🌅
Yuki T. · Villa Serena Auto-handled
WiFi password sent · closed automatically
⛰️
Anna K. · Casa Azul Auto-handled
Early check-in confirmed · €25 upsell added
One calendar

The agent always knows who's coming — and when.

Connect Hostaway, an iCal link, Google Calendar or your booking emails — every stay lands on one calendar the agent reads. It knows each check-in, check-out and guest by name, so answers and tasks always match reality.

Hostella channels calendar — live connectors, channel filters, 42-day synced timeline and legend
Per-guest app

Every guest gets their own app.
No store, no WhatsApp number.

A dedicated progressive web app opens on a link — check-in details, WiFi, the guidebook, and a direct line to the agent. It updates itself per booking. Nothing to install.

0
app-store installs
1 link
per booking
24/7
guest access
Hostella guest app — villa concierge chat with check-in, Wi-Fi and stay details

What is your villa quietly leaking?

3 hrs
Slow response time
The average reply lag that quietly drags down ranking and reviews.
5 tabs
Context scattered everywhere
Airbnb, Booking, WhatsApp, a spreadsheet, the cleaner’s phone.
Lost
Upsells you never offered
Early check-in, late checkout, extras — gone because no one replied in time.
Booking

Turn repeat guests into 0% commission bookings.

Every OTA booking skims 15–18% off the top. Direct Booking gives each villa its own branded booking page with Stripe checkout — so returning guests book you directly, commission-free. The AI agent works the inbound: WhatsApp enquiries, quotes and confirmations, hands-free.

Your own branded booking site + Stripe checkout
WhatsApp inbound agent quotes & confirms for you
Guest CRM keeps every past guest one message away
See how Direct Booking works →
Commission on every stay
Via an OTA
15–18%
skimmed off every booking
Direct Booking
0%
you keep the full rate
On €30k/yr per villa, that's roughly €5,000 a year back in your pocket.
The industry has already moved

AI agents aren’t the future of hosting. They’re already running it.

Across hotels and short-term rentals, guest messaging is the first job operators hand to AI. The question isn’t whether to use an AI co-host — it’s which one.

61%

of short-term rental operators already use AI to run their business.

Hostaway — 2026 Short-Term Rental Report
58%

of hoteliers rank guest communications as their #1 AI investment.

Hotel AI adoption research, 2026
83%

of travelers already use — or want to use — AI for their trips.

TravelBoom — 2026 Leisure Travel Study
Pricing

Three ways to run on Hostella.

Subscribe the Agent to run your villas, book an Audit, or go white-label with Enterprise. Save 2 months with annual billing.

How many villas do you manage? 6
Recommended plan
Operator
Per villa / mo
28
Your monthly total
217
First month −20%
€174
Roughly 36 hours/week of guest replies handled for you.
🎁 14-day free demo, no card. All features included — no per-message fees.
Solo
€29/mo flat
1 villa · 1 worker
1 booking + 1 chat channel
MOST POPULAR
Manager
€39 + €25/villa
1–5 villas · 2 workers
All channels
Operator
€49 + €28/villa
6–20 villas · 5 workers
All channels + Guest CRM
Group
€59 + €30/villa
21–100 villas · unlimited
All channels + Guest CRM
Two more ways to run on Hostella
Subscription · standalone
Direct Booking
€79 /mo + €10/villa
Your own booking site + Stripe checkout · 0% OTA commission · WhatsApp inbound agent · Guest CRM
One-time · fixed scope
Audit
€490 one-time
Full teardown of listings, pricing & guest ops → scored report + 90-day plan. Credited to an Enterprise build.
White-label · done-for-you
Enterprise
from €349/mo
Your white-label booking brand — we build it & run it monthly. Agent sold separately. Build from €4,500.

Questions, answered.

How does pricing work?

You pay a flat monthly price per villa — all features included — plus a generous bundle of AI messages. There are no separate add-ons. Save the equivalent of two months when you pay annually.

What happens when I hit the message cap? +
Will the AI ever say something wrong to a guest? +
Does it work with my existing PMS? +
How long does setup take? +
Which channels are supported? +
Start your free trial

See Hostella on your own villas.

Create your workspace in 60 seconds and set Hostella up on one of your real villas — no sales call, no fake demo data.

  • Add one villa, your guest channels, and the situations you want handled.
  • Use your real house rules and guest questions, so it works from day one.
  • Start in approval mode — review every reply before it reaches a guest.
Start your free trial
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Hostella · runs the operation for you

The AI co-host for vacation rental. Answer guests, Run your team 24/7.

One AI agent replies to every guest in seconds, turns requests into tasks for your team, and escalates only what truly needs you.

14-day trial · no card · draft-approval by default

Live demo · tap a question
Powered by Anthropic · OpenAI · MiniMax
💬
Guest · Villa Serena
Unified inbox · Airbnb
EN
Tap a guest question below and watch a message become a tracked task.

One AI platform to run short-term rentals

Guest messaging, direct bookings, CRM, accounting & every channel — handled end-to-end.
Connects to your channels
Airbnb Booking WhatsApp Hostaway Agoda Vrbo
A night on call · swipe →

It’s 2:14am. A guest just messaged.

Without Hostella
02:14Phone buzzes. You wake up.
02:21Translate the message. Which villa?
02:34Call the cleaner. No answer.
08:023-star review: “slow to respond.”
Lost sleep · slower replies · a dent in Superhost.
With Hostella
02:14:08Guest answered in their language — 8s.
02:14:11Task auto-assigned, SLA running.
07:30You wake to a closed task.
08:025 stars: “incredibly responsive.”
You slept through all of it.

It doesn’t just reply. It runs the operation.

Replies to guests

Instant, on-brand answers in the guest’s own language — across every channel.

Opens & assigns the task

Turns a request into an assigned job with an SLA timer — tracked to done.

Escalates the edge cases

Anything sensitive or unusual comes to you — with full context attached.

What manual hosting costs a stay

Stop answering the same 40 questions.

×4
The same questions, every stay
Wi-Fi, check-in time, pool hours, "what's the address again?" — the answers scroll away in chat, so every guest asks again. And it's you who types them.
?
"Did anyone even see my message?"
A guest asks for towels and gets… two grey ticks. No confirmation, no progress, no ETA. Silence reads as neglect — and neglect shows up in the review.
0
Trace of it after the chat
A request buried in WhatsApp isn't assigned, tracked, or timed. It lives in your head until it falls out of it — on your personal number, at any hour.
Scroll — this is your guest's screen

Ask once. Watch it happen.

01 — ARRIVAL

Everything they need, before they ask

Your guest taps one link — no app store, no account — and lands in your villa's own app. Check-in time, Wi-Fi, pool, emergency contacts: pinned at the top, never lost in scroll. The four questions you answer every stay, already answered.

02 — THE REQUEST

One tap instead of "sorry to bother you…"

Towels, water, AC, taxi, late check-out — the most common requests are buttons, not typing. A tap and a quantity. Guests ask for more because asking is effortless — and every request comes in clearly, not as a sentence you have to interpret.

03 — THE MAGIC

They watch it happen, like a delivery

The instant they send it, the app confirms it — every time, guaranteed. Then the request becomes a real task, auto-assigned to the right person on your team, and the guest watches it move: Received → Assigned → On the way. No double-texting. No "did you get my message?"

04 — DONE

Closed loop, happy guest

Towels arrive, the tracker turns green, the concierge confirms. Your guest felt looked after the whole time — and you never touched your phone. That feeling is what turns a stay into a five-star review.

Side by side

Same guest. Different experience. A better one.

The moment
WhatsApp
Your guest app
Finding the Wi-Fi password
Scroll back through 60 messages
Pinned at the top, always
Asking for towels
Type, apologise, hope
One tap + quantity
"Did anyone see it?"
Two grey ticks, silence
Confirmed instantly, every time
Waiting for it
No idea if it's coming
Live tracker: Received → Done
Who actually does it
You, forwarding to staff chats
Auto-assigned to the right worker
What the guest sees
Your personal number
Your villa's brand — "My Stay" on their home screen
After checkout
Your number in their contacts forever
A private link, scoped to the stay

Guests who message you on Airbnb or Booking still get answered there — the guest app is what you give them for the stay itself.

Straight from the live product

One link runs the whole stay.

You share one link per stay. From there, every request flows through the same loop — guest app → your team → your dashboard.

Set up once — after that, your only job is sharing the link.

The real Hostella guest app — pinned stay details and chat
01 — THE GUEST

They tap your link

Stay details pinned, quick requests ready, concierge chat below. They can add it to their home screen as "My Stay" — it opens like an app, because it is one.

The Hostella worker app — the task created from a guest request
02 — YOUR TEAM

Nothing falls through the cracks

Each request lands as a task in the right worker's pocket — with the villa, the priority, and a clock. No more "I told someone" that nobody actually got.

The Hostella operator dashboard — every conversation and task on one board
03 — YOU

You see everything, touch nothing

Every conversation and task on one board. You're pinged the moment a request comes in, and you can step into any chat — but you don't have to.

What your guests get

It's the small things that matter. Give your guests a five-star feeling.

NO DOWNLOAD

A link, not an app store

Opens instantly in the browser. One tap adds "My Stay" to their home screen — no account, no password, no friction.

PINNED

Stay essentials on top

Check-in and check-out times, Wi-Fi, pool notes, emergency contacts — always one glance away, never buried in chat.

ONE TAP

Requests without typing

Towels, water, cleaning, AC, taxi, late check-out — tap, pick a quantity, done. Asking feels easy, so guests actually ask.

TRACKED

Live status on every request

Received, assigned, on the way, done — the same tracking they trust from deliveries and rides, for their stay.

ALWAYS ANSWERED

Never met with silence

Every message gets an immediate, human-sounding confirmation — even at 2 a.m. The guest always knows they've been heard.

PRIVATE

A link scoped to their stay

Each stay gets its own secure link. No group chats, no strangers' numbers, no history following them home.

Free to start · One link per stay

Improve your guest's vacation in three simple steps.

Add your villa, send your next guest the link, and watch the first request track itself from "Received" to a five-star thank-you.

Start free with Hostella
You stay in control

You decide how much it does.

70%
sent automatically

Assisted

Sends routine replies on its own, asks you on anything sensitive or unusual.

Recommended
Real examples

See it in the product.

Guest messaging12 open · 3 need you
🏝️
Sofia M. · Villa SerenaNeeds you
Refund request — escalated with full context
🌊
Lucas B. · Casa AzulTask open
AC fix assigned to Putu · SLA 24min left
🌅
Yuki T. · Villa SerenaAuto
WiFi password sent · closed automatically

Every channel merges into one queue, tagged by villa and task status. Escalations float to the top.

Booking

Turn repeat guests into 0% commission bookings.

Your own branded booking page + Stripe checkout, so returning guests book you directly — no 15–18% OTA cut. The AI agent quotes and confirms over WhatsApp.

Via an OTA
15–18%
Direct
0%
See how Direct Booking works →
The industry has already moved

AI agents aren’t the future of hosting. They’re already running it.

Guest messaging is the first job operators hand to AI. The only question is which co-host runs yours.

61%

of short-term rental operators already use AI to run their business.

Hostaway — 2026 Short-Term Rental Report
58%

of hoteliers rank guest communications as their #1 AI investment.

Hotel AI adoption research, 2026
83%

of travelers already use — or want to use — AI for their trips.

TravelBoom — 2026 Leisure Travel Study
Pricing

Three ways to run on Hostella.

From €29/mo · save 2 months annually.

Solo
€29/mo flat
1 villa · 1 worker
POPULAR
Manager
€39 + €25/villa
1–5 villas · 2 workers
Operator
€49 + €28/villa
6–20 villas · 5 workers
Group
€59 + €30/villa
21–100 villas · unlimited

Questions, answered.

How does pricing work?+
What happens when I hit the message cap?+
Will the AI ever say something wrong?+
Does it work with my PMS?+
Which channels are supported?+

Give your guests instant answers. Give yourself the evening off.

Start free trial →

14-day trial · no card · draft-approval by default

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