Incremental bookings from trusted networks with full control.
New Channel, New Demand, New Revenue Stream.
Stay by Inhabit connects professionally managed vacation rentals to employees, residents, and enterprise partners through a private, permissioned booking channel, not the public marketplace.
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A better alternative to public marketplaces
Stay empowers property managers and employers overcome typical public OTA pain points:
Property Managers
- Public discounting pressure
- Fee compression
- Rate parity conflicts
- Payout/reconciliation complexity
- Limited targeted distribution options
Organizations
- Hard to offer quality vacation rentals as a benefit
- No private inventory channel
- Limited payment flexibility
- Not built for employee leisure needs
What Stay by Inhabit delivers
Incremental demand without cannibalization
Access captive audiences that don’t compete with your direct or OTA channels.
Control without compromise
Keep full control over rates, inventory, policies, and your merchant relationship.
Enterprise‑grade trust
Built for professionally managed properties with clean accounting and payouts.
Purpose‑built for partnerships
Launch private storefronts for employers, communities, and enterprise partners.
Add a new source of bookings without adding risk.
- Incremental, captive demand that doesn’t compete with direct or OTAs
- PMS‑controlled rates, discounts, and policies
- No public rate visibility
- Owner payout protection and clean trust accounting
- You remain merchant of record
- Reservations write back cleanly; cancellations/refunds supported
- Partner storefront
Private, branded booking experience - Reservation
Secure checkout with modern payments - PMS write-back
Clean accounting and payouts
Partner-Branded Storefront
Your employees access curated vacation rentals through a co-branded experience.
Offer your employees, organizational groups, or cohorts premium rentals without becoming a travel operator.
- Professionally managed inventory at scale
- Branded or co‑branded booking experience
- Modern payments: PayPal, Pay Later, Apple Pay, Venmo
- Launch quickly via a controlled pilot
- No need to build a travel platform
- Expand into loyalty or employee benefits over time
Stay isn’t an OTA, it’s a whole new way to grow
Private demand, full control, and cleaner economics.
| Dimension | Stay by Inhabit | Major OTAs |
|---|---|---|
| Demand type | Private, captive audiences | Public marketplace |
| Inventory focus | Professionally managed only | Mixed: hosts + pros |
| Pricing control | Full PMS control | Dynamic, market-driven |
| Public rate visibility | Private, permissioned only | Fully public |
| Merchant of record | Property manager | OTA platform |
| Owner payout integrity | Protected via trust accounting | Varies by OTA |
| Fees/economics | Transparent, partner-friendly | High commission (15-25%) |
| Payments | PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Pay Later | Limited options |
| Rollout model | Controlled pilot with cohorts | Immediate public listing |
| Accounting & write-back | Clean PMS integration | Platform-dependent |
| Cancellations & refunds | Full support with PMS sync | Varies |
| Loyalty/benefits | Built for enterprise partnerships | Consumer loyalty only |
FAQs
Is this another OTA?
No. Stay by Inhabit is a private demand channel, not a public marketplace. You control which properties appear, who can book them, and at what rates. Your properties never appear in public search results or compete with your direct or OTA listings.
Will this affect owner payouts?
No. You remain the merchant of record, and all trust accounting flows are preserved. Owner payouts work exactly as they do with your direct bookings. We simply enable you to reach new audiences without disrupting your existing financial operations.
Do we need new systems?
No. Stay by Inhabit integrates directly with your existing PMS (Streamline, iTrip, and others). Reservations, cancellations, and refunds all write back cleanly to your PMS just like any other booking channel.
Can we limit what inventory appears?
How does the pilot work?
We start with a controlled cohort (e.g., one employer’s employees or one community’s residents). You select which properties to include, we launch the partner storefront, and we measure conversion, accounting accuracy, and operational smoothness over 60-90 days before expanding.