STR Select’s fee index records 10 managers in Destin, and 0 of them publish a rate. Checked October 2026.
The only published record of what short term rental managers in Destin actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked quarterly. Where a company in Destin does not publish a rate, this index says so with the date we looked.
Updated October 2026Every management company we evaluate in Destin, with its published fee or its refusal to publish one. Rates quote each company's own wording. Third party reports about companies in Destin are labeled and are never presented as the company's price. For the national picture, see how the rates in Destin compare to the best national management companies and the full fee guide, including worked examples on what each pricing model costs.
| Company | Model | Fee | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newman-Dailey Resort Properties | Full service | Not published; the page offers a personalized rental revenue projection and an owner login in place of a rate | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Beach Condos in Destin | Full service | Not published; the about page prints nearly 90 condos managed and roughly 72% repeat guests, with no owner percentage | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Compass Resorts | Full service | Not published; the home page lists “NO ADDITIONAL BOOKING FEES ADDED” for guests, which is not an owner rate; the page lists an office at 4201 Indian Bayou Trail in Destin | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| My Vacation Haven | Full service | Not published; the page prints “No hidden extra charges” without a percentage | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Coastal Retreats | Full service | Not published; the page offers a free rental evaluation and cleaning with free linen replacement, from an office in Miramar Beach, FL 32550, and says it has over 20 years of experience | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Holiday Isle Properties | Full service | Not published; the management page describes Google and Bing advertising and Vrbo and Airbnb marketing without a rate, and the contact details give 842 Highway 98 East | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Sugar Beach Property Management | Full service | Not published; the one page site lists dynamic pricing and cleaning coordination without a rate | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Blu Vue Vacations | Full service | Not published; the list with us page covers marketing, photography and cleaning without a rate | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental | Full service | Not published; the page offers a realistic rental projection and photography after the agreement is signed | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
| Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales | Full service | Not published; the page says there is no charge for installing light bulbs and air filters, with no management rate; the office is at 4507 Furling Lane, Suite 105 in Destin and the firm also sells homes | Quote only | Oct 20 2026 |
Sources: each company's public website, fetched and recorded per row. Corrections welcome from any company listed in Destin: claim your listing.
Our methodology gives fee transparency the largest weight, 30%, and no Destin manager earns credit for a printed percentage. Each of them answers rate questions by phone or through a rental projection, so the first conversation is where the number appears. The fee table below reads Not published on every row, which leaves Destin without a median, and we do not borrow one from another market.
Newman-Dailey Resort Properties prints 1985, Beach Condos in Destin 2005, Compass Resorts 2006 and My Vacation Haven 2007. Only Beach Condos in Destin prints a portfolio size, so an owner can compare tenure on the page and price on the phone. Compass Resorts at 4201 Indian Bayou Trail and Holiday Isle Properties at 842 Highway 98 East each print a Destin street address on their own pages. Treat the rental projections that Newman-Dailey, Compass Resorts and Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental offer as a way to start the pricing conversation, since a projection is not a rate. Coastal Retreats prints a “100% owner retention rate” and Beach Condos in Destin prints roughly 72% repeat guests, while Shore Dreams cites a realty team with a combined 50 years of experience. We record each figure as the manager prints it on its own site on 2026-10-20 and have not audited any of them, so ask to see the owner statements behind a retention or repeat guest claim before you weigh it against a quote.
Occupancy, daily rate and revenue benchmarks for Destin are not in our benchmark file yet, so this page shows none rather than an estimate.
See how Destin compares with the other markets and the national managers in the Airbnb management fees by market table. The software side of the bill is in the dynamic pricing tool fee table.
The index holds 10 records for Destin: 10 Full service. None of the 10 publishes a rate, so every fee in Destin is quote only today. Rows in this index were checked on Oct 20 2026.
The AirROI benchmark file behind this page holds localities for the Poconos only and has no entry for Destin, so no occupancy, daily rate or revenue figure is shown here. Destin owners comparing the 10 fee records above should ask each manager for locality level bookings instead, and see the Poconos benchmark table for what that read looks like once a market is in the file.
This ledger holds 10 fee rows, each tied to the page it was read on and the date it was checked. By status, 10 Quote only (Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, Beach Condos in Destin, Compass Resorts, My Vacation Haven, Coastal Retreats, Holiday Isle Properties, Sugar Beach Property Management, Blu Vue Vacations, Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental and Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales). All 10 rows are Full service records. The rows cite 10 distinct source domains, one for each row. Every row carries the same checked date, Oct 20 2026, so no row here is older than another. The rows with no published rate are Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, Beach Condos in Destin, Compass Resorts, My Vacation Haven, Coastal Retreats, Holiday Isle Properties, Sugar Beach Property Management, Blu Vue Vacations, Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental and Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales, and each says so with its own checked date. 1 row states its fee as a percentage: Beach Condos in Destin at 72%. Row by row, the source is newmandailey.com for Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, beachcondosindestin.com for Beach Condos in Destin, compassresorts.com for Compass Resorts, myvacationhaven.com for My Vacation Haven, coastalretreats.com for Coastal Retreats, holidayisle.net for Holiday Isle Properties, sugarbeachpropertymanagement.carrd.co for Sugar Beach Property Management, bluvuevacations.com for Blu Vue Vacations, destinluxury.com for Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental and shoredreams.net for Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales. The ledger lists Newman-Dailey Resort Properties first and Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales last, with 8 rows between them. 10 rows carry its own checked date, so a reader can see which rows are the freshest without opening a source. No company appears twice in the ledger, so every row stands for a different company. 10 rows record a service model, and Newman-Dailey Resort Properties is listed as full service, Beach Condos in Destin is listed as full service, Compass Resorts is listed as full service, My Vacation Haven is listed as full service, Coastal Retreats is listed as full service, Holiday Isle Properties is listed as full service, Sugar Beach Property Management is listed as full service and Blu Vue Vacations is listed as full service among others.
How to read this index.
None of the 10 Destin managers we evaluated lists a management percentage on its own site. My Vacation Haven prints “No hidden extra charges” without a number. The figure for a local manager has to come from a quote, and the quote should name the percentage and the revenue it applies to. A fair comparison needs the same answers from each of the ten: the percentage and its revenue base, plus any markup on cleaning and repairs. Until a manager writes those down, any ranking of Destin fees would compare a guess with a guess.
In Destin, quote only pricing lets a manager price each home separately and anchor high on a call. It also makes comparison hard, which is the point. That is why we maintain this index: 0 of 10 managers evaluated publish a rate, and the rest are recorded here as quote only with the date we checked.
No. The fee decides less than the revenue. A manager in Destin charging more who lifts occupancy and nightly rates can net you more than a cheap one. Use this index to know the price, then push every candidate on what they would change about your listing.
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