STR Select’s fee index records 10 managers in Joshua Tree, and 4 of them publish a rate. Checked October 2026.
The only published record of what short term rental managers in Joshua Tree actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked quarterly. Where a company in Joshua Tree does not publish a rate, this index says so with the date we looked.
Updated October 2026Every management company we evaluate in Joshua Tree, with its published fee or its refusal to publish one. Rates quote each company's own wording. Third party reports about companies in Joshua Tree are labeled and are never presented as the company's price. For the national picture, see how the rates in Joshua Tree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DesertHosts | Full service | 15 to 25% management fee; optional permit application service at $400 | Published | Oct 19 2026 |
| Open Air Homes | Full service | 20% commission on the accommodation fare plus a $125 monthly platform fee; no setup fees and no binding multi-year contracts, per its Joshua Tree management page | Published | Oct 19 2026 |
| Savvy VRM | Full service | 20 to 30% of the earnings; no hidden fees or long term contracts, and it limits the number of contracts it takes on, per its Joshua Tree page | Published | Oct 19 2026 |
| The Cohost Company | Co-hosting, hosting and property management | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| Hi-Desert Dwellings | Full service, family owned | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| Homestead Modern | Full service, design focused | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| Stay Cocoon | Full service, revenue focused | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| Serenities | Co-hosting and management | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| AvantStay | Full service, owner portal | Not published | Quote only | Oct 19 2026 |
| BeenStay | Hybrid | 5 to 8% of revenue across its Standard and Premium tiers for Joshua Tree, with its full service tier stated for other cities only | Published | Oct 19 2026 |
Sources: each company's public website, fetched and recorded per row. Corrections welcome from any company listed in Joshua Tree: claim your listing.
Posted figures of 15 to 25%, a flat 20% plus $125 a month and 20 to 30% give an owner a range before the first call. A quote well above 30% of earnings for the same scope deserves a question.
Printed fees carry the largest weight in the methodology, and here they separate the managers that post a number from those that do not. A manager that posts a number has answered the first question an owner asks.
Occupancy, daily rate and revenue benchmarks for Joshua Tree are not in our benchmark file yet, so this page shows none rather than an estimate.
See how Joshua Tree 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 Joshua Tree: 3 Full service, 1 Co-hosting, hosting and property management, 1 Full service, family owned, 1 Full service, design focused, 1 Full service, revenue focused, 1 Co-hosting and management, 1 Full service, owner portal, 1 Hybrid. 4 publish a rate (DesertHosts at 15 to 25% management fee; optional permit application service at $400; Open Air Homes at 20% commission on the accommodation fare plus a $125 monthly platform fee; no setup fees and no binding multi-year contracts, per its Joshua Tree management page; Savvy VRM at 20 to 30% of the earnings; no hidden fees or long term contracts, and it limits the number of contracts it takes on, per its Joshua Tree page; BeenStay at 5 to 8% of revenue across its Standard and Premium tiers for Joshua Tree, with its full service tier stated for other cities only), and 6 are recorded as quote only. Rows in this index were checked on Oct 19 2026.
The AirROI benchmark file behind this page holds localities for the Poconos only and has no entry for Joshua Tree, so no occupancy, daily rate or revenue figure is shown here. Joshua Tree 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, 6 Quote only (The Cohost Company, Hi-Desert Dwellings, Homestead Modern, Stay Cocoon, Serenities and AvantStay) and 4 Published (DesertHosts, Open Air Homes, Savvy VRM and BeenStay). By type, 3 Full service, 1 Co-hosting and management, 1 Co-hosting, hosting and property management, 1 Full service, design focused, 1 Full service, family owned, 1 Full service, owner portal, 1 Full service, revenue focused and 1 Hybrid. The rows cite 10 distinct source domains, one for each row. Every row carries the same checked date, Oct 19 2026, so no row here is older than another. The published fee statements read: DesertHosts says 15 to 25% management fee; optional permit application service at $400; Open Air Homes says 20% commission on the accommodation fare plus a $125 monthly platform fee; no setup fees and no binding multi-year contracts, per its Joshua Tree management page; Savvy VRM says 20 to 30% of the earnings; no hidden fees or long term contracts, and it limits the number of contracts it takes on, per its Joshua Tree page; BeenStay says 5 to 8% of revenue across its Standard and Premium tiers for Joshua Tree, with its full service tier stated for other cities only. The rows with no published rate are The Cohost Company, Hi-Desert Dwellings, Homestead Modern, Stay Cocoon, Serenities and AvantStay, and each says so with its own checked date. 4 rows state its fee as a percentage: DesertHosts at 25%, Open Air Homes at 20%, Savvy VRM at 30% and BeenStay at 8%. Row by row, the source is deserthosts.com for DesertHosts, openairhomes.com for Open Air Homes, savvyvrm.com for Savvy VRM, thecohostcompany.com for The Cohost Company, hidesertdwellings.com for Hi-Desert Dwellings, homesteadmodern.com for Homestead Modern, staycocoon.com for Stay Cocoon, serenitiesbnb.com for Serenities, avantstay.com for AvantStay and beenstay.com for BeenStay. The ledger lists DesertHosts first and BeenStay 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. The rows with a published rate are DesertHosts, Open Air Homes, Savvy VRM and BeenStay, and every other row carries the status the table prints beside it. No company appears twice in the ledger, so every row stands for a different company. 10 rows record a service model, and DesertHosts is listed as full service, Open Air Homes is listed as full service, Savvy VRM is listed as full service, The Cohost Company is listed as co-hosting, hosting and property management, Hi-Desert Dwellings is listed as full service, family owned, Homestead Modern is listed as full service, design focused, Stay Cocoon is listed as full service, revenue focused and Serenities is listed as co-hosting and management among others.
How to read this index.
Four of the 10 Joshua Tree managers we evaluated publish a rate on their own site: DesertHosts at 15 to 25%, Open Air Homes at 20% plus a $125 monthly platform fee, Savvy VRM at 20 to 30% of earnings and BeenStay at 5% and 8% for hybrid tiers. Six others quote privately. Full service figures cluster around 20%, which we treat as typical here. On top of any fee, a new permit in unincorporated San Bernardino County costs $1,144 per the county’s own site, so add that to the first year when you compare quotes.
In Joshua Tree, 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: 4 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 Joshua Tree 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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