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The 3 Best Airbnb Co-Hosting Services in the US (2026)

We scored the national tech-first, tiered management services built for owners who want to hand off some of the work and keep the rest, using the same printed methodology behind every ranking on this site. Every fact below carries the exact page it came from.

3 ranked 6 checked and not ranked Checked: 2026-10-09

Quick answer

Awning ranks first on this page: a published 10% starting fee, no lock-in, and a tier an owner can move up from platform-only distribution to full service without changing companies. Evolve is close behind, the purest co-hosting model of the three, publishing its exact tiered percentage but leaving cleaning and on-site maintenance to an unnamed "on-the-ground support network" rather than Evolve staff. RedAwning is third, splitting its product cleanly into a homeowner tier (10 to 18%) and a separate distribution-only platform for managers with 10 or more properties, though its own homepage contradicts itself on total property count. We checked six other names people search alongside "Airbnb co-hosting," Vacasa, Casago, iTrip Vacations, Grand Welcome, Guesty and Hostaway, and did not rank any of them: five run traditional full-service or franchise models with no tiered co-hosting option, and two are software platforms sold to professional managers rather than services an individual owner signs up for directly.

What counts as a co-hosting service on this page

"Co-hosting" gets used loosely across the industry, sometimes meaning a single friend who checks on your rental, sometimes meaning a full national brand. For this ranking, we only counted companies whose own site describes a tiered model where the owner chooses how much to hand off, typically a lower-cost tier focused on listing, pricing and distribution technology, rising to a higher tier where the company takes on cleaning coordination and guest-facing work too. That definition excludes traditional full-service franchises, which bundle everything into one fee with no lower tier to opt into, and it excludes pure software platforms sold to managers who already run their own operation.

How we verified this

We checked nine candidates directly against their own websites on 2026-10-09: pricing and owner pages, FAQs, and homepage copy. Three fit this page's definition and are ranked below using this site's printed methodology (full formula here): fee transparency 30%, verified owner reviews 25%, local depth 25%, service scope 20%. The other six, detailed further down, are real, legitimate companies that simply do not fit a co-hosting-specific list: five run traditional full-service or franchise models, and two (Guesty and Hostaway) are software sold to professional managers rather than an owner-facing service.

Verified owner reviews score 0 for every company on this page. STR Select's LinkedIn-verified review pipeline has not yet published reviews for any national brand, so that input, worth 25 of 100 points, contributes nothing to any score below. Every score here rests on the other three inputs: fee transparency, local depth (read for national companies as market breadth and portfolio scale), and service scope. We are printing that gap rather than hiding it.

Comparison table

CompanyPublished feeModelMarketsScore
Awning Fees "start at 10%," which the site describes as "about half the industry average, with no lock-in Tiered co-hosting: platform-only distribution at the entry tier, rising to full service All 50 US states 60
Evolve 10% management fee on Core, 15% on Plus, and a custom, portfolio-size-based fee on Pro, per evolve Tiered, marketing-and-technology-led co-hosting (Core, Plus, Pro) Not published as a count. Destination links cover US states and one Mexico market (Cabo San Lucas) 58.5
RedAwning The homepage lists "3 flexible service tiers (10-18%)" without stating which tier maps to which rate within that range Tiered: Platform (distribution-only, for managers with 10+ properties) and Manage (full management for individual homeowners) "10 53

Scores out of a possible 100, but with the reviews input fixed at 0 for every row (see above), the practical ceiling is 75. Sources for every row are listed in Sources at the bottom of this page.

The ranking

Highest score first. Every fact in a company's card below is sourced to that company's own site, listed in full under Sources at the bottom of this page. A field that reads "Not published" means we looked and the company's own pages do not state it.

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1. Awning Score 60/100

Best for: Owners who want a published starting fee, no lock-in, and the option to pick how much is handed off, the clearest co-hosting-to-full-service ladder on this page

Awning is the most explicitly tiered co-hosting model on this list: pick the 10% platform-and-distribution tier and keep doing the ground work yourself, or move up to a full-service tier where Awning's team runs everything, all under one no-lock-in agreement. It claims 20,000-plus managed properties across all 50 states, a large footprint for a company that does not publish a founding year on its own homepage. The 10% figure is a starting rate, not a guaranteed flat one, and Awning does not publish a fee schedule showing what pushes a property past that floor.

What's included: Entry tier is platform and distribution only, pricing and listing technology with the owner handling more of the ground work. The site frames it as "pick the tier that fits," rising to a full-service tier where Awning's team runs everything: listing, pricing, guests, cleaning, maintenance, and distribution across 50+ booking channels.
Contract terms: "No lock-in," per the homepage. No specific notice period is published.
Support model: Not detailed beyond the tiered service descriptions on the homepage.
Fee 8/10 Reviews 0/10 Local depth 8/10 Service scope 8/10
FoundedNot stated as a founding date on the homepage; the footer shows "© 2025 Awning CRE, Inc."
HQPetaluma, California (footer location, not labeled headquarters)
MarketsAll 50 US states, per awning.com
Property count20,000+ properties managed, per awning.com
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2. Evolve Score 58.5/100

Best for: Owners who want a published, tiered percentage with the lightest on-the-ground commitment and are comfortable arranging cleaning and local maintenance themselves

Evolve runs the model closest to pure co-hosting of the companies checked for this page: marketing, pricing, booking and 24/7 remote support handled by Evolve, while cleaning and on-site maintenance are routed through a "vetted on-the-ground support network" whose cost allocation is not described on evolve.com. The fee is published outright, 10% Core, 15% Plus, custom Pro, plus a $250 onboarding charge, no sales call required to learn the starting number. There is no signed term and a six-month satisfaction refund on the management fee, but no stated total footprint (states or property count) on the pages we checked.

What's included: Core: professional photos and listing creation, distribution to top booking sites, AI-powered dynamic pricing, 24/7 support, guest booking and communication support, smart lock integration, $5,000 damage protection and $1M liability insurance, and access to a "vetted on-the-ground support network." Plus adds a Dedicated Performance Advisor, a Premium Support Desk, and discounted tax and permit support. Pro adds a dedicated booking website and multi-property tools.
Contract terms: "We don't ask for long-term commitments." Owners can switch tiers "for any reason at any time," effective within 15 business days. A Risk-Free Guarantee refunds management fees from the first six months if unsatisfied, subject to terms.
Support model: 24/7 remote support; Plus owners get a named Performance Advisor and a Premium Support Desk.
Fee 8/10 Reviews 0/10 Local depth 9/10 Service scope 6/10
FoundedNot published
HQNot published
MarketsNot published as a count. Destination links cover US states and one Mexico market (Cabo San Lucas)
Property countNot published as a total; the homepage shows filtered counts only
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3. RedAwning Score 53/100

Best for: Owners who want a published fee range and AI-driven distribution across many channels, and do not need a single confirmed flat number

RedAwning splits its model exactly down a co-hosting line: a Platform tier sells pure distribution technology to managers who already run 10 or more properties, while a separate Manage tier offers homeowners full management priced across "3 flexible service tiers (10-18%)." That range is published without stating which tier lands where inside it. The company's own homepage contradicts itself on scale: visible text says 20,000-plus properties worldwide while the page's structured data says over 100,000, a gap we are reporting rather than resolving, since neither figure on redawning.com carries a checked date.

What's included: Manage: AI-powered dynamic pricing, a custom property booking website, and 24/7 guest support included. Platform: distribution across 50+ channels, AI-powered OTA ranking optimization, two-way PMS integrations, and dedicated account management, aimed at managers with 10 or more properties rather than individual owners.
Contract terms: Not published as specific terms on the homepage.
Support model: 24/7 guest support is listed under the Manage tier.
Fee 8/10 Reviews 0/10 Local depth 6/10 Service scope 7/10
FoundedNot published as a year; the site states "14+ Years of Experience"
HQNot published. The operating entity is named "RedAwning Group, Inc." in the site's structured data
Markets"10,000+ destinations," per redawning.com
Property countThe visible page text says "20,000+ Properties Worldwide," while the page's own structured data separately states "Over 100,000 properties." The two figures conflict and neither carries a date

Who we checked and did not rank, and why

Fit, not quality. Every company below is a real, operating business; none of them fits this page's specific definition of a tiered, co-hosting-style service. We checked each one's own domain on 2026-10-09 before deciding, rather than guessing from reputation.

Vacasa

Full-service model with no tiered, hand-off-what-you-want structure on its own site; "local staff in every market" and bundled cleaning and maintenance make it a traditional full-service operator, not a co-hosting platform. Ranked separately on our national management companies list.

Casago

A franchise network of locally owned, full-service offices ("turnkey solution" including housekeeping, maintenance and tax collection), not a tech-first co-hosting tier an owner can opt into partially.

iTrip Vacations

A franchise brand built on local operators who personally oversee each property; the site describes full local management, not a self-serve or tiered co-hosting option, and does not publish a fee.

Grand Welcome

A franchise network with a "List Your Property with Us" page but no published co-hosting tier, fee, or tech-platform language on the pages checked.

Guesty

Guesty is property management software sold to professional managers ("Guesty pricing starts at $9 per month and scales with your business"), not an owner-facing co-hosting or management service. Its "Owners Management" and "Owners Portal" links are software features, not a service STR Select can evaluate as a manager.

Hostaway

We could not verify a co-hosting marketplace or owner-facing management service: hostaway.com/co-hosting/ returned a 404, and the main site describes PMS software sold to "vacation rental managers," plus an "AI CoHost" software feature, not a service for individual owners.

What national co-hosting services charge in 2026

All three ranked companies publish a fee figure without requiring a sales call first, the reason all three made this list in the first place. Here is every published number, quoted from each company's own page.

CompanyPublished feeExtra charges
AwningStarts at 10%, no lock-inFurnishing from $3,000
Evolve10% Core, 15% Plus, custom Pro$250 onboarding, $25 per additional property
RedAwning10 to 18% across 3 tiers (Manage)Not published

For the fuller fee picture across the whole national market, including companies that do not publish any figure, see the complete fee guide and the national management companies ranking.

Traps in a "best co-hosting" list

Watch for these on any other co-hosting roundup you read, including ones that look more polished than this one.

Calling any full-service franchise "co-hosting"

Co-hosting means a tiered choice. A full-service manager with one bundled fee and no lower tier, however good, is not a co-hosting service just because the word is trendy.

Listing PMS software as a management option

Guesty and Hostaway sell software to professional managers, not a service an individual owner signs up for. A list that ranks them alongside Awning or Evolve is comparing a tool to a service.

A starting fee presented as the fee

"Starts at 10%" is a floor, not a promise. All three ranked companies publish a starting point or a range, not a single guaranteed number for every property.

Ignoring who does the physical work

Evolve's own site names a third-party "on-the-ground support network" without stating who pays for cleaning or maintenance. A co-hosting fee that looks cheap can still leave a real cost unaccounted for.

A property count with no date

RedAwning's own homepage states two different totals in the same page, 20,000-plus in visible text and over 100,000 in structured data. A number with no "checked" date is a number frozen at some unknown moment.

A list with no methodology

If a "best co-hosting services" page does not print how it scored anyone, assume it is sorted by who paid or who the writer heard of first.

Co-hosting questions owners ask

Answered only from what each company publishes.

What is Airbnb co-hosting?

Co-hosting is a tiered alternative to full-service property management: an owner keeps some of the work, usually cleaning coordination or on-site maintenance, in exchange for a lower fee than a traditional full-service manager charges. The companies on this page let an owner choose how much to hand off, from pure listing and pricing technology up to nearly full service, rather than offering one fixed scope at one fixed price.

How much does Airbnb co-hosting cost?

Among the 3 companies ranked on this page, published starting fees run 10 to 18%. Awning and Evolve both start at 10%, and RedAwning's homeowner tier runs 10 to 18%. That is lower than the 18 to 30% full-service band typical of traditional local and national managers, because co-hosting shifts some of the ground-level work back to the owner.

What is the difference between co-hosting and full-service management?

Full-service management, the model used by companies like Vacasa and Casago, bundles marketing, pricing, cleaning, maintenance and guest support under one fee with local staff handling the ground work. Co-hosting splits that bundle into tiers: pay less and keep doing turnovers or maintenance calls yourself, or pay more and hand off nearly everything. The three companies ranked on this page are built around that choice; most full-service franchises are not.

Is Evolve a co-hosting service?

Evolve's own site describes a marketing-and-technology-led model: listing, pricing, booking and 24/7 remote support handled by Evolve, while cleaning and on-site maintenance route through what evolve.com calls a "vetted on-the-ground support network," without stating who pays for it. That split, Evolve keeps the software and marketing work, the owner or a local vendor keeps the physical work, is the functional definition of co-hosting this page uses.

Is Vacasa a co-hosting service?

No. Vacasa's owners page describes "local staff in every market" handling cleaning, maintenance and guest screening as part of one bundled fee, a traditional full-service model, not a tiered co-hosting option. Vacasa is ranked separately on our <a href="/managers/best-short-term-rental-management-companies/">national management companies list</a>.

What does Awning charge?

Awning states on awning.com that fees "start at 10%," described on the site as "about half the industry average, with no lock-in." That is a starting rate for its entry tier; the full-service tier on the same page does not carry a published percentage.

What does RedAwning charge homeowners?

RedAwning's homepage lists "3 flexible service tiers (10-18%)" for its Manage tier, aimed at individual homeowners, without stating which tier lands at which point in that range. Its separate Platform tier, aimed at managers with 10 or more properties, does not publish a fee at all.

Are Guesty and Hostaway co-hosting services?

No. Both are property management software sold to professional managers, not owner-facing services. Guesty's own site states pricing "starts at $9 per month and scales with your business," language aimed at software buyers, not property owners. Hostaway's co-hosting marketplace page returned a 404 when we checked it on 2026-10-09, and its main site markets PMS software plus an "AI CoHost" feature, not an owner-facing management service.

Can I switch co-hosting tiers later?

Evolve explicitly allows switching between Core, Plus and Pro "for any reason at any time," effective within 15 business days, per evolve.com. Awning and RedAwning do not publish a specific tier-switching policy on the pages we checked, so ask directly before you assume you can move tiers without a new agreement.

What should I ask before signing a co-hosting agreement?

Ask exactly what moves to the owner at the lower tier, cleaning, maintenance, guest check-in, or all three. Ask whether the published starting percentage is the rate you will actually be quoted, or a floor that rises for your specific property. And ask who handles the work the platform does not: Evolve's own site names a third-party "on-the-ground support network" without saying who pays for it, which is exactly the kind of gap a co-hosting fee can hide.

Sources

Every fact above traces to one of these pages, checked 2026-10-09. We link out to every company we evaluated, ranked or not, so you can verify anything here yourself.

Researched and written by Aaron Whittaker. Updated 2026-10-09. Every fact on this page carries its source. How we rank

Transparency: STR Select is an independent directory with no paid placements on this page. None of the companies checked above is a client, partner, or company STR Select works with. Companies can claim their listing to correct anything.