STR Select evaluated 10 short term rental management companies in Florida, across 1 market (Destin), and ranked 5 of them on a printed formula. None of the 10 publishes a management fee percentage on its own site. Checked October 21, 2026.
One row per market STR Select covers in Florida. Every count below comes from the 10 Florida roster records and the fee records that drive the market pages.
| Market | Evaluated | Ranked | Publish a fee | Town guides | Typical full service fee | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destin Destin fee index | 10 | 5 | 0 of 10 | 0 | Not published by the local managers | October 21, 2026 |
A company counts as publishing a fee when its own site prints a rate. A rate reported only by a third party does not count.
Florida has 1 market page on STR Select, and Destin is the largest with 10 evaluated and 5 ranked. All 5 ranked Florida companies are full service operators. No Florida company prints a fee on its own site, and the fee index holds 10 records marked quote only or not published. 5 companies were evaluated and left unranked: Holiday Isle Properties, Sugar Beach Property Management, Blu Vue Vacations, Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental and Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales. Market by market, Destin ranks 5 and evaluates 10, with 0 printed fees. Across the 1 market in Florida, the ranked share is 50 percent, with 5 ranked rows against 5 evaluated without a rank. 0 of the 5 ranked companies in Florida are marked as a featured placement, because rank here follows the printed formula and nothing else. The ranked Florida records cite 8 distinct source pages across 6 domains for their service areas and fees. On the printed formula, the first ranked row in Destin is Newman-Dailey Resort Properties. Among the 5 ranked companies, 0 state a rating and 5 state a portfolio size on their own sites; the rest leave both out. The ranked companies’ fee fields were checked in October 2026. Every Florida market page carries the same updated date, October 21, 2026. The 5 ranked companies are based in 3 places: Miramar Beach, Florida, Destin and Miramar Beach, Florida and Destin, Florida. No company prints a fee on its own site in Destin. The ranked companies that state a portfolio size are Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, Beach Condos in Destin, Compass Resorts, My Vacation Haven and Coastal Retreats. Ranks in this state run from #1 to #5, and each rank is local to its market table, not a statewide order.
5 companies were evaluated in Florida and left outside the ranked tier.
Of the 10 Florida companies in our roster, 5 are ranked and 5 are evaluated and not ranked. Destin ranks 5 and lists 5 more. In Florida, not ranked means a company sits outside the printed top tier of its own market table. It is not a judgment on the company, and each of the 5 keeps its own profile page.
Listed alphabetically, with the market it was evaluated in. Each name opens its profile.
| Company | Market | Status | Fee on its own site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Condos in Destin | Destin | Ranked | Not published |
| Blu Vue Vacations | Destin | Evaluated, not ranked | Not published |
| Coastal Retreats | Destin | Ranked | Not published |
| Compass Resorts | Destin | Ranked | Not published |
| Destin Luxury Real Estate & Rental | Destin | Evaluated, not ranked | Not published |
| Holiday Isle Properties | Destin | Evaluated, not ranked | Not published |
| My Vacation Haven | Destin | Ranked | Not published |
| Newman-Dailey Resort Properties | Destin | Ranked | Not published |
| Shore Dreams Vacation Rentals & Sales | Destin | Evaluated, not ranked | Not published |
| Sugar Beach Property Management | Destin | Evaluated, not ranked | Not published |
Read straight from the ranked tier of each market, with no company singled out.
Destin has 10 evaluated companies in the Florida roster. The 5 ranked ones split into 5 full service. None of the 10 evaluated in Destin prints a rate on its own site, so the not published by the local managers note on the Destin market page is the best record we hold. The ranked companies work from 3 bases: Miramar Beach, Florida, Destin and Miramar Beach, Florida and Destin, Florida.
Destin has no separate town guides yet, so every Florida owner question for this market is answered on the market page. 2 national brands with a dedicated Destin page on their own site are noted but not ranked against the local companies: iTrip Destin and Miramar Beach and Vacasa.
Answered from the same sourced research behind the rankings.
10 companies across 1 market: 10 in Destin. 5 are ranked and 5 are evaluated and not ranked.
None of the 10 companies we evaluated publishes a management fee percentage on its own site. 10 fee records in our fee index read quote only or not published.
Destin (5 companies ranked of 10 evaluated). There is no town guide in this state yet.
Destin: Not published by the local managers. These are the ranges recorded on the Florida market page, not a quote from any single Florida company.
By one printed formula that scores each market table on its own. Florida has 5 ranked companies across 1 market, and fee transparency is the heaviest input at 30% of a score. Nobody pays for a rank in Florida or anywhere else. The full method is printed on the methodology page.
The newest Florida market page was updated October 21, 2026. Each of the 1 market page in Florida prints its own updated date, and every fee carries the date we read it.
Every outbound link below is already used on the Florida market pages: 10 company sites, 10 fee index records and the national brand evidence pages.
Transparency: STR Select has no paid placements. Corrections: companies can claim their listing to correct anything on their profile.