Your situation, always in the open
Do it yourself
Time. High, every day
Work. Portals, documents, prices, messages and cleaning: all on your table.
Money. No management fee. Cleaning and the money on your account stay yours. The cost is the time.
Guide for owners
Three ways to manage the same house
Online the question has two answers: do it yourself, or hand over the keys. There is a third, and it is the one written in the contract: a service provider that runs the digital work, while the decisions stay yours.
Estimate what your house can earnThe real question is not which agency
An owner asks: do I manage it, or do I give it to an agency? The models answer with two options because two options is what the internet describes. The third way, keeping the house and letting a service provider run the digital trade, is written by us in the contract. Almost nowhere else.
The contract is called Contratto di fornitura servizi software, consulenza e assistenza. It does not take the house, it does not lock it, it does not hold your money. The party is the service provider, not the property manager.
Same starting revenue. What changes is what is left, and who the hours stay with.
The house is the same. The starting gross is the same. What changes is the time, the control, and what you keep after the work. It is not a contest of who promises more.
You hand over the keys
Give it to an agency
Time. Low: a few hours a month
Work. Calendar, prices and keys change hands. You stay out of the daily work.
Money. You pay a management fee, and you usually also lose the cleaning revenue. The amount is discussed in person.
The service-supply contract
A service provider
Time. Low on the digital side; the house stays yours
Work. The digital work runs on its own: messages, portals, prices, documents, accounts. You keep keys, cleaning and decisions.
Money. A fee only on the digital work, and only if there is a booking. The money arrives in your account. The amount is discussed in person.
The cost in hours, per month
Orders of magnitude from the houses we have run since 2022, not a measurement of yours. They change with how many bookings you receive and how large the house is.
| Item | On your own | An agency | A service provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital work messages, portals, prices, documents, accounts | 27–50 hours | almost zero | almost zero |
| Work on the house cleaning, keys, small jobs | about 6 hours | almost zero, if you handed everything over | stays with you, about 6 hours |
| Decisions prices, dates, who to let to | all of them, every day | few, if they stay yours | yours, a few hours |
| Your hours, in total order of magnitude per month | 33–56 hours | 2–5 hours | about 8 hours |
The 27–50 hours a month are the time the owners who chose Italy Holiday spend on paperwork, guests and numbers. Cleaning and the decisions stay with you. With an agency the work on the house goes too: that is why your hours drop more, and why less is left.
The cost in money, without hiding the sum
On your own you keep more in euros. That is true, and it is the place to start. The difference between doing it yourself and a service provider is the fee on the digital work. Between a provider and an agency, usually, it is also the cleaning revenue and where the money arrives.
| Item | On your own | An agency | A service provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portal commissions | Yes: they are always paid | Yes: they are always paid | Yes: they are always paid |
| Management fee | None | Yes, and it usually also covers the work in the house. The amount is discussed in person. | Yes, only on the digital work and only if there is a booking. The amount is discussed in person. |
| Cleaning revenue | Stays with you | Usually no: it goes into the package | Stays with you |
| The booking money | In your account | It often passes through the agency | In your account, it does not pass through us |
| What you keep, month by month | You work it out | You often see the gross, not the net | You see it written, line by line |
If one hour of yours is worth more than the digital work you would drop, the sum works out on its own. If it is worth less, do it yourself and that is fine. We discuss the fee on your house, not on a page.
When doing it yourself is the right answer
It is not a consolation prize. For some houses, and for some periods of life, it is the most honest choice.
- You live next to the house and you like talking to the guests.
- You have one house and you organise the day yourself.
- Bookings are few: the messages do not eat your evenings.
- You want to learn the trade before you pay someone.
- You have the time, and in this period you prefer to keep it on the trade rather than pay someone else to do it.
When an agency is the right answer
Handing over the keys costs you in what you keep. For some lives, that cost is the right price of peace of mind.
- The house is far away and you have nobody for keys and cleaning.
- You want no operational task, not even the price decisions.
- You accept keeping less, in exchange for not thinking about it.
When a service provider is the right answer
If you can keep the house, and not the digital work. It is the way we work: not because it is the only one, because it is the one the contract describes.
- You keep the keys and the cleaning, or you trust someone nearby with them.
- You want the last word on prices and blocked dates.
- The piece that weighs on you is the digital one: messages, portals, deadlines, accounts.
- The booking money has to arrive in your account.
The last word on the price is yours
The price updates every morning for the next 30 nights, with the reason written beside it. Minimum, maximum and blocked dates stay yours.
The money arrives in your account
The bookings do not pass through us. You see what you really keep, month by month, not only what you collect.
Frequently asked questions
The ones an owner asks before choosing, even if they choose another road.
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Guide updated in August 2026. The hours are orders of magnitude from the houses we have run since 2022, not an estimate for yours. The comparison stays valid even if you choose to carry on alone or with an agency. Back to the owners page