Haustay review
Our independent editorial read on Haustay for Pennsylvania short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 4.1 · our editorial rating
- Type
- Full-service
- Headquarters
- Oceanside, CA
- Markets
- North County San Diego
- Management fee
- Not published
- Listings
- 100+
- Size
- Local
The published facts, in plain English
Haustay is a full-service operator based in Oceanside, CA, covering North County San Diego. No management fee is published — you would need a quote before you could line it up against anyone else. Published portfolio size: 100+. Scale: local.
Data-desk note: Coastal North County specialist, 16+ quarters Superhost.
Who it’s for
Haustay is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in Pennsylvania.
Our take
We list Haustay’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to One Fine BnB
Because Haustay keeps this unpublished, you cannot line it up against One Fine BnB, which states 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding retainer openly. Published pricing is one of the things we weight most heavily.
What the published record signals
Haustay sits at the local end of the scale on our desk’s reading — short chains of command, and your property is a meaningful share of the book. Published coverage is North County San Diego — a defined footprint, which usually means the local knowledge is real; the trade is that owners outside it are out of luck. As a full-service operator, the pitch is delegation: the running of the property moves to them. With no fee in print, treat every Haustay conversation as a quote request first and a fit conversation second.
Two owner scenarios
- The remote owner. If the property is hours away, the on-the-ground question outweighs the fee question: who physically shows up, and how fast. Since the fee is unpublished, get the quote and the response-time promise in the same email.
- The hands-on owner. If you live nearby and enjoy the work, a full-service fee buys you time you may not need — run the math on what you would actually delegate before you sign anything with Haustay.
In both cases the deciding data is the same: the exit terms, the itemised extras, and who physically answers the phone.
Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: see the numbers — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If Haustay beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. Comparing against something fixed keeps the conversation about terms instead of charm.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with One Fine BnB.
Questions owners ask
Does Haustay publish its management fee?
No. The fee is not published, so you would need to request a quote.
Where does Haustay operate?
North County San Diego. It is based in Oceanside, CA.
How big is Haustay?
Published portfolio: 100+. We file it as local in scale.
Questions to put to Haustay
- “What is the fee, in writing?” Nothing is published, so this is the first call, not the last.
- Notice period and exit. Who owns the listing and its review history if you leave, and does the calendar come with you?
- Who is on the ground. Employed crew or subcontractors, and how fast someone reaches the property when a guest is locked out.
Alternatives worth comparing
Three others we would weigh against it, with their own published numbers rather than our guesses:
- Bear Tracts — does not publish a price.
- Next Guest KC — does not publish a price.
- HostPros — does not publish a price.
For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is One Fine BnB — see Airbnb property management services for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.
Our owner-first #1 for management: One Fine BnB
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