Coming Soon - Summer 2026

Your Short-Term Let.
Your Rules. Your Revenue.

Stop handing 15-25% of every booking to a management company.

Airbnb takes the bookings - nobody looks after the licence. SelfLet Stays is the compliance layer for UK hosts: STL licensing conditions tracked per jurisdiction, guided fire and legionella risk assessments, changeover checklists, iCal sync with Airbnb and VRBO, commission-free direct bookings, and per-channel finances that show what the platforms really cost you. Built for the way UK regulations actually work.

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16
Compliance items tracked per property
3
UK jurisdictions covered
0%
Commission on your bookings
9
Management tools in one place

UK short-term lets are getting more regulated. Fast.

Scotland already requires STL licensing. England's registration scheme is incoming. Wales has occupancy thresholds and council tax premiums of up to 300%. Your management company may or may not be keeping up. You need to know for yourself.

Mandatory

Scotland

STL licensing mandatory since October 2022. Three licence types, mandatory fire safety conditions, public liability insurance required. Edinburgh has an STL control area requiring separate planning permission.

Incoming

England

National registration scheme expected 2025/2026. London enforces the 90-day rule. Article 4 directions spreading to Bath, York, Brighton, and the Lake District.

Active

Wales

Statutory licensing scheme introduced 2024. 182-day occupancy threshold. Councils can charge up to 300% council tax premium on second homes and holiday lets.

How SelfLet Stays works

Four steps from signup to fully managed.

1

Add your property

Address, rates, check-in/out times, Wi-Fi, key safe code, listing URLs. One form, everything captured.

2

Get compliant

16 compliance items auto-seeded for your jurisdiction. Traffic-light status, penalty warnings, step-by-step guidance with official source links.

3

Sync your calendar

Import your Airbnb and VRBO calendars via iCal. Add direct bookings. One calendar view across all channels.

4

Manage everything

Changeover checklists, guest database, booking finances, occupancy tracking, and AI assistant for compliance questions.

Everything you need to self-manage

📋 STL Compliance Engine

16 compliance items tracked per property, auto-seeded by jurisdiction. STL licence, planning permission, gas safety, EICR, EPC, fire safety, smoke and CO alarms, PAT, legionella RA, public liability insurance, ICO registration, and more.

  • Scotland STL licence conditions built in
  • Guided self-assessment forms (Legionella, Fire RA)
  • Document upload per compliance item
  • Penalty warnings and step-by-step guidance

📅 Calendar and iCal Sync

Visual month calendar with colour-coded booking overlays per property. Import calendars from Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com via iCal. Export your SelfLet calendar to sync the other way. One view across all channels.

  • iCal import from Airbnb, VRBO, and more
  • iCal export for reverse sync
  • Blocked dates for maintenance or personal use
  • Check-in and check-out arrows on each day

👥 Guest Management

Guest database with contact details, booking history, and stay count. Returning guests linked automatically by email. Build your own guest list instead of relying on Airbnb's.

  • Guest profiles with full stay history
  • Auto-deduplication by email
  • Direct booking enquiries land in your inbox
  • Your data, not the platform's

🔃 Changeover Checklists

12-item default checklist per changeover: strip beds, clean bathrooms, clean kitchen, vacuum, dust, restock consumables, damage check, empty bins, check appliances, reset key safe, flush water system, test alarms. Customisable per property.

  • Click-to-tick completion tracking
  • Auto-status: pending, in progress, completed
  • Today and overdue badges on dashboard
  • Never miss a step between guests

💰 Finances and Revenue

Income tracked automatically from bookings. Per-property and per-channel breakdowns, nights booked, average nightly rate, and net figures after platform fees. Know exactly what each property earns.

  • Per-channel revenue (Airbnb vs VRBO vs direct)
  • Platform fees and cleaning fees broken out
  • Period filters: month, year, tax year, all time

🌐 Your Own Property Page

Every property gets a public page on SelfLet Stays. Share one link that shows guests your property, links to all your platform listings, and offers direct booking with zero commission.

  • Public property hub with Airbnb and VRBO links
  • Direct booking enquiry form
  • STL Licensed badge for trust
  • Appears in the SelfLet Stays browse index

Keep Airbnb and VRBO. Cut the commission on direct bookings.

SelfLet Stays is not trying to replace Airbnb or VRBO. They are brilliant at getting guests through the door. But when a guest comes back, or when someone finds you through word of mouth, why pay 15% commission?

Your SelfLet Stays property page links to all your platform listings and offers a direct booking option. Guests choose. You keep the revenue.

  • Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com links on your page
  • Direct booking enquiry form - zero commission
  • iCal sync keeps all calendars aligned
  • STL Licensed badge builds trust with guests
  • Browse index at stays.selflet.co.uk/browse
  • Your property, your brand, your guest relationships

How SelfLet Stays compares

Most STL tools are built for the US market. SelfLet Stays is built for UK compliance from day one.

Feature
Management Co.
Airbnb / VRBO / Booking
SelfLet Stays
UK compliance tracking
Varies
None
16 items, jurisdiction-aware
Scotland STL licence support
Some
No
All 3 licence types + conditions
Changeover checklists
They handle it (at a cost)
No
Built-in, customisable
Guest database
In their system
Platform owns it
Yours, with full history
Financial tracking
Monthly statement
Payout summary
Real-time, per property and per channel
AI compliance assistant
No
No
Built-in, UK STL law trained
Direct bookings
Through them (commission)
Not possible
Your own page, 0% commission
Commission per booking
15-25% of revenue
Airbnb 3% + 14% guest / VRBO 15% / Booking 15-20%
Flat monthly fee, 0% commission

Simple pricing. No commission.

One flat monthly fee. No percentage of your bookings. No hidden costs. Every plan starts with a 30-day full-access free trial. Cancel anytime - your records are always yours.

🔥 Founder offer - the first 200 hosts lock in a third off. For life.

Subscribe as one of the first 200 and you'll pay a third less than standard on any plan, for as long as you're a member. From just £9.99/mo.

Starter

£14.99

per month

1 property

  • Full compliance engine
  • Calendar and iCal sync
  • Bookings and guests
  • Changeover checklists
  • Finances and reporting
  • AI compliance assistant
  • Public property page
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Growth

£29.99

per month

2-4 properties

  • Everything in Starter
  • Portfolio dashboard
  • Multi-property calendar
  • Cross-property reporting
Join Waitlist

Portfolio

£49.99

per month

5-10 properties

  • Everything in Growth
  • Up to 10 properties
Join Waitlist

All features included on every plan. Pricing is by property count only. No commission on bookings. Cancel anytime.

Managing more than 10 holiday lets? That's Enterprise territory - talk to us.

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Use SelfLet Stays on any device

SelfLet Stays runs in your browser - no download, no app store, no install. But if you want an icon on your desktop or home screen, install it as an app in two taps.

Desktop

Mac / Windows

  1. Open stays.selflet.co.uk in Chrome or Edge.
  2. Click the install icon in the address bar (or menu - Install SelfLet Stays).
  3. Launch from your Dock, taskbar, or Applications folder.
iPhone / iPad

iOS

  1. Open stays.selflet.co.uk in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
  3. SelfLet Stays now lives on your home screen like a normal app.
Android

Android

  1. Open stays.selflet.co.uk in Chrome.
  2. Tap Install app when prompted (or menu - Install app).
  3. Launch from your home screen or app drawer.

SelfLet Stays is a web app, which means you always get the latest version automatically - no updates to install, no App Store review delays. Works offline for the bits that don't need live data.