Port Aransas property management fees: a flat 16% on net rental revenue

What the 16% covers

Everything in the management relationship: pricing, listings, guest messaging, cleaning coordination, inspections, monthly statements and tax filings. One team on the island does all of it. Our own W-2 employees handle every turnover from check-out to check-in, to one written standard, documented after every clean.

The fee also pays for the things that never appear on a statement: the guest-readiness assessment before you go live, professional photography and listing builds at our expense, an owner portal with calendar sync, and an annual NOI review alongside the itemized monthly statement.

What it is charged on, and what it is not

• Charged on net rental revenue: the rent after the booking platform's fees are deducted.
• Not charged on hotel occupancy tax. That money is collected from the guest and remitted to the city and the state.
• Not charged on cleaning fees or pet fees. Those are guest-paid and fund the turnover itself: labor, laundry, supplies and inspection, at our documented cost.
• Not charged on platform fees. If Airbnb or VRBO takes a fee, it comes off before our percentage applies.

Three ways we make money. That's the list.

Most managers earn one way, a cut of your rent, and when that single fee has to fund the whole business it can only come down at quality's expense. Our guests book a Port A vacation, not the house alone, so your rent does not have to carry the whole business. The result is a lower rate with a higher standard, not a lower one.

1. 1A 16% management fee, charged on your net rental revenue only.
2. 2A service fee guests pay when they book direct on portavacation.co. It covers our platform and payment processing.
3. 3Guest add-ons: golf carts, beach setups, bonfires and concierge services that guests book through us.

The same booking on VRBO, Airbnb and direct

Here is one booking worked three ways under PAVC. The commission base is net rental revenue, so a platform's fee never inflates our fee.

The same booking under a typical local agreement

Now the same booking under an 18.5% commission charged on gross rent, which is the low end of what local agreements publish. The base is larger and the rate is higher, so the owner's payout is lower on every channel.

Other charges you might see

• Repairs and routine maintenance, billed at documented cost by our own maintenance team, with no markup. Small fixes under an hour and under $100 are on us. Anything significant is cleared with you before work starts.
• Guest damage up to $200 is handled at no cost to you. Above that, our insurance and the guest's card on file bear the liability, and we manage the claim.
• Nothing else. No marketing fee, no statement fee, no technology fee, no cancellation fee.

See the fee on your own numbers

Already with a manager? Send us one owner statement and we will rebuild the same month under PAVC, line by line, so you compare real payouts instead of advertised rates. How we compare with other Port Aransas managers and what switching involves are covered in their own guides.

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