Short stays, run properly across France
Bee Stays manages furnished holiday homes, serviced apartments and guest houses for owners who want a reliable return without running the operation themselves. Licensed in England & Wales, operating from Paris.
Bee Stays gère des maisons de vacances meublées, des apartments avec services et des maisons d’hôtes pour des propriétaires qui veulent un revenu fiable sans gérer l’exploitation eux-mêmes.
Four ways we run a property
Every property is different, so the service is scoped to what it actually needs — not to a fixed package.
Full letting management
We take the property end to end — listing and photography, dynamic pricing, guest communication, turn-over cleaning, linen and maintenance. You receive one monthly statement and nothing else to do.
EXPLORE →Remote management
Already have local cleaners and a handyman? We run the commercial side from Paris — channel management, pricing strategy, direct bookings and guest messaging — while your local team keeps the property turning.
EXPLORE →Serviced apartments
Long-stay corporate and relocation lettings set up to hotel standard: weekly deep clean, linen changes every seven days, monthly compliance checks and a single invoice to the occupier or their employer.
EXPLORE →Owner onboarding
From the first walk-through we build the listing, photograph it, register the property for local short-stay regulation and switch on the channels. Most owners are live within seven days.
EXPLORE →You keep the property. We carry the operation.
Listings, photography, pricing, guest messages, cleaning, linen, maintenance, compliance and the monthly statement. If it touches the guest, it sits with us.
- A named property manager, reachable during working hours
- Photographic check-in and check-out on every stay
- Linen and housekeeping managed centrally
- One monthly statement, no itemised surprises
The portfolio we run
City apartments, guest houses, coastal and family holiday homes, and country houses — each with its own service scope.
Paris serviced apartment
Furnished one and two-bedroom apartments in the 11th, 15th and 18th, set up for weekly or monthly stays with hotel-standard linen and a 24-hour arrival line.
Guest house
A restored townhouse let room by room or floor by floor, with shared breakfast and a housekeeper who turns the rooms between arrivals.
Coastal holiday home
Seasonal homes with gardens, terraces and pools, managed through the summer peak and closed down properly in winter.
Family holiday home
Larger houses for family groups — high chairs and cots installed on request, childproofed stair gates, and flexible arrival windows so school holidays work.
Executive apartment
Quiet, well-connected apartments for assignees and consultants on one to six month terms, with a monthly invoice to company or private client.
Country gîte
Stone farmhouses and gîtes in the countryside, with pool and garden care built into the standard package rather than charged as extras.
From first visit to first booking
Six steps, then the property runs itself. Most owners are live within seven working days.
Walk-through and inventory
A property manager visits, photographs every room, records the inventory and flags anything that would affect guest comfort or compliance.
Preparation and photography
We deep clean, stage lightly, and shoot with a wide lens and natural light — the images are what sell the listing.
Listing build and channel setup
Description, amenities, house rules and photographs are built out and pushed to the channels with pricing already set.
Pricing strategy
Demand-based pricing is set per night and reviewed weekly against occupancy and booking pace.
Guest arrival and stay
Arrival instructions, in-stay support and a named local contact for anything the guest needs.
Turn-over and reporting
Clean, restock, photograph the condition, then send the owner one statement per month.
France, from Paris outwards
Remote management runs nationwide from our Paris office, with vetted local teams wherever the property sits.
Before you get in touch
The eight questions owners ask us first.
Full management is charged as a percentage of booked revenue, quoted per property before we list it. Remote management is a fixed monthly fee plus a share of direct bookings we secure. You get the rate in writing before signing, and there is no exclusivity beyond twelve months.
Yes. We confirm the applicable regime for the property — principal residence authorisation, secondary residence rules or Furnished Holiday Let registration — and prepare the declaration and registration files with you.
Seven working days from a signed agreement is typical: walk-through and inventory on day one, professional photography on day two, listing build and channel onboarding over the following days.
Linen is managed centrally and changed weekly for long stays, at every turn-over for short stays. Housekeeping is done by vetted local teams with photographic check-in and check-out records.
The major global channels plus our own direct booking route. Direct bookings avoid platform commission, so we push the direct rate hard in guest communications.
Every message from enquiry through check-out, in French and English, including arrival instructions, mid-stay questions and the post-departure follow-up.
Yes, subject to the notice period in your management agreement. Block dates on your own calendar and we will block them across the channels.
We document condition at every check-in and check-out, handle the guest conversation, and pursue recovery against the security deposit where the damage is evidenced.
Find out what your property could earn
Send us the address and the dates you want filled. We will come back with a letting projection and a proposed service scope, at no cost and with no obligation.
Request a property reviewReading before you decide
Short pieces on licensing, tax and listing, written by our own team.
Getting your Paris property ready for short lets
Furnishing, licensing and pricing a Paris apartment for its first season of serviced lets.
The FHL tax scheme, explained
What the Furnished Holiday Let regime changes about allowable costs and council tax for a let you run yourself.
Writing a listing that gets bookings
How the first three photographs and the opening line decide how many enquiries a listing receives.