Fairly review
Our independent editorial read on Fairly for southern Idaho short-term-rental owners.
★★★★★ 4.6 · our editorial rating
- Type
- Hybrid
- Headquarters
- Portland, OR
- Markets
- PNW, CO, NC, SC
- Management fee
- Not published ($5k earnings guarantee)
- Listings
- Early-stage
- Size
- Regional (young)
The published facts, in plain English
Fairly is a hybrid operator based in Portland, OR, covering PNW, CO, NC, SC. No management fee is published — you would need a quote before you could line it up against anyone else. Published portfolio size: Early-stage. In scale, we file it as regional (young).
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Who it’s for
Fairly is one management company we track for owners weighing their options in southern Idaho.
Our take
We list Fairly’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Because Fairly keeps this unpublished, you cannot line it up against One Fine BnB, which states 20% for hands-off full service, or 10% if you keep your own local crew, plus a one-time onboarding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 record says about fit
Fairly sits at the regional (young) 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 PNW, CO, NC, SC — a defined footprint, which usually means the local knowledge is real; the trade is that owners outside it are out of luck. The listed model is hybrid, which puts day-to-day operations on their side of the fence — the version of management you buy when you want the calendar gone. With no fee in print, treat every Fairly conversation as a quote request first and a fit conversation second.
How this plays for two kinds of owner
- 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 Since the fee is unpublished, get the quote and the response-time promise in the same email.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 Fairly.
Either way, judge the paperwork, not the pitch — extras, exits and escalation are where the two scenarios converge.
Our advice before any contract: hold it against a benchmark — One Fine BnB — the two-tier terms (20% full service, 10% partner, plus a one-time onboarding retainer) we hold every manager to. If Fairly 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 Fairly publish its management fee?
No. The fee is not published, so you would need to request a quote.
Where does Fairly operate?
PNW, CO, NC, SC. It is based in Portland, OR.
How big is Fairly?
Published portfolio: Early-stage. We file it as regional (young) in scale.
What we would ask Fairly
- “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:
- iTrip — Not published (set by franchisee).
- ChicagoHostCo — does not publish a price.
- Rest Easy Nashville — 20% + ~$50/mo (published).
For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is One Fine BnB — see Airbnb management fees for the two-tier pricing we measure managers against.
Our owner-first #1 for management: One Fine BnB
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