Runs rentals at scale.
Cleanings, turnovers, guest messaging, pricing, compliance, monthly owner statements. Across eight towns on the Riviera Maya, every day of the year.
Turnkey Airbnb Setup You buy it. We make it earn.
Turnkey Airbnb setup means you do not have to learn this business. We run it every day, across eight towns in one of the most visited destinations on earth. One session gets you a plan for your property. Then hand us as much of the setup as you want.
- 90 minutes with Chris, the founder
- A written plan for your property
- Credited toward anything we do for you after
The fastest-growing property management company on the Riviera Maya, one of the most visited destinations on earth.
Cleanings · Guests · Pricing · Compliance · Owner statements. Every day.
Playa del CarmenTulumPuerto MorelosAkumalXpu-HaCozumelIsla MujeresChetumal
Before you buy, or right after
You have questions. Most owners get the answers after the money is spent.
These are the questions people bring us. We answer them for your property, your market and your budget.
Before you buy
- Will this property actually earn, and how much?
- Does the building or the city allow short stays?
- One bedroom or two: which layout earns more here?
- Short term or long term, furnished or not?
- What will it really cost to set up?
Just got the keys
- What do I buy first, and what can wait?
- What do guests actually pay more for?
- How do I price it for the first 90 days?
- What should the listing photos show?
- Manage it myself or hire someone, and what is fair to pay?
Every one of these, answered for your property in 90 minutes.
Book the $997 Launch SessionWho is answering
An operator, not a consultant. Chris runs rentals for a living.
Advice is cheap when the person giving it never has to live with it. Chris runs short-term rentals across eight towns, every day, in a market where a mediocre listing does not book. What he tells you is what he does with his own units.
Knows what earns and what does not.
He sees which listing in a building books out and which one sits, and why. Layout, capacity, photos, pricing. Your session is built on that.
Has launched units end to end, many times.
Sourcing, furnishing, photography, listing, pricing. If you want it done for you, it is done by someone who has done it, not managed from a spreadsheet.
Has run remote crews for most of his career.
Before PlayaStays he built and ran an experiential marketing agency: a 3,000 store changeover for Kroger with more than 100 staff in the field, and hundreds of in-store displays for brands like Tide and Crest.
What actually matters on Airbnb
Five things decide what a rental earns. Get them right before you spend.
- 01
The right unit
Rules, building, location and layout. The most expensive mistakes happen before closing.
- 02
Capacity
How many guests sleep well decides which searches you show up in at all.
- 03
The photos
Guests decide in seconds from a cover photo. Everything in it was decided months earlier.
- 04
Launch pricing
Your first weeks set your first reviews. Price for the reviews, then for profit.
- 05
Durability
Fabrics and finishes that survive turnovers, so you buy the sofa once.
The offer
The Launch Session. Ninety minutes that decide what your property earns.
Everything turnkey starts here. Bring your property, your questions and your numbers. Leave with a plan.
What you leave with
- Will it earn? An earning range built from named comparable listings around your property, so you can check every one.
- What to do with it. Short or long term, furnished or not, one bedroom or two. What each earns and what each costs.
- What matters where you are. The building rules, the local questions, the layout limits nothing can fix later.
- What to buy first. A furnishing budget for your city, and what guests actually pay more for.
- How to launch it. Pricing for the first 90 days, what the photos must show, self-manage or hire.
- A written plan. After the call, so nothing lives only in your notes.
Write down the nightly rate you are hoping for. $997 is a few nights of it. The mistakes it prevents cost months.
After the session
Want it done for you? That is the turnkey part.
Most owners leave the session with a plan and build it themselves. If you would rather hand it over, we do as much of it as you want. Scoped to your property on the call, priced in writing before you pay, and your $997 comes off.
The standard
If you hand us the design, this is what done looks like.
Two of our own units. Real rooms, real photos, zero renders. Guests book photographs, and everything in these was decided before the photographer arrived.
Ceiba 25City condoWalnut, olive velvet and texture. Built to photograph warm and wear well.
Casa LuluVilla with poolBold colour and big open living, built for groups.
How turnkey Airbnb setup works
One session. One plan. Then as much done for you as you want.
- 1
Send the unit
A listing link, a few photos, or just the city. You do not need to have closed.
- 2
The session
90 minutes with Chris. Your questions, the numbers, the route.
- 3
Your plan
Written, specific to your property, yours to build with anyone.
You can stop here - 4
Hand off what you want
Design, listing, launch. Scoped to your unit and priced in writing before you pay.
The promise
Never trust us further than you can check.
- The session price is printed here. Nothing else is quoted until we have seen your property.
- Cancel before the call for a full refund.
- Your $997 is credited in full toward anything we do for you after.
- Every done-for-you scope is priced in writing before you pay.
- Everything stays in your name: your accounts, your plan, your trades.
- If we buy furnishings for you, they are billed at cost with the invoice forwarded.
Property on the Riviera Maya?
Scope a local launch We do the whole thing in person, from $3,000.
Furnished, staged, photographed and live, then straight into Airbnb management in Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Puerto Morelos.
Straight answers
Turnkey Airbnb setup, answered.
Something not here? Ask Chris directly.
What is a turnkey Airbnb setup?
A turnkey Airbnb setup takes a property from empty to a live, bookable listing without the owner having to learn the business. With PlayaStays it starts with a Launch Session: 90 minutes with the founder and a written plan for your property. From there we do as much of the setup as you want done for you: the design and furnishing plan, the listing, and coordinating the local crew that builds it. In the Riviera Maya we do all of it in person.
What do I need to know before buying an Airbnb property?
Four things, before anything else: whether the building and the city allow short stays, what comparable listings nearby actually earn, how many guests the layout can sleep well, and what it will cost to furnish and launch. The Launch Session covers all four for the property you are looking at, or two you are choosing between, and gives you the exact questions to put to the building, the municipality and your lawyer before you close.
How much does a turnkey Airbnb setup cost?
The Launch Session is $997, and it is the only thing we price before we have seen your property. Done-for-you work after the session, whether that is the design and furnishing plan, the listing build or coordinating the launch, depends on the size of the unit, the city and how much you hand over, so it is scoped on the call and priced in writing before you pay. Your $997 is credited in full against it. In the Riviera Maya, the in-person turnkey launch starts from $3,000.
Can you help if my property is not in Mexico?
Yes. The Launch Session, the plan, the design and the listing work the same in any market: we work from your photos, measurements, listings and local comparables. For a remote launch we source and vet the trades in your city and run them to a go-live date, with you copied on everything. Outside the Riviera Maya we do not clean, turn over or manage bookings.
Why would I trust a company in Mexico with my property?
Because we do this for a living, in one of the most competitive short-term rental markets on earth. PlayaStays manages rentals across eight towns on the Riviera Maya: cleanings, guests, pricing, compliance and owner statements, every day. Chris, the founder, has launched units end to end many times and ran large field crews for national brands before that. And nothing on this page asks you to trust us blindly: the session is refundable before the call, every scope is priced in writing, and everything stays in your name.
How can you estimate earnings in a city you do not operate in?
We pull the live comparable listings around your property and look at their rates, calendars, capacity and reviews, then set your range against them. The comparables are named in your plan so you can check every one. Where a market has too few comparables to trust, we tell you that instead of inventing a number.
How much does it cost to furnish an Airbnb?
It depends on your city and the size of the unit, which is why every Launch Session includes a furnishing budget for yours. If you hand us the design, every item carries a real price and link, so the total is known before you buy anything, and anything we buy for you is billed at cost with the vendor invoice forwarded.
Who builds it if you are not in my city?
Anyone you choose, working from the plan. If you would rather not find them, we source and vet installers, a handyman and a photographer in your city, compare quotes, check previous work and recommend them. You approve, and we brief, schedule and hold them to the date. Trades contract with you directly at quotes you approve.
How and when do I pay?
Prices are in US dollars. The Launch Session is paid up front and refundable before the call. Done-for-you work is scoped on the call, priced in writing, and paid in stages tied to the work. Anything we buy on your behalf is paid against the vendor invoice as you approve each order.
How is this different from hiring an interior designer or a consultant?
Most designers do not run the rentals they design, and most consultants have never turned over a unit. We do both, every day. Every recommendation you get is one we make with our own units: capacity, durability, the photos that get clicked, the price that gets the first reviews.
How long does it take?
A Launch Session is usually booked within days and the written plan follows the call. Done-for-you work runs to a date agreed in writing before you pay, built around real furniture and trade lead times in your city. If you are aiming at a season, say so and we plan backwards from it.
What happens after my listing goes live?
Outside the Riviera Maya the unit is yours to run or hand to a local manager, and the session covers what to ask one and what is fair to pay. In the Riviera Maya the launch rolls straight into PlayaStays management: cleanings, guest messaging, compliance and monthly bilingual owner statements.
Last step
Bring your questions. Leave with a plan.
Send a listing link, a few photos or just the city. You do not need to have closed. Chris reads every one and tells you where to start, or whether the property is worth doing at all.
P.S. Haven't bought yet? Even better. The most expensive mistakes happen at purchase: a layout that can't sleep enough people, a building that restricts short stays. Hearing that before you close costs $997. After, it costs a lot more.
Or send us the unit
Tell us what you are looking for. Chris replies personally.