Flat-Fee Co-Hosting
Predictable monthly pricing in revenue-based tiers for owners who want to stay involved. Request a property-specific quote.
Explore co-hosting →Why hand over 20% for vacation rental management? Island Co-Hosts offers hands-on local support, with flat-fee co-hosting and full-service options tailored to your property.
Predictable monthly pricing in revenue-based tiers for owners who want to stay involved. Request a property-specific quote.
Explore co-hosting →Hands-off vacation rental management with a quoted 10%–12% percentage fee. Keep more of your rental income compared with a 15%–20% management fee.
Explore full service →Get a new vacation rental ready, then choose owner handoff or ongoing support.
Explore launch →Home Watch is available to Island Co-Hosts co-hosting clients and other property owners in Marco Island, Isles of Capri and Naples. Personal visits and checks include dated reports and photos to help you stay informed while you are away.
Learn about Home Watch →Home Watch options and pricing are included in your personalized proposal based on visit frequency and property needs.
Ask About Home WatchGet the local guest and operating support you need without automatically giving up 20% of booking revenue. Choose a monthly flat-fee tier or a quoted 10%–12% full-service plan. Your owner-controlled vacation-rental listings stay with you, and booking-platform payouts go directly to you.
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Island Co-Hosts is locally owned by Cheryl and Angel Casabona. Both retired from law enforcement in New Jersey: Cheryl as a Detective Sergeant and Angel as a Detective Lieutenant. Angel later joined the Marco Island Police Department in 2017 and retired in 2026 as a Lieutenant.
We have owned and managed rental properties in New Jersey since 1997, on Marco Island since 2011 and in the Florida Keys since 2018. As short-term rental owners, we have earned hundreds of guest reviews and consistent five-star feedback, achieving Airbnb Superhost status and Vrbo Premier Host recognition along the way. That experience shapes how we care for each property, respond to guests and help every rental remain a good neighbor.
Together, we bring our experience as short-term rental owners to guest communication, pricing and listing support, cleaner and vendor coordination, property quality checks and owner updates. Angel’s years serving Marco Island as a police lieutenant also inform our understanding of the concerns residents may have about vacation rentals. We help owners set clear guest expectations, respond promptly and care for their properties in ways that respect the surrounding neighborhood. You keep control of your property and platform accounts, while we provide the eyes-on, hands-on support your property needs.
Strong performance takes more than filling a calendar. We help owners set clear expectations and reinforce lawful, owner-approved occupancy, parking, noise and house rules. Proactive guest communication, documented follow-up and local response help protect the property, reviews and neighborhood relationships.
Hundreds of guest reviews and consistent five-star feedback. Cheryl and Angel’s Airbnb Superhost status and Vrbo Premier Host recognition reflect the care we bring to every stay.
“Best Airbnb experience and hosts we have ever had! We can’t say enough about how incredible Cheryl and Angel are—the nicest people you’ll meet. They made us feel right at home. We can’t wait to come back. We highly recommend staying here. You will not be disappointed.”
“What truly made this experience exceptional were the hosts, Cheryl and Angel. They were incredibly kind, responsive, welcoming...”
“Cheryl was an excellent host who FAR exceeded our expectations!! ... Thanks Cheryl for being an amazing host!!”
“The host was extremely easy to work with, very communicative. The house was beautiful and very clean.”
“Hosts were helpful and communicative. Excellent stay—would recommend highly.”
“Both Cheryl and Angel were very friendly and welcoming, and they made our stay even better.”
Yes. Our full-service option handles the agreed day-to-day work, including guest communication, reservations, pricing and listing support, turnovers and local coordination. You retain your platform accounts, receive payouts directly and approve major property decisions. The final service scope is set out in your proposal.
We use revenue-based tiers and the selected service scope. For an established rental, we review its trailing 12 months of accommodation revenue. For a new or repositioned property, we use established third-party estimating tools such as AirDNA and comparable rentals to project annual accommodation revenue and set an initial monthly fee tier. We review the tier as actual booking history develops. Your proposal states the monthly fee.
Yes. Owners who want a more hands-off arrangement may choose full-service management with a quoted 10%–12% fee on accommodation revenue. The final percentage and service scope are in your written proposal. Separately stated guest cleaning fees, taxes and refundable deposits are excluded from the percentage-fee calculation.
Yes. We can assist with the owner's DBPR Chapter 509 application process, property-readiness planning, owner-controlled vacation-rental listings across the selected booking platforms, plus guest and operating workflows. The owner remains the applicant and license holder, signs required certifications and maintains tax accounts and insurance. You can choose owner handoff or ongoing management after launch.
Yes. Our readiness review and self-management launch can provide an operating roadmap, listing setup, guest and vendor workflows and owner training. After the agreed handoff and support period, ongoing guest messages, pricing and turnovers are the owner's responsibility unless a separate co-hosting service is selected.
Yes. Before changing anything, we review listing ownership and access, future reservations, calendars, guest communications, reviews and payout routing. We prepare a property-specific transition plan so you know what can remain in place, what may need to be rebuilt and who will handle each upcoming stay.
If you own and control the existing platform listing, it can generally remain in your account while access and workflows are updated. If your current manager controls it, a new listing may be needed and reviews or reservation history may not transfer. We check the account structure before recommending a transition.
We document upcoming bookings before setting a transition date. Our plan identifies who will communicate with each guest, service each stay and receive its payout, consistent with the booking platform and your existing agreement. We do not treat a change of manager as an automatic transfer of reservations.
No. Booking-platform rental and separately stated guest cleaning payouts go directly to the owner's designated account under the platform's payout schedule. Island Co-Hosts invoices the owner separately for its agreed management and turnover fees; we do not hold guest rent or deposits.
Under our turnover service, Island Co-Hosts selects, schedules and pays the cleaner, then invoices the owner a disclosed Turnover Fee. Repair, pool, landscaping and other non-cleaning vendors contract with and invoice the owner directly. We can coordinate access and follow-up within the selected service.
No. A separately stated cleaning charge paid by the guest goes to the owner through the booking platform and is excluded from the percentage-fee calculation. Island Co-Hosts bills its separate Turnover Fee to the owner; that fee covers the agreed cleaning and coordination service.
Compare the written Island Co-Hosts proposal with the fee and included services in your current manager's agreement. A 20% management fee is a useful illustration, but your actual savings depend on booking revenue, the plan selected and separate platform, cleaning and vendor costs. We do not guarantee a particular savings amount.
We ask whether the property is a new or established rental, recent or projected accommodation revenue, what you currently pay for management and how involved you want to be. That lets us recommend a flat-fee or full-service scope and prepare a property-specific proposal.
We serve established Marco Island short-term vacation rentals and owners preparing a property for transient rental use. Rental-facing services begin only when the property has the applicable DBPR Chapter 509 license. We do not provide long-term leasing, tenant placement or real-estate sales services. See management details →
Home Watch is available to property owners in Marco Island, Isles of Capri and Naples as a standalone service or alongside vacation-rental co-hosting. Visit frequency, checklist and pricing are agreed in writing for the property. Explore Home Watch →
Work directly with Cheryl and Angel. Tell us about your property, your priorities and the level of support you expect. We’ll prepare a clear proposal tailored to your home.