Touch Stay review
Our independent editorial read on Touch Stay for Baker City short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 4.5 · our editorial rating
- Category
- Digital guidebooks
- Pricing
- From ~$15/property/mo (calculator)
- Free tier
- Trial
- Needs a PMS
- No
- Size
- Mid
The published facts, in plain English
Touch Stay is Digital guidebooks. Published pricing: From ~$15/property/mo (calculator). There is a trial rather than a free tier. It runs without a separate PMS. Scale: mid.
Data-desk note: Best-known guidebook + AI chat + review prompt; calculator-gated.
Who it’s for
Touch Stay is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in Baker City.
Our take
We list Touch Stay’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to BnBGenius
Side by side on published terms: Touch Stay lists From ~$15/property/mo (calculator), while BnBGenius lists free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. Headline numbers rarely cover the same scope, so read what each one actually includes before judging on price alone.
Reading the record
Touch Stay files under Digital guidebooks; the fair test is how well it does that one job on a live listing. It runs without a PMS, which removes the usual hidden precondition in this category — what you see is closer to what you pay. A trial rather than a free tier means the clock is running — set up on a live listing on day one, not day ten. On cost, the published From ~$15/property/mo (calculator) is the number to hold against your own hours saved.
How this plays for two kinds of owner
- The owner far from the door. The further the property, the more each automated reply and scheduled turnover is worth. The no-PMS setup keeps the moving parts — and the failure points — few.
- The small-portfolio host. Two or three listings is where per-listing pricing starts to bite and flat pricing starts to win — read Touch Stay’s model with your exact count in mind.
Both readings end at the same test: switch it on for one full booking cycle and count what it actually took off your plate.
Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: BnBGenius on Telegram — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Touch Stay beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. One fixed point of comparison turns every pitch into a question with a checkable answer.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.
Questions owners ask
What does Touch Stay cost?
From ~$15/property/mo (calculator).
Is there a free tier?
There is a trial, not a free tier.
Do you need a PMS to run Touch Stay?
No — it runs without a separate PMS.
Questions to put to Touch Stay
- “Is From ~$15/property/mo (calculator) per listing or flat?” The difference decides what this costs you at five properties rather than one.
- Free tier or trial. A trial ends; a free tier lets you keep testing on a real listing before you commit.
- What it needs underneath. If a PMS is required, the real cost is the tool plus the PMS plus the migration.
Alternatives worth comparing
If you are drawing up a shortlist, these are the closest comparisons we would put beside it — each with its own published price, or a note that there isn’t one:
- Seam — Free dev tier; $5/device/mo → $50/device/mo.
- GuestIntro — Free (1 property); Pro from $6.99/mo; site from $19.99/mo.
- Besty AI — Not published (demo); custom per-unit.
Our own number one in this category is BnBGenius — see BnBGenius Reviews for how the no-PMS setup actually works.
Our owner-first #1 for host software: BnBGenius
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