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Adelaide Hills based Servicing Adelaide wide

The art of hosting well.

Strategy, support and management for short-stay properties. We help owners turn a good listing into a considered, high-performing asset, while maintaining the warmth that makes guests remember their stay and book again.

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The Studio

A quiet gap in the
Adelaide market.

Most short-stay properties aren't underperforming because they aren't beautiful. They're underperforming because no one has ever sat down and shown the owner how to maximise its potential.

Shorland Short Stays exists to close that gap. We work with owners across Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, from first-time hosts wondering whether the spare cottage is worth listing, to established operators who suspect they're leaving money on the table. Every engagement starts the same way: with an honest look at what your property is actually capable of.

01Strategy built
property by property
05Services designed
to be mixed & matched
SAAdelaide Hills based
servicing Adelaide wide

What We Offer

Services, shaped
around your property.

No two short-stays are the same, so no two engagements are either. Some owners want a single strategy session. Others want to hand over the whole thing. Start wherever you are, and we'll tell you honestly what you actually need.

01
Done For You · New Listings

The Launch

For owners who haven't listed yet. We build the whole thing, from the listing and the words to the pricing architecture and the settings, so your property arrives on the market fully formed. A listing launched badly can take eighteen months to recover; this is how you avoid that entirely.

From $1,250one-off Roughly a fortnight of a well-run property's income, spent once, at the point where it changes the most.

One-off project Enquire about a launch →
  • Photo selection, sequencing & captioning
  • Full listing copy, including title, summary, space & neighbourhood
  • Pricing architecture, seasonality & minimum stays
  • Calendar sync, booking settings & guest requirements
  • House rules & automated guest message sequence
  • Launch review and handover session
02
Strategy & Consulting

The Stay Audit

For owners already hosting who suspect the property is capable of more. We take your listing apart before we meet you, then rebuild the strategy with you in one session. You leave knowing exactly what to change and why.

Fixed price $850one-off A 15% lift on a typical Adelaide Hills property is around $3,300 in the first year, and every year after it.

One-off session What's involved →
  • Full listing & photography critique
  • Pricing, seasonality & minimum-stay strategy
  • Revenue leak analysis, where you're losing bookings
  • Guest experience, amenities & review recovery
  • An honest view before you invest or renovate
03
Brand & Content

Social Media Management

The properties that book out fastest are the ones people follow. We build your stay its own presence, with content, captions, reels and a posting rhythm that turns scrollers into direct bookings.

From $350per month

Talk about content →
  • Account set-up, bio & visual direction
  • Monthly content planning & captions
  • Reels, shoot direction & on-site content days
  • Community management & enquiry handling
  • Direct-booking funnel strategy
04
Done For You

Hosting Management

You keep the keys and the care of the property. We take the listing, the calendar, the pricing and the guests. Ideal for owners who love their place but have run out of hours, or patience, for the admin side of hosting.

Commission 18%of net booking revenue We only earn when your property does. No lock-in, no minimum term.

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  • Listing build, copywriting & ongoing optimisation
  • Dynamic pricing & calendar management
  • Guest communication, screening & support
  • Housekeeping & linen coordination
  • Review management & Superhost tracking
  • Monthly performance reporting

A one-off onboarding fee applies.

05
In Partnership with Harcourts Adelaide Hills

Full Property Management

Our premium, entirely hands-off offering. Alongside our partners at Harcourts Adelaide Hills, we manage both the short-stay operation and the physical property, including cleaning, maintenance, trades, compliance and everything in between.

Pricing By quotation Quoted jointly with Harcourts Adelaide Hills, since scope depends on the property and the level of care it needs.

Premium tier About the partnership →
  • Everything included in Hosting Management
  • Housekeeping & linen coordination
  • Maintenance, trades & property inspections
  • Compliance, insurance & council requirements
  • A single point of contact for the whole asset

A one-off onboarding fee applies.

The Stay Audit

One session.
One clear plan.

Most of the work happens before we meet. By the time you sit down with us we already know where your property is losing money, and the session is spent showing you.

One-Off Intensive

Everything we know, applied to your property.

Before we ever meet, we go deep into your listing, your pricing, your competitors, your reviews and your occupancy. You then sit down with us, in person or over Zoom, and walk away with a strategy built specifically for your property.

$850 one-off

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  • Full pre-session research & competitor benchmarking
  • 90-minute session, in person or via Zoom
  • Line-by-line listing and pricing breakdown
  • Written action plan delivered afterwards
  • Follow-up check-in to keep you accountable

Onboarding is waived if you move to management within six months, since the groundwork is already done.

Proudly Partnered With

Harcourts Adelaide Hills

For owners who want to be entirely hands-off, we've partnered with one of the region's most established agencies. It means your short-stay strategy and your property management sit under one roof, with us handling the guest-facing performance and Harcourts looking after the asset itself.

Discuss full management →

The Process

Considered, not complicated.

01

Discovery

A free, no-pressure conversation about your property, your goals and whether we're the right fit.

02

Deep Dive

We research before we advise, looking at your listing, your market, your comparable properties and the seasons that actually drive your revenue.

03

Strategy

You receive a plan written for your property, not a template. Clear priorities, realistic timelines, and the reasoning behind every recommendation.

04

Momentum

Implement it yourself with our support, or hand it over to us entirely. Either way, we stay close enough to keep it working.

Georgia Founder & Short-Stay Strategist

Behind the Studio

Hello, I'm Georgia.

Shorland Short Stays started with a frustration. Across the Adelaide Hills I kept seeing beautiful properties with tired listings, mispriced calendars and owners who had been left to work it out alone. There was no one offering the kind of considered and strategic approach to short-stays that these properties deserved.

So I built it. My background sits at the intersection of property, marketing and management, which means I don't just tell you to raise your nightly rate. I'll show you why your photos aren't converting, which weeks you're pricing wrong, and how to build an audience that books you directly. Or, if trying to make your short-stay perform better just sounds too exhausting, I can take the stress out of your hands and manage the property for you. I pride myself on getting more out of a property than it manages on its own.

I'm genuinely invested in the people I work with. This is a small studio by design; I'd rather do exceptional work for a handful of owners than average work for many.

Georgia
Revenue Strategy Listing Optimisation Content & Social Adelaide Wide

Case Study

Mulberry Cottage,
year one.

An Adelaide Hills cottage listed for the very first time in August 2025, with the Blakiston Shed alongside it for larger groups. The owners furnished it properly. We handled the photography, the content, the pricing and both listings. This is how its first twelve months compare to the rest of the region.

3.2× The regional average
annual revenue
2.2× The market's revenue
per available night
2.9× The average
nightly rate
107 Nights booked
across 41 stays
The turnaround

The quietest season became a quarter of the year.

By late autumn the winter calendar was looking thin, and May finished as the weakest month of the year. Rather than wait it out, we introduced a considered winter rate and rebuilt the calendar around it.

June and July filled. August, on twenty-six days, finished as the second-strongest month of the entire year. Winter delivered roughly a quarter of the property's annual revenue, in the season the Adelaide Hills usually writes off.

  • Professional photography, art-directed on site
  • Social content captured at the shoot and between stays
  • Listings built and managed across Airbnb and Booking.com
  • Pricing architecture and seasonal rate strategy
  • A winter rate that turned the quiet season around

Mulberry Cottage is a property we manage. Performance covers 1 September 2025 to 26 August 2026, across Airbnb and Booking.com combined, with no dates withheld for owner use. Comparisons are against AirDNA's Adelaide Hills market data for the same period, which averages properties of all sizes. Financial figures are withheld at the owners' request.

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A property should earn its keep without costing you your weekends.
Shorland Short Stays

Questions

Good to know.

Can't find what you're after? Send us a note, and we answer everything personally.

Absolutely, and honestly this is the best time to talk to us. The Launch is built precisely for this, creating the entire listing for you, from the copy and photo order to the pricing structure and booking settings. Getting the foundations right is far easier than undoing them later. We'll also give you a frank view on whether your property is suited to short-stay at all before you invest.

We work across Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills. The Studio is based in the Hills, which is where our on-the-ground knowledge runs deepest, but The Stay Audit, hosting management and social media all work just as well for a property in the city, the suburbs or the surrounding regions. Sessions run over Zoom as effectively as in person, and everything we manage is handled remotely regardless of where the property sits.

Full Property Management is the exception, because it involves people physically attending your property. Our management team services most of Adelaide, so there is a good chance we can cover you, but it is offered on application so we can confirm serviceability for your address before committing to anything.

If you are outside these areas, it is still worth asking. We would rather tell you honestly than have you assume the answer is no.

Hosting management covers everything guest-facing and digital, including your listing, calendar, pricing, communication and reviews, while you continue to look after the property itself, including cleaning and maintenance. Full property management adds the physical side through our Harcourts Adelaide Hills partnership, so you're genuinely hands-off. It's a premium service, and it isn't right for everyone.

Our prices are listed against each service, so you can see where you stand before you speak to us. Where a figure says "from", it's a genuine starting point rather than a teaser, and it holds for most properties.

The Stay Audit is a fixed $850. The Launch starts at $1,250 and is scoped before we quote, so you know the cost up front.

Management is a percentage rather than a flat fee, at 18% of net booking revenue, because it keeps our interests aligned with yours. If your property earns more, so do we. If it has a quiet month, we feel it too. A one-off onboarding fee also applies at the start, covering the work of rebuilding your listing and pricing before we take over.

Full Property Management is quoted jointly with Harcourts Adelaide Hills, since it depends on the property and the level of care it needs.

The only thing we won't do is quote you a number before we understand your property. If something doesn't suit you, we'll say so on the discovery call rather than sell it to you.

Most of the work happens before we meet. We review your listing, photography, pricing history, reviews, occupancy and direct competitors, then build a strategy around what we find. The session itself is where we walk you through it line by line. You receive a written action plan afterwards, plus a follow-up check-in.
Yes, most clients do. A common path is a Stay Audit to establish the strategy, then social media management to build the audience, with hosting management added later as the property scales. Everything is designed to be mixed and matched.
Definitely. Social media management is a standalone service, so you can hand the content side to us whether or not we're managing your listing. Plenty of owners start here, then add hosting management later as the property grows.

Get In Touch

Let's talk about
your property.

Whether you're already hosting, about to list, or simply wondering whether a property is suited to short-stay at all, we'd like to hear about it. There's no such thing as too early. We answer every enquiry personally, usually within two business days, with a straight view on how we can help.

Email
georgia@shorlandshortstays.com.au
Instagram
@shorlandshortstays
Based In
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Servicing
Adelaide & the Adelaide Hills

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