Travel tech · Short-term rental
Short-term rental and vacation rental technology recruitment
Travel Tech Talent recruits for short-term and vacation rental technology companies: property management software, channel managers, dynamic pricing tools, operations platforms and guest experience providers. We hire the sales, onboarding, customer success, partnerships, product and engineering people these companies grow on.
500K+
Travel and hospitality tech professionals in our network
250+
Companies partnered with
5,000+
Vacancies filled
19–33 days
Average from briefing to offer, by engagement tier
What short-term rental tech companies hire for
Short-term rental software serves a wide range of customers, from individual hosts to professional property managers running hundreds of units. Products cover property management, distribution to rental platforms, pricing, cleaning and operations, guest messaging and in-destination experiences. Hiring follows the customer:
- Sales to professional property managers, often by region or portfolio size.
- Onboarding and customer success teams who migrate listings and drive adoption.
- Partnerships with rental platforms, payments and operations providers.
- Revenue and pricing specialists for dynamic pricing products.
- Product and engineering teams working on channel connectivity and automation.
Where the talent comes from
Strong candidates often come from other rental software vendors, from professional property management companies, from the rental platforms themselves and from hotel technology, where the workflows are similar. Sellers from small and mid-market SaaS adapt well to property manager sales.
Why it is hard to hire for
The sector is spread across the US and Europe, with different regulations, seasonality and customer types by market, so territory knowledge matters. Onboarding roles need people who understand property operations and data. We look for candidates who have sold to or worked in professional property management, not only to hosts.
How we run the search
Every search runs on our eight-stage process with one named recruiter from brief to start date. Across our engagements the average from briefing call to accepted offer is 33 days on a contingent search, 26 on an exclusive Partner search and 19 with a Dedicated team (how the tiers compare).
FAQs
Questions employers ask
What does short-term rental technology include?
It covers the software property managers and hosts use to run rentals: property management systems, channel managers that distribute listings to rental platforms, dynamic pricing tools, cleaning and operations software, guest messaging and experience platforms, and payments.
Are short-term rental and hotel software roles interchangeable?
Many skills transfer, particularly in onboarding, distribution and pricing. The customers differ: professional property managers run scattered units with different operational needs from a hotel, so candidates should understand that model or show they can learn it quickly.
Do you recruit short-term rental tech roles in the US?
Yes. We recruit across the US from our San Jose office and across the UK and Europe from Bournemouth, including remote and territory-based roles.
How long does it take to hire?
Across our engagements the average from briefing call to accepted offer is 33 days on a contingent search, 26 on an exclusive search and 19 with a dedicated team, before the candidate's notice period.