Host documentation
YStay documentation
The guides to get started with YStay — create your account, publish a listing, collect payments and prepare your guests' stay.
This documentation is written for hosts and property managers who use YStay every day. Each guide follows a real path through the application, screen by screen, using the exact wording you see there.
Where to start
- Getting started — create your account, your first property and your first listing.
- Listings — complete, translate and publish a listing, set its rates and distribute it.
- Operations — the stay and what follows: arrivals, inspections, evidence, incidents, housekeeping and reviews.
- Contracts — compose a template in Studio and let YStay generate the contracts.
- Local partners — list the merchants nearby, run their inserts and prove the visibility.
- TV screens — install Guest TV on your televisions and set what it displays.
- Team & account — teammate roles, account security, subscription and revenue.
- Earnings — enable payments and follow your payouts.
- Guidebooks — prepare the practical information handed to your guests.
- Getting startedThe complete getting-started kit: account and first listing, payments, guidebook, reservations and calendar, lock, inbox, booking site.7 guides
- ListingsCompleting a listing up to publication — photos, description, amenities, base rate and distribution.6 guides
- OperationsEverything that follows a confirmed reservation: arrival and departure, inspections, StayProof evidence, incidents, housekeeping, field network, certificates, automated messages and reviews.9 guides
- ContractsThe seasonal rental contract: one template composed in Studio and published once, then contracts generated automatically for every confirmed direct reservation.1 guide
- Local partnersYour own local ad network: list a merchant, run their insert in front of your guests, then freeze the monthly statement that proves the visibility.2 guides
- TV screensGuest TV on televisions you own: the hardware to plan for, pairing with an 8-character code, and the display settings that belong to the unit.2 guides
- Team & accountThe account itself: inviting teammates and setting their roles, turning on two-step verification, understanding the trial and subscription, tracking revenue and setting up your profile.5 guides
- EarningsEnable payments with Stripe, then follow your payouts, the YStay commission and the export of your earnings.
- GuidebooksThe welcome guidebook handed to your guests — access to the unit, facilities, house rules and useful addresses.