Vacation rental advisory

Your properties earn less than they could.

We find the gap. We close it.

An independent firm. Your property manager reports what each asset earns. We measure what each asset could earn, and execute the decision that closes the gap.

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Vacation rental profit advisor.

Rent less. Earn more.

The Firm

We advise. We do not manage.

DAO Partners operates above day-to-day management. We assess the economic performance of each property in your portfolio and prescribe the decisions that raise net operating profit.

Most vacation rental operators track occupancy, ADR and RevPAR. Few know the true net operating profit of each property. Fewer still know whether that result reflects the highest and best use of the asset.

The gap between what each property earns and what it could earn is an invisible cost. We measure it, we size it, and we prescribe the single best decision for each asset in your portfolio.

Analysis at property level

Revenues, costs, net operating profit, required investment — each asset is reviewed on its own merits.

Decisions, not opinions

One prescription per property: invest, optimise, reposition or exit.

Aligned interests

Part of our fees is tied to the gains you actually realise.

Engagement letter — DAO Partners

Our approach

Three tools. One logic: net operating profit.

We start from what each property earns today. We calculate what it could earn. Then we prescribe the single best decision.

01

Point Zero

The complete picture of your portfolio at the start of the engagement. Revenues, costs, net operating profit — property by property. The fixed reference against which every subsequent move is measured.

02

The change in net operating profit

For every scenario we build, we calculate precisely how much your net result rises or falls. That single figure guides each decision — never instinct.

03

The single best decision

For each property, we identify the highest and best use and prescribe the decision with the strongest impact on your net result. One decision per asset. The most profitable one.

Every decision measured. Every result documented.

Our work

Three types of engagements

Every engagement is governed by a written mandate. Scope, deliverables and timeline are agreed before any work begins.

Portfolio economic review

  • We quantify the actual performance of each property: revenues, costs, net operating profit
  • We calculate the gap between what each property earns and what it could earn
  • You receive a complete report with the highest and best use identified per asset

90-day decision plan

  • We build costed scenarios for each property: hold, optimise or reposition
  • We prescribe the most profitable decision with a clear brief per asset
  • We track results at 30, 60 and 90 days and adjust if the ground demands it

Direct booking channel

  • We identify the corporate profiles to target for your portfolio and location
  • We set the optimal nightly rate and the most profitable contract terms
  • We build your pilot tools and model the 12-month ramp-up

How we work

Four steps. Measurable outcomes.

Every engagement follows the same rigorous framework, with concrete deliverables at each stage.

01

Diagnosis

We collect your management data and assess the performance of each property. We establish Point Zero.

02

Costed scenarios

We build several options for each property and calculate precisely the gain or loss of each scenario.

03

Prescribed decisions

You receive one decision brief per property, ranked by impact. Not a list of recommendations — decisions ready to execute.

04

Results tracking

We measure results at fixed intervals and adjust the decisions when the ground demands it.

For whom

You manage properties on behalf of your clients. We raise their net result.

DAO Partners works exclusively with professional property managers and vacation rental agencies.

Property managers and rental agencies

You manage a portfolio on behalf of owners. You track occupancy, ADR and platform mix. But one question often remains unanswered: is each property being run at its highest and best use? That is exactly what we measure and correct.

When to engage the firm

Your portfolio is growing and you need to structure your economic decisions. Margins are slipping while occupancy holds. You want to build a direct booking channel for corporate stays. Some properties no longer perform, and you are weighing optimisation against exit.

Precision and discipline — DAO Partners

Our interests are yours. We win when you win.

Terms

Fee structure

Our fees are agreed before each engagement begins, in a written mandate. They depend on the number of properties under review, the complexity of the portfolio, and the deliverables expected.

They combine a fixed component tied to the analytical work, and a variable component indexed on the gains actually realised. This structure ensures complete alignment between our interests and yours: we earn only when you earn.

DAO Partners — the firm

One firm. One portfolio. Measured decisions.

Contact

Let us discuss your portfolio

To find out whether an engagement on your portfolio would make sense, you may request a confidential conversation with the firm. No commitment.

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