Airbnb management in Manchester. We do all the work.

Your property, earning as a five-star short-let.

City Superhost is a family-run Airbnb management company for Manchester and Cheshire landlords, run by Matt Smith and Stephanie Hakim since May 2017. We charge one flat 15% per booking + VAT, with one month's notice.

Rated 9.2/10 from 8,700+ guest reviews4.9 on TrustpilotOffices in Hale and Manchester

Founders Matt Smith and Stephanie Hakim outside the City Superhost office in Hale

Matt & Steph, founders

You deal with us directly

74% nights booked

9+

Years hosting

60,043+

Nights hosted

£10.6M+

Booking value

£6.88M+

Paid to owners

8,700+

Guest reviews

74%

Occupancy

80+

Active listings

Where these figures come from

Portfolio figures as of October 2026 · Rated 9.2/10 from 8,700+ guest reviews on Airbnb and Booking.com · 4.7 on Google · 4.9 on Trustpilot

Occupancy: the 54 homes we managed for the whole 12 months to September 2026 were booked 74% of the nights they were open to guests (owner and maintenance nights excluded). See our Manchester short-let data

Airbtics ranks City Superhost 2nd of 39 Manchester Airbnb management companies on its VRM Index (October 2026)

AirROI data for the 12 months to September 2026 shows our Manchester homes out-earning similar owner-run homes by 99%, the biggest gap of any Manchester management company in its comparison

Want the detail? Our 2026 booking data covers 5,741 stays in Greater Manchester and Cheshire in the 12 months to September 2026 (City Superhost booking records). Two things it shows:

  • Weekends: Friday and Saturday nights 88% booked at around £205 versus Sunday to Thursday 68% at around £135.
  • Booking window: the typical booking is made 20 days before arrival and almost 1 in 3 within a week.

Instant estimate

What could your property earn?

Pick the area and size and your range updates instantly. It's free, and you don't need to give us any details to see it.

Northern Quarter · 1 bedroom

£21,000–£39,500

indicative gross revenue per year · ≈£2,500/month · nightly £105–£145

Northern Quarter, 1 bedroom: estimated £21,000 to £39,500 a year, about £2,500 a month.

Want the exact figure for your home?

Leave your details and Matt will benchmark it against similar homes we manage, free.

We only use your details to reply about your property.

Or book a 15-minute Zoom call. You can also WhatsApp us the postcode.

Indicative gross annual revenue before fees and running costs, from 2026 Greater Manchester and Cheshire market data and our portfolio of 80+ listings. Not a quote: your exact valuation is benchmarked against comparable properties we actually manage.

Open-plan living with vaulted ceiling in Coach House, a premium home managed by City Superhost in Bowdon
Beamed lounge in The Forge, a barn conversion managed by City Superhost in Bowdon
Marble bathroom with freestanding bath in a Bowdon home managed by City Superhost

Fully managed

Everything handled. You stay hands-off.

We handle the day-to-day: guest vetting, 24/7 guest communication, cleaning, pricing and compliance. You get the income without the work, and you deal with the two of us, Matt and Steph, from our offices in Hale and Manchester.

Your home can go live on our established host profile, so it launches with a track record behind it rather than starting from zero. If you'd rather the listing stayed in your own name, we can co-host it on your own Airbnb account instead: here's how Airbnb co-hosting in Manchester works with us.

Whatever you call it, it's the same full-service job. Coming off a long tenancy? Read about short-let management in Manchester. Hosting corporate, contractor and relocation guests? That's serviced accommodation management in Manchester.

What full management includes →

What we do

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

One ongoing service for a flat 15% per booking + VAT. Here's what's inside.

Property Management

End-to-end hosting, you just get paid

Guest Vetting & Bookings

ID checks, agreements & damage waiver on every stay

Guest Communications

Every guest message answered, 24/7

Listing Management

Every major platform, dynamic pricing, pro photos

Airbnb Cleaning

Hotel-standard turnovers, same-day when needed

Interior Design

Furnishing that lifts nightly rates & reviews

Dynamic Pricing

Data-led nightly rates, more revenue per booking

Maintenance

A local trades network on call, fixes before guests notice

Compliance & Safety

Certs, fire safety, insurance & the 2027 short-let register

See it in action

What “fully managed” actually looks like

Four moments from a typical month with City Superhost, none of which need you.

1 Bed Ancoats Canalside Flat

Live on every channel · dynamic pricing on

AirbnbBooking.comVrboGoogleDirect site

This month

19 of 28 nights booked

Listed everywhere

Professional photography, a listing written for your home, and one synced calendar across every platform we list on.

Or pick a step to jump to it.

How it works

From valuation call to payout in three steps

1

Book a free 15-minute call

A quick Zoom call with Matt. Tell us the postcode and bedrooms, and we will tell you what the property should earn, based on real bookings from the homes we already manage.

2

We set everything up

Photography, listing build, pricing, guest vetting and cleaning teams. A one-off £400 + VAT onboarding fee covers professional photography, your listing build and setup. Your listing is usually live within a fortnight of your first call, and if it's already listed we can normally take over management within days.

3

You get paid

Every month you get a statement with each booking broken down, and your payment within 14 working days of the month end.

What it costs, in three lines

  • 15% per booking + VAT for the ongoing management, with no monthly minimums.
  • A one-off £400 + VAT onboarding fee, covering professional photography, your listing build and setup.
  • A rolling agreement with one month's notice either way.

Platform commission and the other costs of letting are set out in our full pricing, and our guide to what Airbnb management costs in Manchester explains what moves the price and which fees are worth comparing.

Book a free 15-minute call

Distribution

Your property on every platform that matters.

Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Google, with one synced calendar across all of them. Plus our own direct booking site, where guests book commission-free, and our own contacts for corporate stays.

AirbnbBooking.comVrboGooglestay.citysuperhost.com, directCorporate booking network

Direct bookings on our own site, stay.citysuperhost.com, carry no platform commission, so more of the rate ends up with you.

Where we work

Airbnb management across Manchester, area by area

Manchester is not one market. A Northern Quarter flat fills up on gig and city-break weekends, a Stretford house earns its year on Old Trafford matchdays and a Hale home books for family occasions and relocations, so we price each one on its own neighbourhood. These are typical nightly rates; every property still gets its own valuation.

City Centre & Piccadilly · £105–£175/night

Airbnb management in Manchester city centre

Corporate, events, transport-led stays

Across Greater Manchester

Northern Quarter

£90–£160/night

Ancoats

£95–£160/night

Spinningfields

£140–£220/night

Castlefield

£95–£150/night

Deansgate

£95–£150/night

Salford Quays & MediaCity

£65–£110/night

Didsbury

£95–£160/night

Chorlton

£85–£140/night

Stretford

£85–£140/night

Urmston

£85–£130/night

Wythenshawe & Airport

£85–£110/night

Old Trafford

£85–£150/night

Sale

£85–£150/night

Stockport

£85–£150/night

Prestwich & Heaton Park

£85–£150/night

Cheshire, from our Hale office

The villages have their own page: Airbnb management in Cheshire

Altrincham, Hale & Bowdon

£120–£200/night

Wilmslow & Alderley Edge

£130–£200/night

All the areas we cover, with local rates and instant estimates →

Come and see us

Two local offices: the Northern Quarter and Hale

Our cleaners and trades are local too, so when something needs sorting before a 4pm check-in, someone nearby sorts it, not someone driving in from another city.

Northern Quarter

Manchester office

36 Back Turner Street, Manchester M4 1FR

Open Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm

Our city-centre team's base, next door to Ancoats.

Hale

Hale office

180-182 Ashley Road, Hale, Altrincham WA15 9SF

Open Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm

Our registered office, on Hale's high street. We look after Hale, Bowdon, Altrincham, Wilmslow and Alderley Edge from here.

You're welcome to visit either office, Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm. Book a time or give us a ring first, so Matt or Steph is there to meet you.

Or WhatsApp us on the same number.

Choosing who runs it

Local, national or self-managing?

Three ways to run a short-let in Manchester, and the honest trade-off between them.

City Superhost

A local, family-run team that has hosted in Manchester since 2017, with offices in the Northern Quarter and Hale. A flat 15% + VAT on a rolling agreement with one month's notice, and your listing can start from our established host profile, or stay on your own Airbnb account with us as co-host.

A national chain

A big brand, but often a regional account manager and cleaners who don't know your street. Check what the headline rate actually includes, and expect to be one property among many.

Self-managing

No management fee, but the pricing, 24/7 guest messages, changeovers, compliance and the 2am lock-out are all yours. It can win for one nearby property, and we will say so honestly on the call.

Reviews

What guests say about the homes we run

Happy guests are what keep a property booked. Here are our ratings, and a few of those guests in their own words.

Guest review
“Brilliantly located and spotless. Hosts were fantastic. Really helpful information and on hand if we had any queries. Best Airbnb experience I have had yet!”
Rebecca Fell · Manchester
Guest review
“Comfortable and spacious central apartment. The hosts were very easy to contact, I certainly would happily book through them again.”
Zoe Abbott · Manchester

Are you one of our owners? We'd love your review on Trustpilot.

See all our ratings and reviews

Nearly a decade of hosting

Hosting in Manchester since May 2017, and still run by the two people who started it.

Matt & Steph welcomed their first Airbnb guests in May 2017. Every system we run today (pricing, vetting, turnovers, the 2am lock-out playbook) was learned on our own properties first, through 9 years and 60,043+ guest nights.

May 2017Decade: May 2027

9+ years in, and counting.

  1. May 2017

    First guests welcomed: our own apartment, listed on Airbnb.

  2. 2018

    The first owners trusted us with their homes, and we started hosting on behalf of other people.

  3. 2020

    Leisure travel stopped; hosting did not. We housed key workers, families who could not stay with relatives, and one guest who could not get home to Australia.

  4. 2022

    Our first office opened with a team of one, around the time we passed our first £1M paid out to owners.

  5. 2023

    "Best of Manchester" award: recognition for the standard guests had been reviewing for years.

  6. 2024

    A bigger team and a ground-floor office at 180-182 Ashley Road, on Hale's high street, shared with Steph's interior design studio, Cheshire Property Studio.

  7. 2026

    Our own direct booking site, stay.citysuperhost.com, goes live, so guests can book commission-free, and Steph opens the Hakim and Co homeware shop.

  8. Today

    80+ active listings · 60,043+ nights hosted · £6.88M+ paid to owners · offices in Hale and Manchester

  9. May 2027

    A full decade of hosting. Manchester landlords who join us now will be with us for it.

Questions, answered

Airbnb management in Manchester: your questions answered

What's a fair Airbnb management fee in Manchester?

Most Manchester managers charge 12% to 20% + VAT (October 2026); ours is 15% + VAT plus a one-off £400 + VAT onboarding fee, with no monthly minimums and one month's notice either way. Our Manchester cost guide sets out everything else you pay, from platform commission to cleaning, so you can compare managers like for like.

What does Manchester Airbnb management actually include?

Listing creation and optimisation, dynamic pricing, guest vetting with ID checks, 24/7 guest communication, cleaning, linen and restocking coordination (guests pay the cleaning fee on each booking), maintenance coordination, check-in and check-out, and review management, for 15% + VAT per booking. Professional photography and your listing build are covered by the one-off £400 + VAT onboarding fee.

How involved do I need to be once you take over?

You can enjoy a completely hands-off approach, as long as you give us a property guests are going to enjoy: well furnished, well decorated, comfy beds and good Wi-Fi. We do everything else. You will also get an owner app where you can see your calendar, block out dates for your own stays, and check how much you are earning.

What could my property earn on Airbnb in Manchester?

Our typical (median) home earned £31,500 in accommodation revenue over the 12 months to September 2026, and the middle half earned £25,000 to £46,500. Yours depends on the neighbourhood, the number of bedrooms and how the home is furnished, so our instant earnings estimate gives you a starting point, and on your call we'll show you what comparable homes we manage actually earned. The full figures are in our Manchester short-let data.

How does City Superhost optimise yield for Manchester Airbnb properties?

Dynamic pricing, tuned daily to Manchester demand: football fixtures, concerts at Co-op Live and the AO Arena, conferences and the seasons. Then distribution on every major platform, our own direct-booking site (no OTA commission on those bookings) and our corporate booking contacts. Our Manchester short-let data shows the 54 homes we managed for the whole 12 months to September 2026 were booked 74% of the nights they were open to guests (owner and maintenance nights excluded).

When do I get paid?

Monthly. Within 14 working days of the end of each month, you get a statement showing your bookings and our fee, and we pay the balance into your bank account.

Can I still use the property myself?

Yes. Block out your dates in the owner app before guests book them. We can't cancel a guest's booking to free up dates. We charge 0% commission on your own stays, just the cleaning fee.

How much notice do I need to give?

Just one month's notice, either way. There is no minimum term: the agreement rolls month to month, and we would rather keep you by doing a good job than by contract terms. If future bookings can't be honoured after you leave, Airbnb or Booking.com may charge cancellation fees on them.

What do I need to provide?

A furnished, guest-ready home with the essentials: beds and bedding, an equipped kitchen, a washing machine, Wi-Fi and a TV, plus a gas safety certificate and an EICR. The full list is on our pricing page.

Do I need planning permission to short-let in Manchester?

Usually not, but it depends on how the property is used rather than where it is listed. There is no short-let licence and no night cap in Manchester. Letting your own home now and then rarely needs consent, while running a property full-time as visitor accommodation can be a material change of use, which can need planning permission. The government has said it will create a new C5 use class for short-term lets, but no law has been made yet, so nothing changes today. We check your property's position, plus your lease and mortgage terms, as part of onboarding, and our guide to the short-let rules has the detail.

Who owns my listing and its reviews?

Your home goes live on our established City Superhost host profile, so it launches with a track record behind it rather than starting from zero. If you would rather the listing stayed in your own name, we can co-host it on your own Airbnb account instead. Ask us about both options on your call, including what happens to the listing if you ever decide to leave, and we'll give you a straight answer for your property.

How quickly can we start?

As soon as your property is furnished and guest-ready, we photograph it, build your listing and get it live. Already listed with another manager? Check your notice period, and we will plan the handover with you so bookings carry on as smoothly as possible. Our guide to switching Airbnb management company walks through it step by step.

Do you manage serviced accommodation and holiday lets, or just Airbnbs?

All of it. The labels overlap more than people think. Whether you'd call your property an Airbnb, a serviced apartment, a holiday let, a short-term rental or a small B&B-style operation, the work is the same: listings on every major platform, guest vetting, 24/7 communication, cleaning and compliance. We also act as an Airbnb co-host where owners prefer the listing to stay in their own name.

Free property valuation

Find out what your property could earn.

Tell us where it is and how many bedrooms it has, and we’ll send you a free, no-obligation valuation based on real bookings from our Manchester portfolio.

Matt or Steph reply to every enquiry personally, usually the same working day. Prefer to talk now? Call 07523 840 013 (Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm) or WhatsApp us.

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