How Shortstay Achieves 96% Occupancy in Corporate Apartments

How Shortstay Achieves 96% Occupancy in Corporate Apartments

In the traditional lodging market, occupancy above 70% is already considered excellent. In residential rentals, healthy rates range between 85% and 90%. Shortstay operates with an average 96% occupancy rate in its portfolio of mid-term corporate apartments — a figure that breaks the industry curve.

In this article, we explain how this result is possible and why it benefits both property owners and companies that use the service.

The Classic Problem in the Rental Market

The traditional model suffers from three constant sources of vacancy:

• High turnover with long vacancies: after each departure, the property remains empty for 30 to 90 days.
• Seasonality of the tourism market (Airbnb and similar): high concentration during holidays and gaps throughout the rest of the year.
• Delinquency and renegotiations: generate hidden costs that reduce the real net yield.

The result is that, in traditional rentals or short-term platforms, effective occupancy rarely exceeds 70 to 80% — and the net yield often disappoints the property owner.

The Shortstay Strategy: Why It Works

1. Focus on stable corporate demand

Instead of competing for tourists, Shortstay serves corporate mobility, relocation, temporary assignments, academic exchanges, and health professionals — segments with continuous demand throughout the year, without seasonality.

2. Minimum stay of 30 days

Eliminating weekend tourism means eliminating the seasonal curve. Each booking is at least one month — which drastically reduces vacancy windows between guests.

3. Recurring corporate pipeline

Contracts with companies, consultancies, hospitals, universities, and government agencies generate predictable and renewable flow. When one employee leaves, another often moves in — frequently to the same unit.

4. Multiple units in the same building

Operating several units in the same building creates operational scale: cleaning, maintenance, check-in, and management become more efficient, and corporate clients prefer to concentrate their teams at a single address.

5. Reservation management technology

Proprietary management system synchronizes availability, dynamic pricing, automatic renewals, and departure forecasting — eliminating the “gaps” between bookings that destroy occupancy.

6. Product standardization

Each apartment delivers the same experience: furniture, equipment, internet, cleaning standards. This increases satisfaction, generates spontaneous renewal, and facilitates immediate re-leasing after each departure.

7. Frictionless renewal

No penalties, no renegotiation, no contractual rework. Guests who need to extend simply extend — and the unit never stays empty due to bureaucracy.

8. Strategic portfolio location

Properties are selected based on proximity to business centers, hospitals, universities, and industrial hubs — where corporate demand is structural, not seasonal.

What This Means for the Property Owner

For those who list properties on the Shortstay network, 96% occupancy means:

• Predictable and continuous revenue, not interrupted by vacancies
• Net yield higher than traditional rental and Airbnb
• Less property wear and tear, since corporate guests take better care of the space
• Planned maintenance, not emergency repairs
• No risk of delinquency, since the tenant is often a company

What This Means for the Client Company

For those who contract the service, high occupancy means real availability:

• Units available when the company needs them
• Ability to reserve multiple units in the same building
• Consistent standards in all cities where Shortstay operates
• Operational confidence to plan long-term mobility

Conclusion

Occupancy of 96% is not the result of luck — it is the direct consequence of an integrated strategy combining focus on corporate demand, minimum 30-day stays, management technology, operational standardization, and smart location.

For the property owner, it is the most profitable and stable way to monetize an asset. For the client company, it guarantees that corporate housing will be available when — and where — the operation demands.