Historic Getaways
Property Management
New Orleans · Austin · Driftwood · México

We don't manage
homes. We make them
unforgettable.

Historic Getaways is a property management company built around one belief: every space has a story worth telling. We find it, shape it, and make sure the right guests discover it.

70+
Properties
managed
5,000+
Accumulated
reviews
4.85
Average rating
across portfolio
13 yrs
As a
Superhost
New Orleans·Austin·Driftwood·México·70+ properties·13 years as a Superhost· New Orleans·Austin·Driftwood·México·70+ properties·13 years as a Superhost·
New Orleans — historic green cottage exterior
Fig. 01 — New Orleans
Historic Getaways portfolio — reference only
Who we are

Not a rental company.
An experience company.

Every property we manage is designed to make guests feel like they truly belong to the city they're visiting. Our spaces don't compete with hotels — they compete with actually living there.

We don't see your property as an asset to manage — we see it as a space with character, history, and a real connection to its neighborhood. Our job is to make that shine.

Four markets, one operation

Where we operate.

New Orleans — historic green cottage exterior
New Orleans

25+ properties across Tremé, Marigny, and the French Quarter. Our most established market — guests come to live the city, not visit it. Demand holds year-round.

Mardi GrasJazz FestHalloweenNYE
Austin — Cocktails and Cacti interior
Austin

5+ properties in East Austin — artist communities, treehouse retreats, and entertainment-first group homes in the city's most sought-after neighborhood.

SXSWACLF1 Grand PrixUT Football
Driftwood — fire pit and wooded outdoor gathering space
Driftwood

8+ properties in the Texas Hill Country — from romantic yurts and Airstreams to a full resort compound sleeping 20+. Wedding season gets bigger every year.

Wine countryWeddingsCorporate retreats
México — pool and courtyard surrounded by plants
México

Vacation homes and a Hotel in Puerto Escondido, where nature blends with design.

Boutique hotelVacation homes

When your property joins us, it doesn't enter a listing catalog. It enters an ecosystem built on 13 years, 5,000+ reviews, and one clear philosophy — make every space tell something true about where it stands.

Historic Getaways
What's included

Everything. No exceptions.

Working with us means one thing for you as a property owner: getting paid. Everything else is on us.

The difference

Most companies in this space pick a lane — a design studio that hands off once the renovation's done, a developer that never touches guest experience, or a management company that inherited a space it had no part in shaping. We don't pick a lane. Design, development, and day-to-day management all happen under one roof, with one team that's accountable from the first sketch to the five-hundredth guest review.

Design
Layout, décor, and amenity strategy built around your actual guest.
Development
Renovation execution, vetted contractors, and budget discipline.
Management
Pricing, bookings, guest care, and maintenance — every single day.
Where you'll be listed
Airbnb VRBO Booking.com Expedia Google Vacations historicgetaways.com — no commission ↗

Direct bookings through our own site skip the platform fee entirely — more money in your pocket on every reservation.

01
Dynamic revenue management

Real-time market analysis sets and adjusts your pricing automatically, around the clock. The system reads demand, competitors, seasonality, and events — and acts on it. You never touch a price again.

Automated pricingCompetitor trackingEvent detection
02
Calendar management

Full coordination across every platform — strategic blocks, season-specific minimum stays, real-time sync to prevent double bookings. Calendar strategy is half the revenue equation.

Multi-platform syncZero double bookings
03
Full listing optimization

Title, description, keywords, amenities, filters, policies — everything that determines whether a guest finds your property or scrolls past it. One miscategorized amenity can be a booking that never happened.

SEO copyAmenity audit
04
Space & amenity upgrades

We assess each property and make specific, actionable recommendations to elevate the guest experience and justify higher rates. The right upgrade in the right place can mean $30–$50 more per night.

Space assessmentDécor guidance
05
Photography & AI visual restyling

Professional photography paired with AI-powered visual enhancement — so photos stop looking staged and start looking lived-in. The same space with the right photos can double its conversion rate.

Professional photographyAI restyling
06
Guest communicationAI + Human

A system built on both humans and AI working together, giving every guest message true 24/7 coverage. A real human team stays on call around the clock, ready to step in and resolve any issue, no matter how unexpected.

Always on-callReview management
07
Cleaning & maintenance

A complete in-house cleaning and maintenance system: our own trained team, our own equipment, professional turnovers, quality checks, restocking, and fast incident response.

In-house teamBetter pricing
08
Reporting & transparency

Regular performance reports, proactive updates, and constant access and communication with the entire team — with real people available when you need context, answers, or decisions.

Regular reportsFull team access
The plan

Eleven things
we actually do.

01
Real audience, real plan

We start with an analysis of who actually stays at your property. Whether the biggest opportunity is bachelor and bachelorette parties, families, or the architecture-and-culture traveler drawn to a place with real character, we find it first. Every decision — decor, amenities, messaging — gets built from this.

02
Redesign, one fixed budget

Concrete updates to the interiors — not just new photos of the same rooms — built around who's actually staying at your property and your own taste, at a lower cost than bringing in an outside design studio, since this happens in-house alongside everything else. You choose a direction, we execute it.

03
Amenities that match the guest

Additions like a hot tub and a proper outdoor speaker setup — picked for how groups actually spend time on your property, not added at random.

04
Photography

Once the space is renovated, we shoot it as an experience any guest wants to live — with people in frame, showing what it's actually like to spend a weekend there, not just an empty room. We also use AI-powered visual enhancement, transforming existing images into better scenery in the meantime. And it doesn't stop at one shoot — every set gets a follow-up over time, so the photos keep matching the space as it evolves.

05
SEO across every platform

Titles, descriptions, keywords, and amenity tags rewritten on all the platforms. We'll also use analytics to understand your guests, so every decision is based on real data — not guesswork.

06
More platforms, more reach

Listed and actively maintained on Airbnb, VRBO, Expedia, Booking.com, Google Vacations, and the Historic Getaways website, synced through one calendar — alongside your direct site.

07
Dynamic pricing, zero guesswork

Rates adjust automatically around demand, seasonality, local events, and comparable listings nearby. No one logs in to change a price by hand.

08
Reviews, visible everywhere

Review count and rating surfaced wherever a guest is looking, plus a QR code on-property linking straight to reviews. Nobody should have to dig for it.

09
Booking & guest service, end to end

Reservations, pre-arrival questions, on-property issues, post-stay follow-up — handled end-to-end, so you're never the one fielding a 1am message.

10
Instant response, real people behind it

AI-plus-human coverage on every inbound message, day or night. Groups ask a lot of questions before they book — someone needs to actually be there to answer.

11
Cleaning & maintenance, fully in-house

Our own trained team, our own equipment, professional turnovers between every group, and a fast response when something needs fixing.

Design that pays for itself

Renovated for your guest.
Not just renovated.

Most renovations are generic — a fresh coat of paint and new appliances, aimed at no one in particular. We do the opposite. Before a single wall comes down, we identify exactly who your ideal guest is — couples, families, large groups, business travelers — and design specifically for them.

The result: a renovation that drives meaningfully higher nightly rates and occupancy, at the lowest possible cost — because every dollar goes toward what that specific guest actually values, and not a cent toward what they don't.

Before renovation
Before
After renovation
After
Before renovation
Before
After renovation
After

A stripped, neglected New Orleans shotgun house — peeling paint, exposed framing, no working systems — became a fully restored guest favorite. The brick fireplace and original hardwood floors were preserved and highlighted rather than covered over, because guests pay a premium for authenticity, not for stripping it away. Smart, targeted choices — not a blank-check gut renovation — are what moved the needle on rate and occupancy.

Our team

The people behind
the operation.

A tight team combining creative direction, financial discipline, operations, guest experience, customer support, and a complete in-house cleaning and maintenance system.

01
Ben
Partner · Creative & Business Strategy

The creative, entrepreneurial mind behind the brand — always thinking about what a property can become, how it should feel, and how to make it stand out.

02
Alex
Partner · Structure & Finance

Leads the structure, finances, and numbers — making sure the operation is organized, sustainable, and built to perform.

03
Angele
Maintenance · Cleaning · Customer Support

Manages maintenance, cleaning coordination, and customer support, keeping the day-to-day operation moving smoothly and making sure guests are cared for quickly.

04
Joaquina
Head of Operations · Guest Experience & Growth

Leads operations, guest experience, and growth — connecting the guest journey, team coordination, communication, and new opportunities into one clear system.

Working with Historic Getaways means one thing: getting paid. Everything else is on us.

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