GoHosty
Our story

We were hosts.
We got overcharged.

GoHosty was built by a host who was tired of paying Guesty prices for a product that didn't earn them. We built the platform we actually wanted to use.

A well-managed short-term rental
The Origin

Built out of frustration —
and a Guesty invoice.

Bashar was managing 20 properties when he got his renewal quote from Guesty. The price had crept up again — and the product hadn't kept pace. He was paying enterprise rates for a tool that still required three workarounds to do anything useful.

He spent a month evaluating every alternative on the market. Nothing hit the mark: too clunky, too expensive, or missing the features that actually mattered day-to-day. So he decided to build it himself.

GoHosty launched in private beta shortly after. Today it manages over 12,000 properties globally — and the pricing philosophy has never changed: honest value, no bloat, no surprises on your invoice.

Short-term rental property
Principles

What we stand for.

These aren't wall decorations. They're how we make decisions every single day.

Built for operators, not investors

Every feature we ship solves a real problem reported by a real host. We don't build for demos — we build for daily use.

Reliability is non-negotiable

A missed booking or a failed sync can cost a host thousands. We treat uptime and data accuracy the same way a bank would.

Transparent by default

No hidden fees. No surprise pricing changes. We communicate early and often — with our customers and our team.

Small team, high standards

We stay lean intentionally. A focused team ships better software and gives better support than a bloated org ever could.

The People

The team.

Small but mighty — former hosts, engineers, and product people who care deeply about the hospitality space.

Lena Rossi

Lena Rossi

CEO & Co-founder

Former Airbnb product manager. Ran 24 properties in Barcelona before building GoHosty to solve her own ops nightmare.

Marcus Webb

Marcus Webb

CTO & Co-founder

Built distributed systems at Stripe. Obsessed with making hospitality tech feel as reliable as banking infrastructure.

Priya Kumar

Priya Kumar

Head of Growth

Previously scaled a proptech startup from 0 to 50,000 users. Passionate about helping hosts work smarter, not harder.

Come join us on the journey.

Whether you're a host ready to try GoHosty, or an engineer who wants to build it — we'd love to hear from you.