Sheridan County · Licensed Brokerage
Airbnb Co-Hosting in Sheridan and the Bighorn Mountains
If you own a short-term rental in Sheridan County and you're looking for a co-host, the word can mean anything from a neighbor who checks your lockbox to a licensed brokerage that holds your money in a state-regulated trust account. Both call themselves a co-host. Only one of them answers to the Wyoming Real Estate Commission.
Wyo Stays is a licensed Wyoming real estate brokerage at 151 W Brundage St in downtown Sheridan. We co-host and manage short-term rentals across Sheridan County, from in-town homes to cabins in Story, Big Horn, Banner and Dayton. Your listing stays yours. We do the work under a written agreement, with a local team.
What we handle
- Listing setup: professional photography, copywriting, and listing on Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com and our own direct-booking site.
- Pricing and availability: rates adjusted for Sheridan's seasons and its event weekends, not one number set and left alone.
- Bookings and guest funds: handled under a written property management agreement, with guest funds held in a brokerage trust account, not a personal account.
- Guest messaging: answered by a person based in Sheridan, before arrival and during the stay.
- Cleaning and maintenance: our own crews, not subcontracted out to whoever answers the phone that week.
- Licensing and tax filing: Sheridan home-based-business registration, Wyoming Department of Revenue registration, and lodging and sales tax setup and remittance.
- When you're done with short-term: if the season turns or you decide to sell, we can place a long-term tenant, manage a commercial lease, or list and sell the property. That's a real estate transaction, and it takes a license. We don't have to hand you off.
Cabins in the Bighorns are a different job
A cabin outside Story or above Dayton isn't a downtown condo. Guests arrive after dark on gravel roads. Winter changes everything from access to plumbing. Wi-Fi and cell coverage can be thin. A co-host for a mountain property needs to know the roads, keep a winter plan, and be close enough to actually show up.
Our team lives and works in Sheridan County. We co-host in town and up toward the mountains, and we plan each cabin around its own access, season and guests.
Why the license matters
Under Wyoming law, managing a rental for someone else for compensation, including collecting rent and handling bookings, is regulated real estate activity (Wyo. Stat. § 33-28-102). A licensed broker has to keep the money it holds for others in a dedicated trust account and can't mix it with its own funds (§ 33-28-122). It owes you a fiduciary duty, and it answers to the Wyoming Real Estate Commission.
"Co-host" is Airbnb's product term, not a legal category. A co-host without a license may be very good with guests, but there's no trust-account requirement, no regulator and no license for the state to revoke. It's worth knowing which one you're hiring.
You can check any Wyoming real estate license, ours included, with the Real Estate Commission's Verify a License tool at online.wyrec.org.
Access and payouts stay in your control
Airbnb gives a co-host one of three permission levels: Full access, Calendar and messaging, or Calendar. Even a full-access co-host can't change your payout method or taxpayer information, set up or edit co-host payouts, or add another full-access co-host. Only you, the listing owner, can set up a co-host's payout. We'll walk you through the setup that matches our agreement.
For the full breakdown, read Adding a co-host on Airbnb: permissions and payouts.
Where we co-host
Sheridan and the rest of Sheridan County, including Big Horn, Story, Banner, Dayton and Ranchester. As a statewide licensed brokerage, we also take on properties elsewhere in Wyoming. Ask about yours.
Frequently asked questions
What does an Airbnb co-host do in Sheridan, Wyoming?
An Airbnb co-host helps an owner run a listing: pricing, guest messages, turnovers, maintenance calls and the calendar. Wyo Stays co-hosts short-term rentals across Sheridan County, Wyoming, with a Sheridan-based person on guest messages, its own cleaning and maintenance crews, and Wyoming lodging and sales tax setup and remittance.
What's the difference between an Airbnb co-host and a licensed property manager?
"Co-host" is Airbnb's term for someone added to help run a listing; it isn't a legal category. In Wyoming, managing a rental for someone else for compensation, including collecting rent, is real estate activity under W.S. 33-28-102, and a licensed broker must keep money it holds for others in a trust account under W.S. 33-28-122. Wyo Stays is a licensed Wyoming real estate brokerage that co-hosts on Airbnb.
Do you co-host cabins in the Bighorn Mountains?
Yes. Wyo Stays co-hosts and manages short-term rentals across Sheridan County, Wyoming, including cabins and homes in Story, Big Horn, Banner and Dayton near the Bighorn Mountains, as well as in-town properties in Sheridan and Ranchester.
What access does an Airbnb co-host get to my listing?
The listing owner chooses one of three levels. Full access can manage the listing, pricing and reservations but can't add another full-access co-host or touch the owner's payout method. Calendar and messaging can message guests and view, but not edit, the calendar. Calendar can only view the calendar.
How do Airbnb co-host payouts work?
Only the listing owner can set up or edit a co-host's payout. The owner can share the cleaning fee, a percentage per booking with or without the cleaning fee, a fixed amount per booking, or the cleaning fee plus a percentage. A co-host can't set up a payout for themselves.
Do you manage the cleaning yourselves?
Yes. Cleaning and maintenance at the rentals Wyo Stays manages are done by its own crews in Sheridan County, not subcontracted out.
What happens if I want to sell my property later?
Wyo Stays is a licensed Wyoming real estate brokerage, so the same team can place a long-term tenant, manage a commercial lease, or list and sell the property when your plans change.
How do I get started with an Airbnb co-host in Sheridan?
Call or text Wyo Stays at (307) 763-5449, or start at wyostays.com/list-your-property. The team is based at 151 W Brundage St in downtown Sheridan, Wyoming, and will talk through your property, your goals and the written agreement before anything changes on your listing.
Talk to a Sheridan co-host
Tell us where the property is and what you want from it. We'll tell you plainly whether co-hosting, full management or a long-term lease fits it best.