Airbnb & Vacation Rental Management in Ten Sleep, Wyoming

Ten Sleep is a town of roughly 260 people (2020 census) in Washakie County, tucked into the western foothills of the Bighorn Mountains where the range drops into the Bighorn Basin — about 26 miles east of Worland and, by the direct route through Buffalo, about 99 miles from Sheridan. What the population number doesn't show is the size of the seasonal draw that runs through it: Ten Sleep Canyon, just east of town, is one of America's premier sport-climbing destinations, with more than a thousand routes on limestone and dolomite walls that have drawn climbers since the early 1980s (Bighorn Mountain Guides). The canyon also doubles as the main west-slope gateway into the Bighorn National Forest (U.S. Forest Service) for hikers, hunters, and off-highway riders coming from the Worland side of the mountains — a role Buffalo and Sheridan play on the east slope, but that has no equivalent management presence on this side of the range.

Wyo Stays doesn't have a property in Ten Sleep itself, and we're not going to imply otherwise. Our closest listing is Piton, a Bighorn Mountain cabin marketed honestly as sitting between Buffalo and Ten Sleep — about 35 to 40 minutes from town along the same US-16 corridor (see /ten-sleep-wyoming-cabin-rentals for the full, honest geography). That's real familiarity with this corridor, not a claim of a Ten Sleep office or Ten Sleep inventory we don't have. 95+ doors under management across multiple Wyoming counties — 40 short-term vacation rentals, 30 long-term residences, 23 HOA-managed units, and 2 commercial properties. — with 4,333+ guest reviews averaging 4.8★ across that portfolio — and this page is the open door for a Ten Sleep owner who wants that same licensed relationship for a property we don't manage yet.

Why this market

This isn't a guess about Ten Sleep's rental market — AirDNA's MarketMinder tracks it directly and currently counts 44 active short-term rental listings in Ten Sleep (AirDNA, updated September 8, 2026), real demand against a town with only two motels and no full grocery store of its own (the nearest is 30 miles away in Worland). That combination — a real, third-party-tracked market with limited traditional lodging — is exactly the setup where a well-run short-term rental stands out, and where an under-managed one costs its owner real money: pricing that treats a spring climbing weekend, the Ten Sleep 4th of July Rodeo (rodeosusa.com), and fall hunting season as the same flat season leaves revenue on the table in every direction.

What we handle

• Listing setup — professional photography, full copy, and syndication across Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and our own direct-booking site
• Pricing & availability — nightly rates built around Ten Sleep's actual demand curve: climbing season, rodeo weekend, hunting season, and Bighorn National Forest recreation priced as separate peaks, not one seasonal average
• Booking requests & guest messaging — handled by a person, under a written property management agreement
• On-site support & cleaning — coordinated through our own cleaning and maintenance operations along the Buffalo/Worland corridor, not an ad hoc subcontractor
• Licensing & tax compliance — Wyoming lodging tax and sales tax registration and remittance
• Long-term conversion & exit — if the season turns or your plans change, we're licensed to place a long-term tenant or list and sell the property. Most co-hosts and single-channel managers can only help you run the listing; we can also help you leave it, on your terms.

Licensed and insured

We're a Wyoming-licensed real estate brokerage — not a co-hosting arrangement running informally through Airbnb's platform. That means a written property management agreement, guest and owner funds held in a state-regulated trust account that can't be commingled with operating funds (W.S. § 33-28-122), and a fiduciary duty to you. You can verify our license with the Wyoming Real Estate Commission directly. Read more at /licensed-and-insured.

How we serve Ten Sleep from Sheridan

We don't have — and won't claim — a physical office in Ten Sleep. We serve it as a licensed statewide brokerage based in Sheridan, about 99 miles away by the direct route through Buffalo on US-16, which climbs over Powder River Pass at 9,666 feet (Wikipedia) — a pass that can close during winter storms (WYDOT road report). Guest messaging, pricing, and booking management don't depend on that road being open; on-site work is scheduled and coordinated to meet it regardless of season, the way it already is for Piton in the same corridor. That's the practical difference between a licensed brokerage and an informal arrangement that assumes the host can just drive over — at this distance, "just drive over" isn't always on the table, and your management shouldn't depend on it being.