Holiday home & Airbnb management in Dubai
Your property, earning properly.
Hand us the keys and we run it as a licensed holiday home — on Airbnb, Booking.com and direct — handling the licence, the furnishing, the guests and the cleaning. You keep the ownership, the control and the returns.
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Free valuation
Find out what it’s worth
What a home earns comes down to the area, the layout and the season. Pick yours below for a figure, and we’ll give you a proper valuation when you’re ready.
What could your property earn?
Pick where it is and how big it is, and we’ll show you what a managed home brings in.
Before fäm’s fee and running costs
- Over a full year
- AED 186,150
An estimate based on comparable fäm Living homes, not an offer or a guarantee. What a home earns depends on its condition, furnishing, photography and the dates it is free. Updated 2026-10-03.
How it works
Four steps, then you’re hands-off
We value your unit
We pull what comparable homes in your building actually earned — not a generic yield percentage.
We license and furnish
DET holiday home permit, furnishing, photography and listing setup. You sign once.
We run it
Pricing, guest vetting, check-in, housekeeping, maintenance, 24/7 support. Your unit stays occupied and cared for.
You get paid
Monthly statements and payouts, visible any time in your owner portal.
What we handle
Everything. That’s the point.
Most owners who try this themselves stop within a year — not because it doesn’t pay, but because of the 11pm phone calls. We take all of it.
DET permit handling
We register the unit and keep the permit current.
Furnishing & styling
Turnkey, to a standard that photographs well and lasts.
Professional photography
The single biggest driver of booking conversion.
Dynamic pricing
Rates move with demand, events and season — daily.
Guest vetting & ID
Every guest verified before arrival.
Housekeeping & linen
Hotel-grade turnaround between every stay.
Maintenance
Issues handled before they reach you.
Owner stays
Block your own dates whenever you want them.
Owner portal
See everything, any time
Live bookings, occupancy, monthly statements and payouts — and block your own dates for personal stays in a couple of taps. On the web and on your phone.
- Live reservations and occupancy
- Monthly statements and payouts
- Book your own stays
- iOS and Android apps
Before you decide
Worth reading first
- Switching Holiday Home Company in DubaiAn owner can move a Dubai holiday home from one management company to another without a long gap in income, as long as the notice period, the holiday home permit, future bookings, keys and listings are handed over in the right order.
- How Holiday Home Income in Dubai Is EstimatedWhat a Dubai apartment earns as a holiday home depends on where it is, the building, the layout, the season and the mix of nightly and monthly stays, so the only honest estimate is one built from what comparable homes actually earned.
- Villa Holiday Home Management in DubaiA Dubai villa can work very well as a holiday home for families and groups, as long as it is run like a small hotel: licensed, screened, cleaned and maintained by a team that knows villas, not only apartments.
- Holiday Home Management for Owners AbroadAn owner who lives outside the UAE can run a Dubai apartment as a holiday home without being there, as long as a licensed operator holds the permit, the keys and the day-to-day, and the owner can see every booking and payout from wherever they are.
- Dubai Holiday Home Licence: How It WorksLetting a Dubai apartment to short-stay guests is legal, regulated, and requires a permit for the specific unit — issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism, and renewed rather than granted once.
- Holiday Home or Long-Term Rental in Dubai?The choice is not really about which earns more. It is about how much variance you can carry, how much of your own time the property is allowed to take, and what you might want to do with the flat yourself.
- What Holiday Home Management Costs in DubaiDubai holiday home management is charged in one of three shapes — a share of revenue, a guaranteed monthly rent, or a fixed fee — and the shape matters more than the number attached to it.
- Airbnb Management in Dubai: What It CoversA short-term rental management company in Dubai holds the holiday home permit, lists and prices the property, looks after every guest from booking to check-out, keeps the home clean and repaired, and pays the owner, who keeps the ownership.
- Rent Out Your Dubai Flat as a Holiday HomeTo turn a Dubai apartment into a holiday home you check the building allows it, get a holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism, furnish and photograph it to a guest standard, list it, and then run it or hand it to a licensed operator who does.
- Build to Rent in Dubai: An Operator's GuideBuild to rent in Dubai means a building developed or bought to be held and let rather than sold unit by unit; its value depends less on the building than on how well every unit is let, maintained and kept compliant year after year.
- Whole-Building Holiday Home Management in DubaiRunning a whole building, a full floor or a large block of units as holiday homes in Dubai means licensing every unit, fitting them out to one standard, working with the building rather than around it, and pricing the units together as one stock.
- How to Furnish a Dubai Flat as a Holiday HomeA Dubai apartment furnished for holiday guests is fitted out for heavy use, photographs as a home rather than a show flat, and meets the specification the Department of Economy and Tourism sets for its class. Getting it right decides how the flat books, how it is reviewed and how long it lasts.
- Hotel Apartment Licence vs Holiday Home PermitA Dubai building let to short-stay guests is licensed in one of two ways: as a hotel apartment establishment, licensed and classified as a whole, or as holiday homes, where every unit holds its own permit. The choice shapes the fit-out, the staffing and how flexible the building can be later.
- Several Apartments in Dubai? Run Them as OneAn investor with several Dubai apartments gets more from them run as one portfolio, under one operator, one standard and one statement, than as separate units each with its own tenant, agent or host.
- Dubai Developer Rental Programmes at HandoverA rental programme at handover lets a Dubai developer offer buyers a licensed, furnished and managed way to let their new unit from day one, and gives retained or unsold stock an operator, so a new building fills with well-run homes instead of a scramble of individual lets.
- Holiday Home Management Companies in DubaiDubai has many holiday home management companies, and from the outside they look alike. The differences that matter to an owner show up in the licence, the contract and how the apartment is actually run, and a few direct questions bring them out.
- Holiday home management fees in Dubai, comparedPublished management fees side by side, and what to check before comparing percentages. A guide we publish.
By area
Straight answers
What owners ask before they decide
Do I need a licence to rent my Dubai property short-term?
Yes. A holiday home in Dubai has to be registered with the Department of Economy and Tourism and permitted before it can take a single guest, and operating without one carries fines. We hold the operator licence and register your unit under it, so you do not apply yourself, deal with the portal, or renew anything.
How much do holiday home management companies charge in Dubai?
Across Dubai, management fees are usually quoted as a share of what the property earns, and the range is wide because the work is not the same from one unit to the next. We do not publish a single number, because a studio in Business Bay that is already furnished and a four-bedroom on the Palm that needs fitting out are not the same job, and a headline rate that ignores that is a rate you would end up arguing about later. Tell us the building and the unit and we will put the fee, and exactly what it covers, in writing before you commit to anything.
Is the management fee negotiable?
Yes. We agree terms per property rather than putting everyone on the same contract, and the number moves with the building, the size of the unit, how much setting up it needs and whether you have more than one. That is also why it is a conversation rather than a price list.
How and when do I get paid?
Into your account, against a statement that shows what the property earned and what it cost, so the figure is never a number you have to take on trust. You can see bookings, occupancy and statements yourself in the owner portal at any time. The payment schedule is set out in your management agreement so there is no ambiguity about when money arrives.
What is the minimum contract length?
We keep terms flexible and agree them per property rather than forcing everyone onto the same commitment. Whatever we agree goes into your management agreement in writing, including the notice period, so you always know exactly how to end it and what it takes.
Can I still use my property myself?
It stays yours. You set the house rules, you block your own dates whenever you want them, and you can see every booking on your unit. Blocking dates in the owner portal takes them off sale everywhere at once, so there is no risk of a guest arriving on a week you wanted.
Is short-term letting better than an annual lease in Dubai?
Usually, and not always. A holiday home can out-earn an annual lease substantially in a strong building, because you are pricing by the night against demand rather than fixing a figure for a year — but it carries costs a lease does not, and a quiet season shows up in your income where a lease would not move. It depends on the building, the layout and the season, which is why we quote from what comparable units actually earned rather than from a rule of thumb.
Which areas of Dubai do you manage?
Business Bay is our largest concentration and we operate across Dubai, as well as on the Ajman coast. That includes Downtown Dubai, Palm Jumeirah, City Walk, Dubai Marina, JBR, Emaar Beachfront, Bluewaters Island, Dubai Creek Harbour, JVC and JVT. If your building is one we already run units in, we can usually tell you what comparable homes there are achieving before you decide anything.
Who handles the guests, the cleaning and the maintenance?
We do, end to end: listing and pricing, guest vetting and communication, in-person check-in, housekeeping between stays, linen, restocking, and coordinating maintenance when something needs fixing. You are not the escalation point at midnight.
Does my property need to be furnished first?
No. Furnishing is handled by fäm Interiors, our own interior design company, so an empty property and a tired one are both a starting point rather than a problem. We will tell you what the unit needs in order to perform, and what that costs, before any work begins.
How do I rent out my flat in Dubai as a holiday home?
Five steps: check your building allows holiday homes, get a holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism, furnish the flat for guests, photograph and list it, then run it day to day or hand it to a licensed operator. We do all of it after a free consultation, and you keep the ownership and the income.
Do you manage several units, whole floors or whole buildings?
Yes. We run portfolios, full floors and whole buildings for owners and developers, including build-to-rent stock, under one agreement with one statement covering every unit. Each unit can be let by the night, the month or the year, whichever suits it.
How do I choose a holiday home management company in Dubai?
Check four things before you sign. That the company holds a holiday home operator licence and will register your unit under it. Who actually does the work: its own team for check-in, cleaning and maintenance, or subcontractors. How the fee is charged and what it covers, in writing. And what you will see: a statement per stay and access to your calendar. Ask to speak to the person who would run your unit, not only to sales.
Do you offer apartment management in Dubai?
Yes, as holiday home management, also called vacation rental or short-term rental management. We take on your apartment, register it as a holiday home, furnish it if needed, and run it for nightly and monthly guests: pricing, listings, check-in, cleaning, maintenance and a statement per stay. If you want a single tenant on a yearly lease instead, that is classic property management, and fäm Properties in the same group handles it.
What is short let management in Dubai?
Short let management, or holiday let management, is running a home for guests who stay from a night up to a few months instead of a yearly tenant. In Dubai that means a holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism, then listing, pricing, guest registration, check-in, cleaning and maintenance. fäm Living does all of it under its own operator licence, and you keep the ownership.
Do you manage villas as holiday homes?
Yes. We take villas as well as apartments, including villas on Palm Jumeirah. A villa needs more than an apartment: pool and garden care, longer cleans between stays, firm limits on guest numbers and careful screening so the house stays quiet for the neighbours. We handle all of it with our own team.
I live outside the UAE. Can you run my Dubai property?
Yes. We hold the holiday home permit, the keys and the day-to-day, and you see every booking, statement and payout in the owner portal from wherever you are. When you visit Dubai, you block your dates and the home is ready for you.
My home is with another holiday home company. Can I move it to you?
Yes. We look at your current agreement with you first: the notice period, who holds the holiday home permit and what happens to bookings already taken. Then we plan the handover dates so the home spends as little time off sale as possible, register it under our licence, and start running it with our own team.
Is fäm Living part of fäm Properties?
Yes. fäm Living is the holiday homes company of fäm Properties, so an owner deals with one group for buying, selling and leasing a property and for running it as a holiday home or a monthly stay. If a yearly tenancy suits your unit better, fäm Properties can handle that instead.
Anything not answered here is a conversation rather than a secret — ask us and we will put it in writing.
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