A Home Begins With a Vision
A home in Costa Rica often begins with a vision. Perhaps it was the landscape, the ocean, the wildlife, or simply the feeling of arriving somewhere you knew you wanted to return to.
Over time, that vision became a home, shaped by your taste, your priorities, and the life you imagined spending here. We understand that such a home is more than a rental property. It represents a meaningful investment, often years of planning, and something deeply personal.
At Pura Villas, we believe the way a home is represented should reflect the thought and care that went into creating it. That is why we have chosen to stay a collection rather than grow into a wholesale operation: a smaller group of homes we know well and can represent with real care, for their owners, for their guests, and for the agencies who send those guests to us.
We work with homeowners at different stages of their journey. Some invite us in as their homes are nearing completion, preparing for their very first guests. Others come to us after years of welcoming travelers, looking to expand their reach, improve their rental performance, or bring a fresh perspective to an established property.
Our work brings together homeowners who take pride in their properties and travelers looking for something more personal than a conventional holiday rental. We introduce exceptional homes to guests around the world, guide them through the experience of choosing and enjoying their stay, and work to build relationships that continue long after they leave.
For homeowners, that means professional rental management, thoughtful guest care, international distribution, and a team that understands the importance of protecting both the property’s character and its long-term value. For guests, it means arriving at a home that feels every bit as special as the place they imagined when they first began planning their trip.
Global Reach, Personal Representation
An exceptional home deserves to be discovered by guests who will appreciate what makes it special.
Over eight years, Pura Villas has built more than thirty connections with international booking platforms, luxury travel agencies, and travel professionals serving guests from North America, Canada, Europe, and beyond.
Most homes come to us already on Airbnb and Vrbo, and that is where they stay. What we add is a much wider net: more than 30 distribution channels, portals and agencies, from international luxury villa agencies and travel advisers to our own booking platform and, where a home qualifies, partners such as Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy. These connections allow us to introduce your home to different kinds of travelers, including guests who prefer to plan their holidays with a trusted travel adviser rather than book independently online.
We take care in how your home is presented, from photography and descriptions to accurate amenities, pricing, and the expectations we establish with each guest. We manage the booking calendar, reservations, guest communications, and the coordination needed to deliver a consistent experience.
Great photography is where that presentation begins. The photographer’s fee depends on the session you choose, and we help you choose well: we share photographers at different levels, with examples of their work in stills, video and drone, and the options that shape the price, such as a session with models or at sunset. Then we help stage the home, coordinate the shoot, and follow through on the editing and on how the material is used.
We believe successful rental management should serve two goals together: generating sustainable rental income and maintaining the standards that make a home desirable in the first place. Our responsibility is to help both succeed.
How our commission works
Our commission is 20% of the amount paid out after the booking channel or agency has taken its commission. Each channel has its own fee structure, generally in the range of 15% to 20%. We earn the same percentage regardless of which channel brings the reservation, so our incentive is to find the right bookings for your home, wherever they originate.
It is also why we encourage owners to be seen widely. A single agency naturally favors the bookings that come through its own door; a home that is present across the right channels depends less on any one of them, including Airbnb.
VAT of 13% applies to our commission. You receive a monthly statement showing your reservations, payouts, and our fees, giving you a clear picture of how your property is performing.
Launch support for new homes. When a home comes to us directly and joins our Global Distribution & Rental Management, we cover its professional photography and videography session, up to USD 650, so it starts with the presentation it deserves.
Caring for the Home Behind the Experience
A beautiful guest experience begins long before anyone arrives. It depends on the quiet, consistent work behind the scenes: a well-maintained pool, a home prepared with care, a garden looking its best, and small issues addressed before they become larger problems.
For homeowners in Dominical and Uvita who would like additional local support, we offer home care alongside our rental management services. This can include coordinating routine maintenance, working with technicians and suppliers, supervising cleaning and groundskeeping, and assisting with household bills and ongoing property needs.
If you already have a housekeeper, caretaker, or property manager you value, we would love to work alongside them. We can be the people they turn to with questions, a source of advice, and an extra pair of hands when they need one. We recognize that trusted local relationships are often built over many years. Our aim is to strengthen what already works and provide additional support where it is genuinely useful.
For homeowners who retain their existing teams, we also offer an optional monthly property inspection, at $150 a month, to help maintain the standards expected by you and your guests.
The right arrangement is the one that serves your home, your peace of mind, and the experience of the guests who stay there.
Hospitality That Feels Personal
Perhaps you have hosted your own guests for years and loved it, and now you would like a little more time for everything else: a long trip, your work, your family. Being both the owner and the host can become more personal than expected. You may want to keep your listing and your pricing, but hand the guest conversations to a team you trust.
That is exactly what our co-hosting is for. You decide how close you stay: read every message, or none at all.
We become the familiar, responsive point of contact throughout the guest’s journey, from the first inquiry to the final farewell. We help travelers understand the property, answer questions, coordinate changes, provide local recommendations, assist with concierge requests, and respond when something needs attention during their stay.
You retain control of your listings, pricing, calendar, and payments. Your local team continues caring for the property, while we focus on the communication and hospitality that shape the guest experience.
Our team responds seven days a week, from early morning until late evening Costa Rica time, with an urgent contact for genuine emergencies. In-person guest check-in can also be arranged for an additional fee.
It is a way to give guests professional attention while giving yourself more freedom to enjoy the home you’ve created. And when you are ready, we can show you where your home could reach beyond Airbnb and Vrbo.
Better Together
Many exceptional homes already have a dedicated local team that knows the property intimately. We see that as an advantage.
Our booking partnerships allow homeowners and property managers to benefit from Pura Villas’ international distribution relationships without changing the arrangements that already work well. Your existing manager continues looking after the property and the owner relationship. We focus on introducing the home to additional guests through our booking channels and agency partners, and support the reservations that come through us.
Our commission is typically arranged within the existing property manager’s commission, with the commercial terms agreed in writing before we begin. We respect the relationships property managers have built with their homeowners, and we work with those owners only through them.
It is a collaborative approach built around a simple principle: the homeowner, property manager, and booking partner should all benefit from a home that is well cared for, accurately represented, and enjoyed by the right guests.
For larger villas and estates, we can also explore an individual commission structure that reflects the property’s scale and particular requirements.
Our Services at a Glance
The right arrangement depends on how involved you’d like to remain and which responsibilities you’d prefer to entrust to our team.