For Short-Term & Mid-Term Rental Hosts: Share real-time signals about problematic guests with other hosts. Get instant alerts when flagged guests request bookings. No more relying on limited platform reviews—protect your property with verified host-to-host intelligence.
Three simple steps to protect your hosting business
Quick verification process to ensure our community stays host-only and trustworthy.
Search by name, email, or phone to instantly check if a guest has been flagged by other hosts.
Receive instant alerts about risky guests and help the community by flagging issues.
Host-only community. Never public. Your flags and alerts stay within our trusted network.
Flag a problematic guest in 60 seconds. Quick forms, instant alerts, minimal friction.
The network grows stronger with every host that joins. Collective protection for all.
Real stories from hosts who have protected their properties and built stronger businesses with HostShield.
“HostShield saved me from a nightmare guest who had already caused $8,000 in damages at another property. The alert came through 30 minutes before I was about to accept their booking.”
Superhost, 12 Properties
Austin, TX • Luxury Condos
“The peace of mind is incredible. I now check every booking through HostShield before accepting. It's become as essential as checking my calendar.”
Host, 5 Properties
Miami, FL • Beach Houses
“We've reduced property damage incidents by 78% since joining HostShield. The network effect is real - the more hosts join, the better it gets for everyone.”
Property Manager, 25 Units
Denver, CO • Apartment Complex
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Everything you need to know about HostShield
HostShield is a private, host-only network where property managers share real-time signals about problematic guests. You can search for guests by name, email, or phone number to check their history. When you receive a booking request, our system instantly scans our database and alerts you if the guest has been flagged for issues like property damage, noise complaints, or other violations at previous stays.
Absolutely. We use enterprise-grade encryption, are GDPR compliant, and SOC 2 certified. Guest information is never shared with anyone except verified hosts, and we never sell data to third parties. All communications are encrypted end-to-end.
No. HostShield is completely private and host-only. Guests have no access to our system and cannot see any flags, comments, or reviews. This protects both hosts and maintains the integrity of our community-driven protection network.
Alerts are sent instantly when a flagged guest makes a booking request. You'll receive notifications via email, SMS, and in-app alerts within seconds of the booking request. This gives you time to review the guest's history before accepting.
Hosts can flag guests for property damage, noise complaints, unauthorized parties, smoking violations, poor cleanliness, payment issues, overcrowding, unauthorized pets, poor communication, and other violations. Each flag includes severity levels (low, medium, high) and detailed descriptions.
We verify hosts through multiple methods including property listings, business registration, and platform verification. This ensures only legitimate hosts can access the network and prevents abuse of the system.
We support Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and direct bookings. Our email parsing integration works with Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo Mail to automatically identify guests from booking confirmations. You can also manually search for guests by name, email, or phone number.
You can submit a dispute through our support system. Our team reviews disputes within 24 hours. If a flag is found to be inaccurate or malicious, it's removed immediately and the reporting host's account is reviewed.
Our Basic plan is $9/month and includes instant guest alerts, guest search & lookup, flag submission, and email parsing setup. The Pro plan is $19/month and includes everything in Basic plus bulk CSV import, multi-property support, advanced analytics, and priority support.
Yes! Our Pro plan includes multi-property support. You can add multiple properties to your account, set up email parsing for each property, view alerts and flags per property, and perform bulk operations across all your properties.
Our system automatically parses booking emails from platforms like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com to identify guest information. When you forward a booking confirmation to our system, it extracts guest details and automatically checks them against our database for any flags.