Our most important mission is ensure as an Owner you have a worry free experience. We believe Owning your Second Home should not be your Second Job!. South Padre Island Trips is the #1 rated Vacation & Property Management firm on the Island on Google Reviews – why not use the very best?
We are known & local experts on South Padre Island. Hire the best in the business to market your home. We know the seasons, clientele, and use dynamic, ever changing pricing based on events to weather to current Island-wide occupancy levels. We assume you have another career focus than worrying about all of this, not to mention the liability if you don’t handle guests correctly. Let us work for you
You will hear about "in house" Revenue Management - huh? Our Company Founder Chad Hart does this personally and we cannot imagine NOT having the Company Head do this most important job on rate setting as it takes decades of local market knowledge, coupled with hard data to properly set rates.
Did you know that you have a 90+% chance at repeat clients? We live & die by this fact! We offer repeat guest discounts to our repeat clients as so many of our people book again & again, not to mention our Veteran & Active Duty Military Discounts
Your investment home needs expert marketing at all levels, whether it be via our AI assisted & SEO Optimized Listing Titles & Content, to our leading Photography we provide. South Padre Island Trips simply knows 10x's more than its competition pertaining to marketing your SPI Home. We use a true 360 degree approach utilizing best in class local Google My Business placement with #1 status, to organic search engine optimization strategies to drive in direct bookings, to social media campaigns, and hyper targeted repeat client marketing to attract clients. We can prove we are #1 on Airbnb on listing views & bookings - let's face it, you will be on all major platforms from Airbnb to VRBO to Booking.com to Expedia at the end of the day you need an expert.
Most Property Managers claim some low percentage - but it's a trap for you. A low cost to manage what is likely one of the largest investments you have is fool-hardy at best. We charge a fair percentage and don't hammer our owners on non stop nickel dime fees that add up on the back end. It's clear and fair. Remember, Uncle Sam aka the IRS allows you to write off our cost to professionally manage your property anyway. Therefore why not contract the best? You can't win the Super Bowl with the least or cheapest talent either. You get what you pay for.
Everyone claims they are experts at maximizing OTA (Online Travel Agency) bookings like Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, Expedia, and about 50 others you've never even heard of. South Padre Island Trips cutting edge reservation system integrates all bookings made whether on an OTA or direct on our website to one unified calendar completely eliminating the possibility of a double booking while generating revenue to the MAX for you as an Owner. Leave this heavy listing to us!
What if you could leave behind the hassles of your second home or investment property, While at the same time not actually have less money at the end of the year even if you Attempted to do it yourself?
Contact Chad by text / phone via his personal cell phone 512-825-2157 or email chad@SouthPadreTrips.com
You get what you pay for when it comes to whom you choose to manage your property. While National “rental agencies” offer cut rates, they offer “cut” service too. Our office is located at 2600 Padre Blvd, across the street from the Kraken Grill on the North Side of the Beach Club building. Our onsite staff of front desk, maintenance, housekeeping including complimentary linen & towel exchange & guest services are right there – not out of State! Local accountability right on the Island
We have found that randomizing which inspectors do our thorough checklist means more eyes ensuring quality on your home services. We also randomize when inspections are done, to make sure our Housekeepers must do a great job each & every time. Additionally, our inspectors do final touch ups, make sure guest amenities like our provided coffee, tea, sweetener, creamer, non stick cooking spray, salt & pepper etc are all there. They do drop a cleanliness “Score Card” at each property to solicit guest feedback that is invaluable in managing our staff & giving bonuses based on 5 star reviews
We have the most complete network of vendors we partner with for maintenance we don’t do in house, which means we contract the service and take it off your Owners statement. These services include:
• HVAC (heating and AC)
• Plumbing (not like a leaky fauctet)
• Pest Control (if not HOA provided)
• Pool Cleaning
• Electrical & wiring problems
If you have a stand alone home, in the summer we provide complimentary security patrols as well at night to give you (and us!) a piece of mind
One of the first consideration on review scores is cleanliness – and our Company does not outsource our cleaning services to outside contractors giving us more control as they are employees as well as simply cleaner properties. We use housekeeping teams that get to know your property, rather than a constant rotation of strangers entering your home to “clean”, often times providing “rushed” cleanings as they get paid per property. We assure property a standardized, uniform cleaning & quality checks – not to mention providing all towels, linens, hand soaps, dish soap, dishwasher pods, toilet paper & paper towels – no extra charge to our Owners
Our maintenance professionals are full time employees at our Company, skilled at fixing just about everything in a timely fashion and at a fair price. If you are renting your home or condo as a short term vacation rental on South Padre, it is important we take a preventive approach to keeping your home in tip top condition. Renting your property is fairly easy – maintenance & upkeep are not if you don’t have South Padre Island Trips on your side
At onboarding when you first start your rental with us, as well as 1x per year in the fall we physically go thru your property at no charge to check & verify that needed items to assure a good guest experience and review are present. These are things like “enough wine glasses” to an airbed to sufficient pillows. While we do bill at cost for these needed items, there is no cost for the service calls
South Padre Island Trips answers our office lines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, not to mention our fully staffed front desk & public office at 2600 Padre Blvd, across the street from the Kraken Bar & Grill in the North Side of the Beach Club Building. Our office is open 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. Why risk your real estate investment of $500,000 to even $2 million to someone working out of their spare bedroom?
“South Padre Island Trips has provided excellent service & ever-increasing revenue on our Condo at Saida/Royale 9039. We highly recommend them.” - Berto& Kathy Vela
“Our condo at Sunchase IV 326 beachfront was fully remodeled and we spent a lot to make it a luxurious space. We were concerned about the upkeep, and South Padre Island Trips stepped up to keep it in tip top condition.” – Maria Salazar
“We have a very large luxury home we call Bahama Mama – spent a near fortune in remodels but this is definitely and investment for us – as we live in Oklahoma, we needed a professional, onsite management Company. One thing I can tell you about Chad is he responds the same day to anything we ask” – Chris Johnson
“Our La Internacional condo on the beach right by Wanna Wanna we actually redid it for our personal use, but realized why not rent it out when we are not on the Island.” Chad & his staff really take care of your property with great rental income to boot!” – Ranita Parrish
“We have a second home at Los Cabos III that is about a block off the beach as a 2 bedroom and like to do non stop little things when we come down. South Padre Island Trips maintains it, rents it, and has it ready to go like a nice hotel stay when we arrive.” – Bobby & Kathy Thorton
References from our Owners are available upon request – just ask!
One of the biggest stressors of owning and renting your property on South Padre Island is the charging and collection of the required City, County, and State occupancy tax filings that all require you have a Short Term Rental License at the City Level, to actually paying these tax amounts accurately each month. This is no easy task, and we do all of this for you. In fact, the City of South Padre requires if there is a noise complaint on your property, you must respond within (1) hour IN PERSON with a signed rental agreement in hand. This is easy for us – not so easy for a non local homeowner. Let us take the stress off your shoulders completely. Please – reach out to Chad today & get a personalized & complimentary Property Consultation – whether you have been renting for years yourself and are fed up with the hassle, or may want to switch companies for better service, or are just in the market to buy & need a solution for when you close – let us help you!
Our Company integrates the most comprehensive technology stack not only on South Padre Island, but in the Industry. We use tech where it makes sense to improve service & efficiency – not to just say we have it. Our Property Management Software utilizes trust accounting for accurate Owners Statements & payments, which ties in one unified online calendar with all major OTAs like Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, Expedia, & our direct website bookings. On top of this, we have maintenance & housekeeping software, keyless entry via Cell Phone hub locks & more.
We offer simply the most responsive Owner care in terms of answering questions, taking care of needs, and addressing concerns. This is so very easy to test. When you are considering other Companies, but cannot speak to the Owner of that Company the same very day – why would you want them managing such massive investment it Owner communications are largely delegated to Assistants? That won’t happen with South Padre Island Trips. Call Chad or text him on his cell now: 512 825 2157. This doesn’t mean we do not have a full support staff of over 30 employees to assist with the professional management of your property.
We follow GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) as well as use our Property Management Software to provide Trust Accounting – something most States actually require (while Texas does not!) Our Principal & Founder Chad Hart has a MBA in Finance, & we protect our Owners with a dedicated operating account for Owner payouts that are paid via ACH transfers on a monthly basis with detailed owners statements that are easy to follow
At South Padre Island Trips, we offer a very upfront, transparent agreement to get started, including a deep cleaning to detail your property for great guest reviews, as well as conducting a complimentary Short Term Inventory Assessment Checklist, and installing our State of the Art E-Lock keyless entry door lock system for guests the ensures the very highest level of guest safety & security.
If you are just in the browsing phase of finding a south padre Airbnb, please check out our great list of preferred Realtors as we are not Realtors J
https://southpadreislandtrips.com/south-padre-real-estate-investing/
The best South Padre Property Managers have a Broker of Record on file as well as a public office on the Island. We are located at 2600 Padre Blvd, 78597. Our Broker is Bryan Pinkerton of Pinkerton Real Estate on the Island.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateagency/589e50dc53b4e4001089658a
Dead giveaways of wanna-be property management companies are a lack of a local office, contracted out housekeeping that are not employees (no control of quality) to a lack of in housemaintenance on staff. Renting is easy folks. Property upkeep is not!
