$9 per reservation. Plus the actual damage.
That's the price. It's on a public page because the entire premise of a Velaris program is that you can model it — before a single sales call.
How the pricing works
That's the Velaris program fee: enrollment, guest communication, escrow administration, and claims handling. It doesn't scale with your damage fee, your ADR, or your nightly rate — so your upside stays yours.
Below your selected retention, damage costs are paid from your escrowed program funds at cost. Traditional per-night damage insurance ($8–$18/night is typical in this market) charges you for damage whether it happens or not.
You set the guest damage fee — typically $69–$99 per reservation on lower-ADR homes and $99–$199 on higher — and you keep it. The fee funds the damage you retain; what's left is margin.
A 1,000-reservation portfolio
Illustrative figures using the calculator's defaults — swap in your own numbers on the homepage calculator.
Illustrative only. Excludes premium for insurance above your selected retention and other program charges, and assumes actual damage matches the estimate. Below your retention, damage costs are yours; this is not a guarantee of margin.
Pricing questions
How much does short-term rental damage protection cost with Velaris?
A flat $9 per reservation for program administration, plus the actual cost of damage you retain below your selected retention (funded from guest-fee revenue held in your own escrow account). Insurance above your retention is priced per program based on your portfolio and the limits you choose.
What do guests pay?
You choose the guest damage fee — typically $69–$99 per reservation for lower-ADR properties and $99–$199 for higher-ADR properties. It's charged at booking on every channel and it's your revenue, not ours.
How does this compare to per-night damage insurance?
Per-night products in this market commonly run $8–$18 per night. On a four-night average stay, that's $32–$72 per reservation whether or not any damage occurs. The Velaris model inverts it: a $9 flat fee, actual damage at cost below your retention, and insurance only for the layer above — so predictable damage stops being an insurance markup.
What's not included in the $9?
The actual damage you retain (that's the point — you keep the risk you understand, at cost), premium for the insurance layers above your retention, and company insurance lines like E&O or workers' comp, which are quoted per portfolio. There are no per-night markups and no percentage of your guest fee.
Why publish pricing when competitors don't?
Because a program you can't model is a program you can't trust. Every number on this page feeds the calculator on our homepage — put in your own reservations, fee, and damage history and see the economics before you ever talk to us.
Is there a minimum portfolio size?
Programs are designed for professional operators, and the economics get compelling from about ten properties up — that's where damage becomes predictable enough to retain profitably. Smaller operators can still start with damage and liability coverage and grow into full program structure.
Works with your PMS
Model it with your numbers
Ten minutes with your reservation count and damage history is enough to see whether the program beats what you pay today.
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