The ERentals Standard

Learn how ERentals curates and verifies every property. Understand our standards, rejection criteria, and what makes our collection different.

We say no to most properties we consider. This is by design. Our value lies not in the breadth of our inventory but in the consistency of its quality. The Curation Process Initial review of photos, location, and specifications Owner background and hosting history verification On-site inspection when possible Guest feedback analysis from previous stays Pricing fairness evaluation What Disqualifies Properties Common rejection reasons include: inconsistent quality across spaces, poor maintenance, unresponsive ownership, inaccurate representations, or pricing that does not reflect actual value. A beautiful living room means nothing if the bedrooms disappoint. Inconsistency is the one that fails properties most often, and it is the hardest to see in photographs. A house is marketed on its best room. Guests experience all of them. We have turned down properties with genuinely spectacular main spaces because the third and fourth bedrooms were an afterthought, and in a house that sleeps ten, two people are sleeping in the afterthought. The same logic applies to bathrooms, to the kitchen a group will actually cook in, and to the route between the parking and the front door at eleven at night with luggage. Why We Visit We travel to the properties we list and we film them ourselves. That is expensive and slow and it is the only part of this that cannot be faked. An owner's photo set tells you what the property looked like on its best day, under the best light, with the agency's preferred lens. It does not tell you how far the beach really is, whether the pool holds sun in the afternoon, how the house handles noise, or what the road in is like. Those are the things guests ask about, and we would rather answer them from memory than from a listing. It also means the footage on a listing page is ours. Nothing we publish is a supplied asset dressed up as reportage, and nothing is borrowed from another platform. If we have not been, we say so. What Happens After a Property Is Accepted Acceptance is the start of the work, not the end of it. The property gets written up properly rather than captioned, because a traveller comparing two houses reads before they look. It gets placed in front of the audience it actually suits rather than broadcast to everyone. Enquiries come to a person who has been inside the house. And the owner gets told what we drove, tracked, rather than a monthly note about impressions. A listing is also not permanent. Properties leave the collection when maintenance slips, when ownership stops answering, or when what a guest finds stops matching what the page promised. Removing a property costs us a commission and keeps the standard meaningful, which is the trade the whole collection depends on. Q: How do I submit a property for consideration? A: Use our Collaborate page to submit your property. Include current photos, accurate specifications, and your hosting history if available. Q: What percentage of submissions do you accept? A: Approximatel

We say no to most properties we consider. This is by design. Our value lies not in the breadth of our inventory but in the consistency of its quality.

The Curation Process

Initial review of photos, location, and specifications. Owner background and hosting history verification. On-site inspection when possible. Guest feedback analysis from previous stays. Pricing fairness evaluation

What Disqualifies Properties

Common rejection reasons include: inconsistent quality across spaces, poor maintenance, unresponsive ownership, inaccurate representations, or pricing that does not reflect actual value. A beautiful living room means nothing if the bedrooms disappoint.

Inconsistency is the one that fails properties most often, and it is the hardest to see in photographs. A house is marketed on its best room. Guests experience all of them. We have turned down properties with genuinely spectacular main spaces because the third and fourth bedrooms were an afterthought, and in a house that sleeps ten, two people are sleeping in the afterthought. The same logic applies to bathrooms, to the kitchen a group will actually cook in, and to the route between the parking and the front door at eleven at night with luggage.

Why We Visit

We travel to the properties we list and we film them ourselves. That is expensive and slow and it is the only part of this that cannot be faked. An owner's photo set tells you what the property looked like on its best day, under the best light, with the agency's preferred lens. It does not tell you how far the beach really is, whether the pool holds sun in the afternoon, how the house handles noise, or what the road in is like. Those are the things guests ask about, and we would rather answer them from memory than from a listing.

It also means the footage on a listing page is ours. Nothing we publish is a supplied asset dressed up as reportage, and nothing is borrowed from another platform. If we have not been, we say so.

What Happens After a Property Is Accepted

Acceptance is the start of the work, not the end of it. The property gets written up properly rather than captioned, because a traveller comparing two houses reads before they look. It gets placed in front of the audience it actually suits rather than broadcast to everyone. Enquiries come to a person who has been inside the house. And the owner gets told what we drove, tracked, rather than a monthly note about impressions.

A listing is also not permanent. Properties leave the collection when maintenance slips, when ownership stops answering, or when what a guest finds stops matching what the page promised. Removing a property costs us a commission and keeps the standard meaningful, which is the trade the whole collection depends on.