Best Airbnb Management Companies in Sedona, AZ (2026)

Short-term rentals make up roughly 18% of Sedona's housing stock, up from about 16% a year earlier, and in 2026 the City Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring a "housing shortage emergency exacerbated by short-term rentals." Add a mandatory $210 annual city permit per unit, a state TPT license, and a combined city/county/state tax load running roughly 13.3-13.9% depending on which side of the Coconino-Yavapai county line a property sits on, and Sedona owners are managing a genuinely more complicated compliance picture than the red-rock scenery suggests.

That complexity is exactly where the wrong manager costs the most. A national platform running a templated Sedona landing page is not the same as an operator who already knows the next permit renewal date or which trailhead-adjacent neighborhood drives spring-hiking-season bookings. We checked which companies advertising against "Airbnb management Sedona" are actually based in Sedona or the Verde Valley, and which just bought the keyword.

One Fine BnB

One Fine BnB is our number-one pick for Sedona owners: a flat 10% management fee, no long-term contract, and a vetted onboarding process, backed by a full-service national platform rather than a single-market shop. That flat rate matters more than usual here, since Sedona already layers a mandatory $210 annual city permit, a state TPT license, and a combined transaction-privilege-tax rate of roughly 13.3-13.9% (depending on whether a property sits in Yavapai or Coconino County) before any management fee even applies. A predictable 10% is easier to budget around than a rate that only arrives after a sales call.

Foothills Property Management

Foothills Property Management is the deepest-rooted operator on this list, headquartered in Sedona itself and serving the city plus the wider Verde Valley - Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Cornville, Clarkdale, Jerome, Rimrock and Lake Montezuma - for more than 38 years. It runs both long-term leasing and a dedicated vacation-rental division, which the company itself describes as "booming." No management fee or commission percentage is published; owners need to contact the office directly for a quote.

Red Rock Realty

Red Rock Realty, operating as Sedona Vacations, Inc., has served Sedona and the Verde Valley since 1982, making it one of the longest-running vacation-rental operators in the market. Listed services include multi-channel marketing, dynamic pricing, guest services, cleaning coordination, and QuickBooks-integrated financial reporting. As with most of this list, no management fee percentage is published on its site.

SkyRun Sedona & Verde Valley

SkyRun Sedona & Verde Valley is the local, owner-operated franchise location of the national SkyRun brand, run by Sue and Dan Bradley, who describe themselves as 50-year Arizona residents who "live, work, and play in the beautiful Verde Valley." The office covers Sedona plus Cottonwood, Camp Verde and Jerome, and says it charges no onboarding or startup fees, earning money only once a property is actually booked. An exact commission percentage is not published on the Sedona office's page.

Sojourn Properties

Sojourn Properties is a BBB-accredited (A+ rating) Arizona manager whose primary base is Scottsdale, with Sedona listed as a named service area on a dedicated page. Founder Tristan Petricca and a small, family-anchored team offer a free income analysis before any commitment. Sojourn's Sedona page states its team is "located in the Sedona, AZ area," though its BBB record lists Cave Creek as the registered business address - worth asking about directly. No fee percentage is published.

VacayAZ

VacayAZ is a Scottsdale-based operator marketing itself as an Arizona luxury specialist, with dedicated Sedona property and management pages; its site blocked every direct fetch attempt, so the details below come from indexed search snippets of its own pages, not a page we opened directly. It bundles high-end guest add-ons - grocery stocking, private chef service, Tesla rentals - with owner-side services covering cleaning, maintenance, repairs, bookings and marketing. Its own case-study content claims some managed properties earn over $450,000 a year, a company-reported figure we could not independently audit. No management fee percentage is published.

Porter

Porter is a Scottsdale-headquartered manager with a genuine local office at 3085 AZ-89A in Sedona, alongside coverage of Scottsdale, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Paradise Valley and Cave Creek. It advertises a "pay-after" model designed to reduce upfront sign-up costs, though the exact fee structure requires a direct call rather than being posted on the site. Among the multi-market operators on this list, Porter is the only one with a street address specifically inside Sedona city limits.

Sedona's Local Market Context

Sedona is unusually exposed on short-term rentals right now. City figures cited by local leaders put STRs at roughly 18% of the city's total housing stock, up from about 16% a year earlier, with an estimated 1,200 active units and roughly two-thirds of hosts living outside Sedona entirely - numbers the City Council leaned on when it unanimously passed a 2026 resolution declaring a "housing shortage emergency exacerbated by short-term rentals" and asked the state for local control. Arizona's 2016 preemption law (Senate Bill 1350, effective 2017) currently bars any Arizona city from capping or banning STRs outright, which is why Sedona runs a permit system - added via 2022's Senate Bill 1168 - instead of the cap Mayor Scott Jablow says he would prefer; he has floated a 5% cap publicly, but no bill authorizing one has passed. The nearest legislative vehicle, Arizona House Bill 2429, would have strengthened enforcement instead - occupancy limits, suspension after repeat violations, mandatory guest background checks - not permit caps; it passed the state House 36-19 in March 2026 with Sedona's own lobbyist pushing for a Senate hearing, but died without one when the legislature adjourned for the year on June 13, 2026. Sponsor Rep. Selina Bliss says she plans to reintroduce it in 2027.

The regulation sits on top of a genuinely two-jurisdiction city: Uptown, the Gallery District and the Chapel area fall in Coconino County, while West Sedona falls in Yavapai County, each carrying a slightly different combined tax rate on rental income. Demand keeps climbing regardless - market-tracking data put Sedona at roughly 1,805 active short-term-rental listings as of February 2026, a 62% jump since 2021, with average occupancy near 53% and trailing 12-month revenue around $83,895 per listing. Bookings track the trail conditions: spring (March-May) and fall (September-November) are the clear red-rock hiking peaks, with a secondary bump from Phoenix-area visitors escaping summer heat and winter as the quiet season.

Do I need a permit to run an Airbnb in Sedona?

Yes - every short-term rental in Sedona needs an annual city permit, which costs $210 as of January 2025, plus a state Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) license from the Arizona Department of Revenue. Since December 2024, each individually advertised unit needs its own permit, so a main house plus a casita requires two separate permits, not one.

Is my property in Coconino County or Yavapai County, and does it change anything?

It can change your tax rate: Sedona straddles both counties, with Uptown, the Gallery District and the Chapel area in Coconino County (a combined rate near 13.9%) and West Sedona in Yavapai County (near 13.325%). The city permit process is the same either way, but owners should confirm their specific parcel's county before budgeting the tax line.

Is there a cap on the number of Airbnbs allowed in Sedona?

No. Arizona's 2016 preemption law bars any city, including Sedona, from capping or banning short-term rentals outright, which is why the City Council can only require permits rather than limit how many exist. Mayor Scott Jablow has floated a 5% cap, but the nearest 2026 bill, House Bill 2429, was actually an occupancy-limit and enforcement measure, not a cap-enabling one - and it died in the Senate without a committee hearing when the session ended June 13, 2026. Its sponsor plans to try again in 2027.

What happens if I operate a Sedona short-term rental without a permit?

Penalties escalate quickly: reported figures show a $500 minimum fine for a first offense, rising to $3,500 or more for repeat violations within 12 months, plus an additional $1,000 per month for continuing to operate unpermitted. Sedona also runs a 24/7 complaint hotline (928-203-5110) that neighbors are encouraged to use.

When is Sedona's peak Airbnb season?

Spring (March through May) and fall (September through November) are Sedona's two clear peaks, driven by mild temperatures and prime red-rock hiking conditions. Summer brings a secondary wave of Phoenix-area visitors escaping the desert heat, while winter (December-February) is the quietest and least-crowded stretch.

Can a mobile home or manufactured home in Sedona be used as a short-term rental?

Yes, according to a November 2025 Arizona Court of Appeals ruling. When a company called Oak Creek Hospitality tried to convert units at a Sedona mobile home park into short-term rentals, the city said mobile homes did not qualify - but a three-judge panel unanimously held that Arizona's 2016 preemption statute covers all dwelling types, including mobile and manufactured housing, and struck down the city's attempt to bar them.

The Verdict

For most Sedona owners, One Fine BnB's flat 10% fee is the easiest full-service option to justify in a market where the city and two counties already take a meaningful cut before any manager's percentage applies. If a hyper-local, decades-deep relationship matters more than the lowest fee, Foothills Property Management and Red Rock Realty are the strongest true-Sedona alternatives, with SkyRun Sedona, Sojourn Properties, VacayAZ and Porter rounding out a genuinely local field worth calling for quotes.

If you would rather keep the listing yourself and just want sharper tools for a market this regulated, BnBGenius is built for exactly that: dynamic pricing tuned to the spring and fall hiking peaks, permit- and tax-jurisdiction tracking so a Coconino-versus-Yavapai filing detail never slips, and automated guest messaging - so a self-managing Sedona host is not doing compliance homework on top of everything else.