The guests
We take the enquiry, vet who is coming, hold the dates and meet them at the door. Direct bookings first, because the fees are lower and the guest is ours rather than a platform's.
For homeowners
Your home, in fewer and better hands
We manage a small collection of houses on this coast. If yours is one we could look after properly, we would like to hear from you.
We own and operate rental homes in the area we serve, which is the whole of our argument: we are not agents placing your house on a platform and hoping. Every home we take on is one we would be willing to put our own family in, and we take on few enough that the same people know all of them.
What we do
The house
Housekeeping between stays, the pool and the dock kept, the small failures found before a guest finds them. The people who look after your home are the people who look after the others on your street.
The books
One statement a month, every booking and every expense on it, and the portal open the rest of the time. You should be able to answer what your house earned last February without ringing anyone.
Before you write
What we look for
We turn down more houses than we take. It is not about the money a home might make — it is whether we can look after it to the standard the others are held to.
- In Old Naples, Port Royal, Aqualane Shores, the Moorings, Coquina Sands, Park Shore or Pelican Bay.
- Three bedrooms or more, and furnished to a standard you would be happy to arrive at yourself.
- Available for at least twelve weeks a year — the season works best when the calendar is not fragmented.
- An owner who would rather have fewer, better guests than a full calendar of anyone.
Apply
Tell us about the house. We read every one of these ourselves, and we will come back within the week either way — including when the answer is no.
Questions owners ask
- Do you manage vacation rentals in Naples, Florida?
- Yes. Engaged Destinations manages a small collection of furnished vacation homes in Naples on Florida's Gulf coast — Old Naples, Port Royal, Aqualane Shores, the Moorings, Coquina Sands, Park Shore and Pelican Bay. We own and operate rental homes in the same area we manage for others.
- What does your property management include?
- Three things. Guests: we take the enquiry, vet who is coming, hold the dates and meet them at the door, taking direct bookings first so the fees are lower and the guest is ours rather than a platform's. The house: housekeeping between stays, the pool and the dock kept, and the small failures found before a guest finds them. The books: one statement a month with every booking and every expense on it, and an owner portal open the rest of the time.
- What kind of homes do you take on?
- Three bedrooms or more, furnished to a standard you would be happy to arrive at yourself, in one of the Naples neighbourhoods we cover, and available for at least twelve weeks a year — the season works best when the calendar is not fragmented. We turn down more houses than we take, because the question is whether we can look after a home to the standard the others are held to.
- How do I see what my house earned?
- In the owner portal, whenever you want, and in a statement once a month that lists every booking and every expense. You should be able to answer what your house earned last February without ringing anyone.
- What makes Engaged Destinations different from other Naples property managers?
- We are not agents placing your house on a platform and hoping — we own and operate rental homes on this coast ourselves. And we arrange the guest's whole week, not just the keys: a vetted directory of Naples restaurants, fishing and boat charters, spas and golf, plus yacht and private jet charter, all bookable from the itinerary in their account. A guest whose week is arranged for them comes back.
- How do I ask you to manage my home?
- Use the form on this page. We read every application ourselves and come back within the week either way, including when the answer is no.