How hosting works
Three steps. Every listing is reviewed by our team before it goes live.
- Step 1 of 3
Build your listing
6 guided steps: rig, details, photos, price, rules and submit. Autosaves as you go, so you can leave and pick up exactly where you stopped.
- Step 2 of 3
We review the actual rig
Our team reviews your real listing — photos, specs, pricing. You watch the status from your host dashboard the whole time.
- Step 3 of 3
Publish after review
Your listing can be published after review and required readiness checks. Check its status in your host dashboard. PickRV creates each booking's payout after the trip-end gates — 2 days after the trip ends with a verified 6-photo pickup walkthrough, else 7 days; Stripe then sends a standard US bank transfer — PickRV does not set the bank post date.
List the rig 
Verification 
Set the price 
Open the calendar 
Hand over the keys 
Payout
List motorhomes, campervans, towables, off-road rigs, boats, classic touring cars, trucks or cars — every category on one platform.
Set your price and availability.
Listing is free. You set your price and availability. The standard PickRV fee is 15% of the booking total. If you have a confirmed personal 10% invitation, its terms apply.
Before the numbers: the coverage you have to carry
What we ask you to confirm
Explore your base-rate illustration
$1,575
How the season shapes demand in Colorado
Seasonality — modeling aid
Best demand window: June to September.
High country is accessible and wildflowers peak; winters bring heavy snow that closes many mountain roads and campgrounds.
Watch out: Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer; altitude sickness is real above 8,000 feet. Winter driving requires chains or 4WD.
Shoulder tip: Late May and early October have beautiful weather in many areas but snow can still appear overnight in the mountains.
Filled = prime month · outlined = caution months (NOAA + state tourism boards — see the Colorado seasonal calendar).
Directional guidance from public seasonal data — not a PickRV demand forecast, and not applied to the math on this page. Your occupancy input stays yours; many hosts sanity-check it by modeling the demand window higher and the off-season lower than one flat number.
How PickRV compares with a typical large marketplace
Platform fee
PickRV
Standard fee: 15% of the booking total.
Typical large marketplace
Often 20–25% commission, deducted from your payout
Payout Speed
PickRV
2 days after the trip ends with a verified 6-photo pickup walkthrough, else 7 days; Stripe then sends a standard US bank transfer — PickRV does not set the bank post date
Typical large marketplace
Varies — check each platform's payout terms
Renter Service Fee
PickRV
Transparent 10%, shown before checkout
Typical large marketplace
Typically added on top
Calendar sync
PickRV
Paste an iCal feed from Airbnb, Vrbo, Outdoorsy, RVshare, Booking.com or Google Calendar — PickRV pulls it about once an hour and blocks those nights here, and publishes one feed per rig for those calendars to subscribe to; no add-on fee
Typical large marketplace
Usually available; direction, frequency and cost vary by platform
"Typical large marketplace" describes the common structure of national RV-rental platforms, not a specific company's current rates — always check each platform's own published fees directly.
| Feature | PickRV | Typical large marketplace |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | Standard fee: 15% of the booking total. | Often 20–25% commission, deducted from your payout |
| Payout Speed | 2 days after the trip ends with a verified 6-photo pickup walkthrough, else 7 days; Stripe then sends a standard US bank transfer — PickRV does not set the bank post date | Varies — check each platform's payout terms |
| Renter Service Fee | Transparent 10%, shown before checkout | Typically added on top |
| Calendar sync | Paste an iCal feed from Airbnb, Vrbo, Outdoorsy, RVshare, Booking.com or Google Calendar — PickRV pulls it about once an hour and blocks those nights here, and publishes one feed per rig for those calendars to subscribe to; no add-on fee | Usually available; direction, frequency and cost vary by platform |
"Typical large marketplace" describes the common structure of national RV-rental platforms, not a specific company's current rates — always check each platform's own published fees directly.
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