What is Shared Holiday Homes?

Shared Holiday Homes is an online coordination tool for groups who share a holiday house — families, friends, or co-owners. It puts one shared calendar, booking rules, documents, and tasks in a single place so people stop double-booking weeks and stop hunting through group chats for who has the house and when. It suits you if more than one household uses the same property and the current system is a WhatsApp thread plus someone's memory.

The problems it targets

The site names the exact friction points of shared property:

• Double-booked weeks caused by a WhatsApp message nobody can find later
• Boiler servicing that everyone assumed someone else had arranged
• WiFi, insurance, and pump instructions scattered across different inboxes
• Peak weeks going to whoever asks first — or loudest
• The same awkward Easter conversation every summer

If any of those sound familiar, the tool is aimed at you.

Core features

One calendar for the whole house

A single shared calendar shows who has the property and when. The stated goal is no double bookings and no buried claims in chat. The site reports over 1,000 stays booked through it.

Booking rules

You can set booking rules, including for peak seasons. One quoted group of beach house co-owners said setting up peak-season rules "was exactly what we needed" because the calendar then made it clear who had the place and when.

Members

You invite family, friends, and co-owners as members, so access and visibility are controlled rather than relying on a group chat.

Documents and tasks

Guides, documents, and tasks live alongside the calendar — the site's own navigation lists Calendar, Guides, Documents, and Tasks. This is what addresses the "WiFi, insurance and pump instructions scattered across inboxes" problem.

Who it's for

The site describes it as "built for whoever looks after the house" — the person managing the property isn't stuck coordinating through a group chat. It's used by:

• Families sharing a holiday home
• Friends sharing a house
• Co-owners of a property
• Groups of several families co-owning a beach house

The site says it's trusted by families across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Europe.

What users report

The site quotes real feedback:

• A co-owning couple: "Just returned from holidays and had time to go through the website. It's great!! Thank you for all the work on this!"
• A Reddit user (u/Wonderful_Law5700, r/SideProject): "Your holiday booking program you have built is great, really just wanted to message to say it works amazing for our holiday house that the whole family use."
• A family of four: "We used to argue every year about who booked what and when. Now everyone just logs in, sees what's available, and books it. No more group chat chaos."

Practical considerations

The site mentions a free trial and pricing, but the available page evidence doesn't list specific prices or plan details — check the site directly before committing. The tool is in English and oriented toward households coordinating stays rather than commercial short-term rental management; if you rent the property out to the public, this isn't positioned as a booking engine for guests.

If your group's main pain is calendar conflict and scattered house information, this addresses both in one place. If you only need a shared calendar and nothing else, a general calendar tool may be enough.