The Host Register

Scope

This policy covers everything published on this site about management companies and host software: the register rows, the shortlists, the written entries and the guides.

Where the facts come from

What the order is, and is not

The order in the shortlists is an editorial reading of the recorded facts and of this desk’s own operating experience. It is not a score derived from audited data, and there is no formula behind it that we could hand you. The facts sit on the row so that disagreeing with the order is possible. The method is described in full in how this register is built.

Independence, stated precisely

Placement is not for sale. No company can buy a position, buy a rating, or buy the removal of an entry.

One Fine BnB, the entry ranked first in the register, is connected to the publisher of this site. It is named rather than left for the reader to discover. That relationship is disclosed at the top of every page where the company appears in an order, because a claim of independence that hides an ownership link is worth nothing.

Naming sources

Where a figure comes from a third party rather than from the company, the entry says so. Where a verdict comes from hands-on use rather than documentation, the entry says that too.

Before an entry is published

  1. Every factual field is traced to a source that can be opened again later.

  2. Claims a company makes about itself are marked as its claims, not as findings.

  3. Numbers are re-read against the source before publication, not after a reader complains.

  4. Anything that cannot be checked is dropped rather than softened.

Corrections

A wrong fact is corrected in place as soon as it is confirmed wrong, and the page says what changed when the change is material. A company that believes its row is wrong is asked for the source that shows it; a correction does not require anyone to be persuaded, only shown.

Use of automated tools

Automated tools are used on this site for drafting and for assembling the register into pages. They are not used to invent facts: every factual field traces to a source, and an empty field stays empty rather than being filled by a model. Editorial responsibility for everything published here stays with the publisher.

Commercial links and labelling

Commercial outbound links are marked as such where they appear, and the disclaimer states what that means. There is no sponsored editorial on this site: if that changes, it will be labelled on the page itself and not only in this policy.

Standards specific to this subject

Version

This policy is in force as of August 2026 and is the first published version.