GREAT STAYS AWAY LTD

What GREAT STAYS AWAY LTD does

Great Stays Away Ltd is a serviced accommodation provider based in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, operating a direct-to-consumer model for short-term and mid-term rentals of fully furnished serviced apartments. The company segments its offering across four customer verticals on a single website: leisure and family stays (properties sleeping up to 6 guests), contractor stays for tradespeople (sleeping up to 4 with free parking), corporate and business stays, and insurance-placement stays for temporarily displaced individuals. Bookings are taken directly via greatstaysaway.com with no presence on third-party OTAs or marketplaces, and pricing is quote-based rather than publicly displayed. The entity is structured as a UK private limited company and was founded in 2025.

Name

GREAT STAYS AWAY LTD

Legal name

Great Stays Away Ltd

Website

https://greatstaysaway.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Great Stays Away Ltd is a Portsmouth-based serviced accommodation provider offering direct-booked short-term rentals to families, contractors, corporate travelers, and insurance-placement guests in the UK, operating since 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Serviced Accommodation

NAICS

Other Traveler Accommodation (72119), All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Serviced Vacation Rentals (Managed Apartments/Aparthotel-Style STRs) (THAGANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce/Project-Based Extended Stay (Industrial & Construction) (THAGAEAH), Insurance Displacement & Temporary Housing (ALE) (THAMAFAG)

Keywords

• Serviced accommodation
• Corporate housing
• Contractor stays
• Family accommodation
• Insurance relocation housing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Serviced Accommodation Rental: Short-term and mid-term rental of fully furnished serviced apartments and accommodation in Portsmouth, UK. Revenue generated through nightly and weekly stay bookings across multiple customer segments including families, contractors, corporate travelers, and insurance accommodation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Great Stays Away Ltd provides short-term and mid-term serviced accommodation in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. The company rents fully furnished properties directly to guests across multiple segments including leisure/family travelers (sleeps up to 6), contractors and tradespeople (sleeps up to 4 with free parking), corporate/business travelers, and individuals requiring insurance-related temporary housing. All bookings are handled directly through the company website.

Product overview

Great Stays Away Ltd operates as a serviced accommodation provider in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, offering multiple accommodation categories under a unified direct-booking model. The portfolio includes leisure/family stays (sleeping up to 6 guests), contractor stays (sleeps 4 with free parking), corporate/business stays, and insurance-related accommodation. All properties are bookable directly through the company website, with additional guest services including local attraction information and blog content. The company positions itself as a direct-booking provider, emphasizing direct customer relationships rather than a platform-based marketplace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leisure Stays & Families Portsmouth Short-term serviced accommodation in Portsmouth designed for families and leisure travelers, offering family-sized properties that sleep up to 6 guests, bookable directly through the company website.
• Contractor Stays Portsmouth Serviced accommodation for contractors and tradespeople traveling for work in Portsmouth, featuring free parking and properties that sleep up to 4 guests, bookable directly through the company website.
• Corporate Stay / Business Stays Corporate apartment accommodation in Portsmouth for business travelers, offering professionally serviced short-term rentals bookable directly through the company website.
• Insurance Stays Temporary accommodation services in Portsmouth for individuals requiring housing due to insurance-related circumstances, bookable directly through the company website.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Roomzzz Aparthotels: UK-based aparthotel brand operating in regional cities with a mix of leisure and corporate guests in fully serviced apartments. Closely aligned offering and customer profile to Great Stays Away's Portsmouth-based serviced accommodation.
• SACO (The Serviced Apartment Company): Established UK-based serviced apartment provider with properties across the country, serving corporate, leisure, and relocation clients with professionally managed apartments. Highly comparable model and customer base to Great Stays Away's corporate and family segments.
• BridgeStreet Worldwide: Global serviced apartment operator with strong corporate-housing focus, providing fully furnished apartments for business travellers and extended stays. Directly comparable to Great Stays Away's corporate and contractor-stay offerings.
• Staycity Aparthotels: One of the largest aparthotel operators in the UK and Europe, offering serviced apartments in multiple UK cities including nearby Southampton. Directly comparable business model combining short and mid-stay leisure, corporate, and group bookings under a managed-apartment format.
• Your Apartment: UK serviced apartment provider offering short and long-stay serviced accommodation with a multi-segment focus (corporate, leisure, relocation). Similar scale and direct-booking orientation to Great Stays Away.
• Charles Hope Apartments: UK serviced apartment operator focused on city-centre apartments for corporate and leisure stays with flexible booking terms. Comparable mid-stay serviced apartment model serving similar customer personas.

Others

• Booking.com: Global OTA that aggregates serviced apartments, hotels, and short-term rentals. Not a direct competitor but a key distribution channel Great Stays Away has chosen not to use, shaping competitive dynamics in the Portsmouth market.

Broad incumbents

• Airbnb: Dominant global short-term rental marketplace competing for the same leisure and family travellers in Portsmouth. While Great Stays Away operates its own inventory rather than a marketplace, Airbnb sets the price benchmark and demand baseline for short-stay leisure stays in the city.
• Premier Inn: Largest UK budget hotel chain with multiple properties in Portsmouth and a strong contractor/workforce-stay programme. Overlaps with Great Stays Away's contractor and corporate segments but operates traditional hotel rooms rather than apartments.
• Travelodge UK: UK budget hotel chain with significant contractor/workforce traveller programme and Portsmouth presence. Competes for the same price-sensitive contractor and corporate demand that Great Stays Away targets, though via hotel rooms rather than apartments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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