Extended Stay PMS for Long-Stay Hotels and Serviced Apartments
Weekly and monthly rate plans, direct billing to a city ledger for corporate accounts, and housekeeping cadence that isn't a daily clean by default. Frontdesko runs long stays and nightly bookings on the same calendar. Free forever, no unit limit.
Which Software Suits Serviced Apartments or Extended-Stay Properties?
"Extended stay pms" gets searched by two different operators — here is the practical split, and why Frontdesko covers both.
Apart-Hotel Model
Staffed front desk, daily-rate OTA bookings, 2–14 night stays, kitchenette units. Needs a nightly rate as the default with an automatic discount at 7 and 14 nights. See apart-hotel management software.
Serviced Apartment Model
Minimal front-desk staffing, 30+ night corporate and relocation stays, monthly billing cycles. Needs direct billing to a city ledger and scheduled — not daily — housekeeping. See serviced apartment management software.
Running both under one roof? That's exactly what this page is for. Frontdesko applies nightly, weekly and monthly rate plans on the same calendar and the same unit inventory, so a 3-night leisure booking and a 90-night corporate relocation can sit in adjoining rooms without two separate systems.
Why Nightly Hotel PMS Fails on Long Stays
Extended-stay hotels pms needs three things a nightly-rate system was never built for
No Direct Bill to a City Ledger
Corporate and relocation guests expect to be invoiced monthly against a company account, not to pay per-night at checkout. Nightly PMS generates a folio per stay; it has no concept of a running account balance across multiple guests and months.
Manual Rate Overrides
A hotel PMS quotes one nightly rate. Extended-stay operators need a 10% discount at 7 nights and a further discount at 30, applied automatically at booking — not a front-desk manager manually adjusting a rate every time a guest extends.
Daily Housekeeping by Default
Hotel PMS assumes every occupied room gets cleaned every day. Long-stay guests often prefer a weekly refresh, not daily interruption. Software with no per-booking housekeeping cadence forces staff to manually track exceptions on paper.
Built for How Extended-Stay Properties Actually Bill and Operate
Weekly rates, direct billing, and housekeeping cadence — the three things that separate an extended-stay pms from a nightly one
Weekly and Monthly Rate Plans
Set a standard nightly rate alongside 7-night and 30-night rate tiers on the same unit. The booking engine and front desk apply the correct rate automatically based on length of stay, with no manual override needed when a guest extends mid-stay.
Direct Billing to a City Ledger
Frontdesko's Direct Bill module posts charges to a running account for a corporate client or travel agency instead of settling at checkout. Issue one consolidated statement on a monthly or custom cycle — the standard expectation for relocation and long-stay corporate bookings.
Flexible Long-Stay Housekeeping
Set a housekeeping cadence per booking at check-in — daily, weekly, bi-weekly, or departure-only. Staff rosters generate automatically from the cadence you set, so a 60-night guest isn't interrupted by a daily clean they never asked for.
Corporate Account Invoicing
Itemized monthly invoices with rent, utilities and service charges broken out, addressed to a company with PO number support — not a nightly folio formatted for a leisure traveler paying their own way.
OTA Channel Management
Sync short-stay availability to Booking.com and Expedia while blocking units committed to long-stay corporate accounts — all from one dashboard, so nightly and extended-stay demand never double-book the same unit.
One Calendar, Every Stay Length
A 2-night leisure booking, a 14-night apart-hotel stay, and a 6-month corporate relocation all live on the same inventory calendar — no separate spreadsheet or second system for the long-stay side of the business.
The Extended-Stay Market Is Growing Fast
Long-stay demand is one of the fastest-growing segments in hospitality — and most independent operators are still billing it through nightly hotel software
Sources: 1 The Business Research Company, Extended Stay Hotel Global Market Report 2026. 2 Coherent Market Insights / HTF Market Intelligence, Serviced Apartment & Extended-Stay Hotel Hospitality Market, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
What extended-stay and serviced apartment operators ask before switching PMS
What is an extended stay PMS?
An extended stay PMS is property management software built around stays of a week or longer rather than a single night. It handles weekly and monthly rate plans, direct billing to a city ledger for corporate accounts, flexible housekeeping cadence, and long-stay-specific reporting alongside standard nightly bookings.
Which software suits serviced apartments or extended stay properties?
It depends on typical stay length and billing model. Stays of 30+ days with monthly invoicing fit serviced apartment software; 2–14 night stays with a staffed front desk fit apart-hotel software. Frontdesko covers both from one PMS.
What PMS evaluation criteria matter most for extended-stay operators?
Three things: direct billing to a city ledger so corporate accounts are invoiced monthly, automatic rate plans by length of stay with no manual override, and housekeeping scheduling set per booking rather than a default daily clean.
Does Frontdesko support direct billing for corporate accounts?
Yes. Frontdesko's Direct Bill module posts charges to a running city ledger account instead of settling at checkout, with a consolidated statement on your chosen cycle — built for relocation and corporate long-stay bookings.
Run Nightly and Long-Stay Bookings From One PMS
Frontdesko is the simple, free, modern PMS for independent hotels — with weekly rates, direct billing, and flexible housekeeping cadence built in for extended stays.
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