Relyo vs Mews

Mews alternative for staff housing

Relyo is a separate system built only for staff housing at hotels and resorts: rooms, inspections, repairs, bills and costs. Mews is a guest PMS that sells and runs stays.

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Relyo

Relyo: staff housing software for hotels and resorts

Relyo matches your staff to rooms by your rules and applies grades, which set each person's room and allowance. HR, finance and accounting, operations and housing share one record of repairs, bills and costs, and it is not a PMS.

Mews

Mews: a guest PMS for hotels

Mews says over 15,000 properties use it, in 85 countries, for PMS, booking engine, distribution, revenue management, payments and POS. It handles 30+ day stays with monthly billing, and Mews Pro adds a Flexkeeping-powered housekeeping and maintenance suite.

Relyo vs Mews for staff housing

Feature		Mews
Built for	Built for it: Hotels and resorts that house their own staff. Seasonal and permanent staff, in hotels, resorts and groups Owned and leased staff buildings, run by period Not a PMS and not a PMS add-on	Built for it: Hotels and hospitality businesses that sell guest stays. Hotels, hostels and serviced apartments 30+ day stays, including relocating corporate employees
Room planning	Built for it: Smart Match, the room planner, proposes a room for everyone still waiting. Respects grades, smoking, pets and optional same-gender rooms Weighs shifts, language, department and commute Every match explained, accepted in one click	Partly, with workarounds: Assigns a reservation to a room or dorm bed. Four automatic strategies, including preferred room features We found no roommate rules or entitlement grades
Staff profiles and grade entitlements	Built for it: A housing profile per person, and grades that set what each gets. Department, shift, grade, dates, smoker, pets and languages Grades set the room, allowance and rent cover Enforced as off, warn or block	Partly, with workarounds: Guest and company profiles, built for stays and billing. A preset 'Staff' classification, one of 21 fixed ones We found no documented department, shift or grade fields
Seasons and periods	Built for it: Stays measured in months, run period by period. Start the next season from the last one Carries properties, amenity settings and people forward End-of-period report with cost per occupant	Partly, with workarounds: Long stays of 30+ days, sold as reservations. Monthly billing, with optional pro-rata for partial months We found no season roll-over for staff housing
Move-in and move-out inspections	Built for it: Four checkpoints per stay, recorded on a phone. Meter readings and photos, room by room Move-in checklist turns broken items into tickets Each record shows who completed it and when	Partly, with workarounds: Housekeeping inspections between guest stays. Room status for housekeeping teams Flexkeeping checklists and inspections, in Mews Pro or as an add-on
Damage tied to the stay	Built for it: Your team marks new damage, linked to the stay. Move-in and move-out photos side by side Never charged for damage that was already there Repair costs attributed to the stay, for reporting only	Partly, with workarounds: A damage charge can be posted to a guest bill by hand. We found no documented before-and-after comparison per stay Any charge relies on your own records
Utility bills and allowances	Built for it: Scan a bill, check the allowance, share the cost fairly. AI reads bills from any provider, in any language Checked against each grade's allowance Shared by days stayed, following each grade's policy	Not designed for it: Accounting covers money coming in from guests and companies. Guest bills, invoices, payments and receivables We found no supplier bill, allowance or cost-sharing feature
Cost per occupant, department and grade	Built for it: What each person's housing costs, by department and grade. Rent for leased buildings, utilities including overage, damage and repairs By property, grade and department Period cost CSV and per-occupant cost PDF	Partly, with workarounds: Reporting built around hotel revenue, occupancy and payments. Mews Pro BI with AI-enhanced custom dashboards We found no cost per occupant, department or grade
Rent and contracts for the buildings you lease	Built for it: For the buildings you lease: rent, contracts and landlords. Rent you pay and rent staff pay you, with overdue alerts AI reads leases from any country, in any language Alert when a lease ends before your staff leave	Partly, with workarounds: Bills rent coming in from long-stay guests. Accounts receivable and city ledger We found no landlord payments or lease scanning
Repairs reported by staff	Built for it: Your staff report repairs and can dispute a fix. Reported from any phone, with photos on the ticket A disputed resolution reopens the ticket Maintainers see only their jobs and a day plan	Partly, with workarounds: Strong tasks and maintenance on Mews Pro, run by hotel teams. Tasks with assignee, department, deadline and reservation Flexkeeping, a Mews company since September 2025 We found no repair requests or disputes from staff occupants
Portals for occupants, maintainers and landlords	Built for it: Each role gets its own portal, in the browser on any phone. Occupants see room, dates, entitlement and bill share Maintainers see only their jobs and day plan Landlords see occupancy, tickets, inspections and rent status	Partly, with workarounds: A complete online Guest Portal, built around a reservation. Online check-in, check-out and messaging, on web or mobile Not designed for entitlements, bill shares or move-in checklists
Operational Signals and a daily email	Built for it: One ranked list of what needs attention, from 31 checks. Rule-based checks on people, housing, money, maintenance and compliance One email each morning, only when something is new or critical Up to 3 AI suggestions a night for next steps	Not designed for it: Strong automation and AI, aimed at guests and hotel tasks. Automations and a no-code workflow engine Mews AI for guest messaging and hotel tasks We found no built-in checks for staff housing

Built for it Partly, with workarounds Not designed for it

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[5] Mews help: long-stay services
[6] Mews: serviced apartment software
[7] Mews help: automatic assignment of spaces
[8] Mews help: classifying guests
[9] Mews help: accounts receivable
[10] Mews help: tasks
[11] Mews help: how to block a room
[12] Mews Community: house use and ADR
[13] Mews press: Mews acquires Flexkeeping
[14] Flexkeeping: maintenance software
[15] Mews help: online guest services
[16] Mews press: Guest Messaging and Automations
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Choose Mews if…

You need a PMS to sell rooms, manage rates and distribute through channels
You want guest payments, POS and an online Guest Portal in one platform
Staff book and pay like guests, in rooms from your guest inventory
You rely on the Mews Marketplace and an open API
You want an established PMS with a mobile app, which Mews says over 15,000 properties use

Choose Relyo if…

You house your own staff, seasonal or permanent, in owned or leased buildings
You want rooms matched by hard rules and fit factors like shift and language
You need utility bills checked against grade allowances and shared fairly
You want new damage linked to its stay, and nobody charged for old damage
HR, finance and housing teams need one record, with cost per occupant and grade

What Relyo does for the staff you house

Rooms planned for people, by your rules

Smart Match proposes a room and bed for everyone who still needs one and explains each match. Accept in one click to create the stays.

6 hard rules it never breaks, 9 fit factors scored
Plain-language preferences never break the hard rules
Relyo flags any stay without a move-in inspection after 7 days

See Smart Match

New damage is linked to its stay

Four checkpoints per stay compare move-in and move-out, room by room. Your team marks what is new, and nobody is charged for damage that was already there.

Checks by your team and the occupant, with meters and photos
Each record shows who completed it and when
Repair costs attributed to the stay, for reporting only

See inspections

Grades set the room and the allowance

In Mews, staff are booked as guests, with a 'Staff' classification. In Relyo, each grade sets the room rules, the utility allowance and who pays the rent.

Room rules per grade, including a room of their own
Every utility bill checked against the grade's allowance
Enforced as off, warn or block, per department

See grades

Frequently asked questions

Is Relyo a Mews alternative?

For staff housing, yes. Relyo is not a guest PMS and takes no guest bookings: it is a separate system built only for staff housing. It replaces the spreadsheets, chat groups and staff reservations you use for the housing you give your own staff.

Can Mews manage staff housing?

Mews is a strong guest PMS with 30+ day stays and monthly billing, and staff can be booked as reservations with the preset 'Staff' classification. It is not designed for the employer side: grade entitlements, utility allowances and bill shares, damage linked to each stay, landlord leases or cost per occupant and department. Relyo is built for that.

Does Relyo integrate with Mews?

No. Guests stay in your guest PMS, and Relyo does not connect to it or to any HR or accounting software. Import your staff list from CSV or Excel (up to 500 rows per file), or drop the file into Relyo AI, the built-in assistant, and we set up your buildings with you.

Why not just book staff as long-stay reservations in Mews?

That works if staff pay rent like guests and their rooms sit in your guest inventory. Most staff housing needs more: sharing rules, grade entitlements, utility allowances, inspections that protect both sides, repair requests from staff, rent for leased buildings and cost per person. Relyo is built for those.

Can we put staff in house-use rooms in Mews?

Yes. Mews has house-use blocks for internal stays, such as staff, and according to Mews a house-use room is not counted as sold, so it does not affect your ADR. A house-use block holds the room, but not grades, inspections, repairs, bills or cost per occupant, which Relyo is built for.

How does Relyo handle utility bills and allowances?

Scan a bill with AI or enter it by hand, and Relyo checks it against each grade's allowance. It shares the bill by days stayed, applies the grade's policy on who pays and shows occupants their share. Overages and bills at least twice the recent average are flagged when they arrive.

Can staff report repairs themselves in Relyo?

Yes. Occupants report issues from the browser on any phone, add photos, follow progress and can dispute a resolution. Tickets route by your rules to the right department or specialty, and maintainers get their own job list and a plan for the day.

Does Relyo help with staff buildings we lease from landlords?

Yes, for the buildings you lease. Relyo tracks the rent you pay landlords, reads leases with AI, warns when a lease ends within 30 days or before your staff leave, and flags a leased property that has stood empty for 30 days or more. Landlords get their own portal, and payments happen outside Relyo.

How is Relyo priced compared with Mews?

Relyo has no public pricing. Selected partners get a free pilot that starts with one building, set up with the founders, and pricing is agreed after the pilot. For Mews pricing, ask Mews directly.

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