Manish Paliwal | Founder & CEO, LuxStay USA · LuxStay Capital
Founder & CEO · LuxStay USA & LuxStay Capital

Manish Paliwal.

Nine years building luxury vacation estates that guests never want to leave — now opening the same playbook to property owners and investors.

Guests4,000+ / yr4.9★ average rating
Portfolio55 propertiesAcross five markets
Syndication$15M+Smoky Mountains, 2024
Flagship№1 OBX campusThe Three Authors · 46 BR
Three ways to work together

Who I work with.

Whether you own a property, want to invest in the short-term-rental space, or need a world-class estate for your next event — here's exactly what that looks like.

i · Property owners

Your asset, treated like ours

Full-service management
  • Full-service STR management across five markets
  • AI-powered dynamic pricing & revenue optimisation
  • Direct-booking channel — not OTA-dependent
  • Five-star guest experience that drives repeat stays
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ii · STR investors

The complete playbook

Through LuxStay Capital
  • Deal sourcing & operator-grade underwriting
  • Tax-efficient structures — bonus depreciation, cost-seg
  • The full AI & technology stack for operations
  • Co-investment in select LuxStay acquisitions
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iii · Events & retreats

Estates without compromise

20 to 300+ guests
  • The Three Authors — OBX's largest private event campus
  • 46 bedrooms on 11 private oceanfront acres
  • Weddings, corporate retreats, milestone events
  • Full concierge — catering, florals, logistics
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"We make vacations better — not just more comfortable, but more meaningful, more restorative, and genuinely worth remembering."
Manish Paliwal · Founder & CEO
The story · Est. 2016

Built on infrastructure. Grown on hospitality.

My career began where few hospitality entrepreneurs start — building large-scale power plants with Mitsubishi in Japan. That chapter forged a passion for development at scale and the discipline to build things that last.

Two decades leading technology and finance transformations for Fortune 500 companies followed — and a conviction formed: the vacation-rental industry was underserving the guests it was meant to delight. The first Snowshoe property in 2016 proved it. In 2021, I partnered with co-investors to acquire The Three Authors — 46 bedrooms on Corolla's most private stretch of 4×4 beach.

NIT Jaipur · B.S. Engineering Maryland Smith · MBA Mitsubishi, Japan · Power Infrastructure Fortune 500 · 20 yrs Tech & Finance
Manish Paliwal, Founder & CEO
Manish PaliwalFounder & CEO
The milestones

Nine years, five markets.

2016

First property — Snowshoe, WV

A slope-side condo and a hospitality-first philosophy earn five-star reviews and same-stay rebookings from day one.

2018

Mountain portfolio grows

Snowshoe expands to 26 units across 5 buildings. The operating systems established then still run today.

2021

The Three Authors acquired

Mark Twain, Hemingway, Fitzgerald — 46 bedrooms on Corolla's 4×4 beach. The OBX's largest private campus.

2022

Weddings & corporate retreats

Dedicated events programming; featured on The Knot and WeddingWire. Corporate packages draw East Coast teams.

2023

Las Vegas portfolio

Eleven Signature at MGM Grand suites — Strip-view luxury for city escapes and F1 weekends.

2024

$15M Smoky Mountains syndication

A cabin syndication in Sevierville, TN — operator discipline applied to one of America's fastest-growing markets.

2025–26

LuxStay Capital & Wellness

Sharing the full STR playbook with investors; wellness programming rolling out across all properties.

LuxStay Capital

The full STR investor playbook.

After nine years building from a single mountain condo to a five-market, 55-property portfolio — including a $15M syndication — I've distilled the entire approach into an advisory framework for serious STR investors.

Real Estate Development Technology & AI Tax-Efficient Investing Health & Wellness
01

STR portfolio strategy

Market selection, deal underwriting, competitive positioning — an operator's eye, not just a spreadsheet investor's.

02

Tax-efficient structures

Bonus depreciation, cost segregation, real-estate-professional status — substantial advantages few investors use correctly.

03

AI & technology stack

Dynamic pricing, CRM, PMS, and AI agent workflows — the exact operational stack I run, adapted for your portfolio.

04

Co-investment opportunities

Select positions in LuxStay acquisitions — OBX compounds, Smokies cabins, Vegas suites. Accredited investors only.

05

Wellness programming · 2026

Health as a built-in STR revenue layer — private chefs, yoga, ocean therapy, digital-detox packages.

Ready to talk? Schedule an investor call at 304-902-6504 — every inquiry is answered personally, within 24 hours.
The portfolio

Five destinations, one standard.

Results & reputation

The numbers & the words.

★★★★★

"The most extraordinary vacation home we've ever stayed in. The Fitzgerald is in a different class entirely. We rebooked before we left."

OBX Guest · The Fitzgerald · 2024
★★★★★

"Manish thinks like a developer and an operator at once. The tax structure alone justified the advisory fee."

LuxStay Capital Investor · 2024
★★★★★

"60 people, three days, completely seamless — the best corporate offsite we've run."

Corporate Retreat · Three Authors · 2023
Get in touch

Let's build something great.

Whether you want to list a property, invest in STR, plan an event, or book an estate — the fastest route is a direct conversation. I respond personally, within 24 hours.

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304-902-6504
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LuxStay USA · LuxStay Capital

Extraordinary properties. Operator discipline.

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