SharedStead

Our story

About SharedStead

The place is what keeps a family coming back. We built SharedStead to make sharing it feel that way again.

Why we built it

SharedStead started with one shared place and a very long group text. A family cabin, passed down across generations, loved by everyone, and impossible to schedule. Who has the Fourth of July? Did anyone close it up before the storm? Where did that maintenance checklist go?

We realized the hard part was never the place. It was the logistics: the spreadsheet only one person understood, the bookings that lived in someone’s head, the small resentments when things didn’t feel fair. So we built a calmer way to share: a private home base where the calendar is open to everyone, the rules are clear, and the history of the place stays with the whole family.

Today SharedStead works for any group that shares a place: a single family with a cabin, cousins co-owning a vacation home, or a whole community of cottages on one lane. Form your community, invite your people, and get back to the part that matters: being there, together.

What we stand for

Our values

Fairness

One open calendar everyone can see, with rules an admin can set. No quiet grabs for the best weeks. Sharing the place should feel even-handed.

Privacy

Every community is invite-only and sealed off from the rest of SharedStead. Your calendar, posts, and photos are seen only by the people you invite.

Togetherness

Shared photos, a community board, and house manuals keep the place’s story in one home, so the people who love it stay close all year.

Getting started

How it works

1

Create your place

Start a free community and add your cabin, compound, or cottages. Set the booking rules that fit your family.

2

Invite your people

Bring in family and neighbors by email. Group them into families and choose who can book, post, and manage.

3

Book your time

Claim dates on a shared calendar, coordinate visits, and keep everyone in the loop with the community board.