A local, owner-operated hosting company in Alexandria, Virginia.
Hi there! I’m Collin, and I own and operate Bower & Kip Properties, a short-term rental and property management company in Northern Virginia. Our goal is simple: give every guest the best possible stay, and make you feel welcome and comfortable from the moment you book.
Our homes are historic Old Town and Del Ray houses, updated for modern stays and kept to a hotel standard: fresh linens, stocked basics, fast Wi-Fi and self check-in. We’ve hosted families, wedding parties, military families, business travelers and longer-term guests, and we’ve kept a long run of five-star reviews along the way.
We’re available any time you need us by message, email or text. No one lives on site, so you get the privacy of your own home, and we’re a message away when you need something. We try to keep everything simple.
Running our own homes taught us what goes wrong at 11 PM on a Friday. So we built GrantKey, a lockout backup for short-term rentals. When a guest’s smart lock fails and the host can’t be reached, GrantKey checks the reservation and tells the guest where the backup key is, any time of day or night. It backs up every Bower & Kip stay, and we’re opening it up to other hosts and property managers.
We also manage homes for owners. If you’re thinking about short-term or mid-term rental management, send us a note.
Welcome to the Nation’s Capital!