Kinntide · Hatteras Island, NC

A coordination engine
for employee housing.

Kinntide connects property owners with underperforming seasonal inventory to employers who need guaranteed housing for their employees — through structured capacity commitments, not listings.

I need housing for my employees → I have units available

How Kinntide works

Not a listing.
A commitment.

01
Owner commits capacity
Property owners with underperforming seasonal units commit their available capacity over a defined time window at a structured weekly rate. No nightly listings. No Airbnb algorithm.
02
Employer backs the commitment
A local seasonal employer — restaurant, hotel, resort, cleaning company — signs a capacity commitment for their employees. Payment obligation sits at the business level, not the individual employee.
03
Kinntide coordinates
We match supply to demand, structure the contract, track weekly utilization, and manage the financial reporting. Owners see guaranteed income. Employers see housed employees. Everyone wins.

Our story — Kinnakeet, NC

"The problem was never wages.
It was coordination."

Kinntide was born on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina — originally called Kinnakeet. We managed vacation rental properties that were underperforming on Airbnb. Non-oceanfront units. Duplexes. Older inventory that couldn't compete in shoulder season.

Instead of discounting, we made a different call. We approached local employers whose seasonal workers were struggling to find housing, and structured direct commitments — the employer backs the housing, we house the workers, the owner gets guaranteed income.

No listings. No nightly turnovers. No vacancy in the shoulder season. Just structured agreements that work for everyone at the table — and it worked not because of technology, but because of structure.

Kinntide exists to make that structure available to every seasonal market in the country.

For Owners
Guaranteed income
A committed seasonal rate, paid whether or not every bed is filled. No listings, no turnovers, no shoulder-season gaps.
For Employers
Housed crews
Beds secured before the season starts, one point of contact, one agreement. No more losing workers because they can't find a place to live.
The Difference
Structure, not listings
A committed agreement, not a marketplace. The demand is backed before the beds are held — certainty on both sides.

For employers

When your crew has a place
to stay, you stay open.

Across the Outer Banks, businesses have cut their hours and some have closed their doors — not for lack of customers, but because they couldn't find and keep the people to serve them. When workers can't find somewhere to live, they don't take the job, or they leave mid-season. The shortage isn't labor. It's housing.

Kinntide takes that off your plate. Your crew's housing is secured before the season starts, under one agreement, with one point of contact. You hire the people you need, they have a real place to stay, and you spend the season running your business — not scrambling for beds.

Get started

Tell us which side
you're on.

We'll reach out within 24 hours to discuss whether Kinntide is the right fit for your situation.

For Employers

I need housing
for my employees

You bring the workforce. We'll coordinate the housing. No more losing hires because employees can't find a place to live.

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We'll be in touch.

Trey will reach out within 24 hours to discuss your housing needs.

For Property Owners

I have units
available

Stop chasing Airbnb bookings in shoulder season. A structured employer commitment delivers guaranteed income — and zero vacancy.

🌊

We'll be in touch.

Trey will reach out within 24 hours to discuss your available units.