Short-term rentals

Protect each stay before it starts

Checkr helps short-term rental platforms screen guests and hosts in real time, catching fake identities and surfacing relevant criminal records. The result: fewer incidents, fewer chargebacks, and trust at scale.

Bad bookings damage more than property

Property damage, fraud, and safety incidents not only affect operational costs, but also drive away the users who fuel your growth. Checkr flags identity and criminal risk in one real-time API, so you can protect customers and properties without adding friction. Guests who feel safe book more. Hosts who feel safe list more.

Why leading short-term rental platforms choose Checkr

Checkr powers millions of verifications every month, using the industry’s most comprehensive criminal, public record, and identity data. It’s high-signal risk intelligence delivered through flexible APIs and tailored to your policies.

99%
US population criminal coverage

99%
identity verification of US mainstream populations

40%
fewer manual reviews

2,400+
real-time criminal record sources

Checkr's Know Your Customer safety stack for short-term rentals

Checkr delivers real-time insights across multiple layers of user risk—criminal, sex offender, and identity data—all through one flexible integration.

National criminal database

Instantly flag guests and hosts with records related to sex trafficking, drug trafficking, theft, or fraud, using over 2,400 data sources across all US jurisdictions. Stop repeat abuse before it reaches your platform.

Identity checks

Match submitted identity information to over 9 billion verified records to confirm legitimacy and catch synthetic or fake identities—no document upload required for most users.

Biometric and document verification

Prevent impersonation, deepfakes, and identity spoofing at scale by adding selfie-to-ID verification with a 99% detection rate and near-zero false positives.

API

Real-time risk intelligence, built into your workflows

Checkr integrates with your platform via API to verify guests and hosts and flag risk before check-in. Instantly screen for identity and criminal history in one flow, and stop fraud before it turns into chargebacks or property damage.

Dashboard

Screen in minutes, with no integration needed

Whether you're investigating a single individual or screening in batches, get instant access to criminal records and identity checks via one dashboard—no engineering support required.

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