--- title: "How Innsbrook Vacations Saves 25+ Hours Per Month On Financial Operations" description: "Innsbrook Vacations scaled to 140+ units without adding finance staff. See how STR accounting automation with Topkey saves 25+ hours/month and pays for itself." canonical: "https://topkey.io/customer-stories/how-innsbrook-vacations-saves-25-hours-per-month-on-financial-operations" language: "en" --- [Customers](https://topkey.io/customers) # How Innsbrook Vacations Saves 25+ Hours Per Month On Financial Operations PMS Track Accounting Software QuickBooks Online Region Missouri (Lake Vacation Community) Listings 140 The Impact $0 platform cost. Topkey operational account yield covers it entirely. 25+ hours saved per month on financial operations. 75% portfolio growth without adding financial headcount. > Topkey gives time back to your staff, makes you money… it's a no brainer. Dane Wobbe Owner & CEO , Innsbrook Vacations Innsbrook Vacations manages 140+ lakeside and wooded properties (condos, chalets, and custom-built homes) in a lake vacation community in Missouri, about 45 minutes west of St. Louis. Founded in 2019 by Dane Wobbe, Innsbrook specializes in delivering impeccable guest experiences across a range of properties, from private wooded retreats to charming lakeside rentals. The growth story is hard to ignore. Innsbrook reached 50+ homes by 2020 fueled entirely by word-of-mouth. By 2022, they launched concierge-style services. By 2023, they crossed 100+ homes and became the top vacation rental operator in their region. Today, at 140+ units and still growing, they're setting the standard for what a lean, well-run vacation rental operation looks like. That didn't happen by accident. It happened because Dane built the right financial infrastructure before manual processes could become a ceiling. ## **The Challenge: Growth Demands More Than a Bigger Team** ### **Manual Financial Operations Can't Scale** When Innsbrook was managing a handful of properties, manual processes were manageable. But as the portfolio grew past 50, 100, and eventually 140+ units, the financial workload grew with it and the cracks started to show. Month-end close meant manually tracking down every transaction across cards, bill pay, QuickBooks, and hoping nothing slipped through. Recurring vendor and staff payments required individual attention each billing cycle. Reconciling card transactions meant a painstaking, error-prone process with no clear end in sight. The natural answer for most growing property management companies is to hire more staff. But adding headcount to solve a process problem is expensive, slow, and doesn't fix the underlying issue. Dane needed a smarter solution, not a bigger team. ### **Legacy Banks Don't Understand STR** Scaling to 140+ units also meant taking on more financial complexity. Managing both an operating account and a trust account introduced real compliance and liability exposure that standard banking solutions weren't built to handle. Legacy banks often don't understand the short-term rental business model. For operators like Dane, that means frustrating conversations, products that don't fit, and financial infrastructure that has to be jury-rigged to work for a property management operation. Trust account1 compliance is a serious responsibility in the STR industry. Errors, even unintentional ones, can have real legal and financial consequences. Dane needed a property management financial platform built specifically for operators like him. Not one that had to be retrofitted. ## **Why Topkey: The Right Infrastructure for Scale** ### **The Financial Case Was Immediate** For Dane, the conversation started with protection. Through our partner Thread Bank, Member FDIC\*\*, [Topkey's sweep accounts](https://topkey.io/banking) provide up to $3M in coverage across both operating and trust accounts. A significant upgrade from what standard bank accounts offer, and a meaningful layer of security for funds held on behalf of property owners. Pass-through insurance coverage is subject to conditions. Dane explained, "A big value add for us was having the sweep accounts through Thread Bank, Member FDIC\*\*, giving the sweep accounts up to $3 million for the coverage." But the financial upside didn't stop there. Interest-bearing¹ accounts on both the operating and trust accounts generate passive income that effectively covers the full cost of Topkey. The platform doesn't just pay for itself in time savings, it literally pays for itself through interest¹ earned. In property management, it's common practice to mark up vendor and operational expenses before passing them to owners. Dane made a deliberate decision not to do that. It's a promise rooted in his values as an operator, and one that's helped Innsbrook build deep owner loyalty in their market. The interest¹ income and headcount savings Topkey enables help him honor that commitment as the portfolio grows. ### **Automating the Manual Work That Was Holding the Team Back** Before Topkey, the Innsbrook team was managing a growing volume of financial work almost entirely by hand. Today, they run their entire financial operation through Topkey. The difference is tangible. [**Corporate cards**](https://topkey.io/corporate-cards) are issued to team members, giving each person their own card with individual transaction visibility. With hundreds of card transactions flowing through the platform each month, the team can see every purchase in real time (who spent what, where, and on which property) without chasing anyone down for receipts or explanations. [**Bill pay**](https://topkey.io/bill-pay) handles vendor and staff payments through recurring templates that run automatically each billing cycle. For new or one-off vendors, a bill can be created directly in Topkey and routed through the same workflow, keeping everything in one place. Payments go out on time without anyone having to initiate each one individually. **Accounting transactions** sit at the center of the month-end workflow. Once card transactions are approved, they flow into accounting transactions and [sync directly into QuickBooks.](https://topkey.io/integrations/quickbooks-online) They are clean, categorized, and ready to reconcile. A simple but important rule keeps the books accurate: bill pay transactions stay in Topkey and don't get re-synced to QuickBooks, preventing double-counting that can quietly throw off the numbers. **Bank account management** gives the team a centralized view of Innsbrook's operating account alongside all other activity, no jumping between platforms to get a complete picture of where the business stands. The result is a fully connected property management financial workflow (cards, bill pay, accounting transactions, and bank management) all in one place, all syncing to QuickBooks. Month-end close went from a stressful scramble to a process the team can count on. ### **Seamless Integration with Track** Innsbrook runs Track as their primary PMS, and one of the first questions any operator asks before adopting a new financial tool is: will this work with what we already have? For Innsbrook, the answer was yes. [Topkey's integration with Track meant there was no ripping and replacing existing systems.](https://topkey.io/integrations/track) The two platforms work together to give the team a complete operational picture, reservations and property management in Track, financial automation and banking in Topkey. Data moves between systems without manual entry, reducing administrative overhead and keeping the books clean without extra effort. For operators already on Track, Topkey slots in without disruption. That makes it one of the lowest-risk additions to an STR tech stack. ### **Simple to Adopt, Easy to Stick With** Beyond the financial upside, Dane needed a tool his team could actually use without a steep learning curve. A platform that requires weeks of onboarding or constant troubleshooting isn't a solution, it's another problem. Topkey's interface made it straightforward to manage cards, bill pay, and transaction sync in one place from day one. And the Topkey customer success team provided proactive, hands-on support throughout onboarding and beyond. Making sure the Innsbrook team always had someone in their corner. Dane summed it up simply, "In an industry that can be pretty saturated with tech and can be pretty noisy, it's one of the few software applications that I think is crystal clear. There's no downside to it." ## **The Results** ### **Scaling Without Adding Headcount** The most significant outcome for Innsbrook isn't a single metric, it's the fact that Dane scaled from 50 to 140+ units without hiring additional financial or admin staff to keep up. For a growing property management company, avoiding even one additional hire represents significant annual savings when you factor in salary, benefits, and onboarding. Combine that with the [interest1 income generated through Topkey's banking platform](https://topkey.io/banking), and the ROI becomes one of the clearest in the STR tech stack. ### **25+ Hours Saved Per Month** The Innsbrook team reclaimed 25+ hours per month previously lost to [manual reconciliation](https://topkey.io/revenue-reconciliation), payment tracking, and month-end close. Recurring bill pay templates eliminated the manual payment cycle. The Topkey to QuickBooks sync created a clean, scalable close process. Those hours are now spent on the operational work that actually moves the business forward. ### **A Platform That Pays for Itself** Interest1 earned on Innsbrook's operating and trust accounts through Topkey covers the full cost of the platform. For Dane, that changes the conversation entirely. Dane put it bluntly, "If you're worried about the cost of the software, which I think is pretty minimal, you're focusing on the wrong things." When a tool gives your team 25+ hours back every month, protects your trust accounts, and earns enough interest1 to cover its own cost, the ROI conversation becomes very simple. ## **Advice from Dane: Build the Foundation Before You Need It** When Dane talks to other property managers about Topkey, he doesn't lead with features. He leads with perspective. The time you give back to your team, the protection you gain, the interest1 income that covers the platform cost. When you add it all up, the cost stops being a question worth asking. For Dane, the math was never really about the software fee. It was about what the business looked like with and without the right STR financial automation in place. Automation isn't a luxury for growing vacation rental operators. It's infrastructure. The manual processes that feel manageable at 50 units become a bottleneck at 100, and a real problem at 140+. The earlier you build the right foundation, the less painful it is to scale and the less likely you are to hire your way out of a problem that technology can solve. Dane's growth story makes that case better than any feature list. You don't have to build a bigger back office to run a bigger portfolio. You just need the right systems. At 50 units, Innsbrook looked like a promising operation. At 140+, they're the top vacation rental operator in their region. The difference wasn't more people, it was [better financial infrastructure](https://topkey.io/). What could your operation look like with the right foundation in place? See what Topkey can do for your property management operation. 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