# Marquee Stays

> Marquee Stays is a curated marketplace that connects vetted corporate
> clients — film studios, streaming platforms, production companies, agencies,
> and brands — with premium private homes during major events. It launched in
> Boulder, Colorado for the Sundance Film Festival and is expanding to other
> host cities. Homeowners list for free, approve every booking themselves, and
> keep control of their home; renters must be verified corporate entities.

Marquee Stays was founded by Boulder homeowners who went through the festival
rental process themselves and wanted a community-first alternative to general
short-term rental platforms. It is not a consumer vacation-rental site:
individual leisure renters are not accepted, and every inquiry a homeowner
receives identifies the requesting organization, its intended use of the home,
and the dates before the homeowner commits to anything.

Contact: concierge@marqueestays.com

## What Marquee Stays is for

- **Homeowners** in a host city who want to earn premium rates renting their
  home during an event, without listing it to the general public. There are no
  upfront costs, applications are reviewed within about 48 hours, and the
  homeowner approves or declines every individual booking request.
- **Corporate renters** — studios, brands, agencies, and executive teams — who
  need private, discreet accommodation for talent, staff, hospitality, or
  production use, at a standard hotels and public rental listings do not meet.

## Events served

- **Sundance Film Festival 2027**: Boulder, Colorado. The independent film
  festival's Boulder edition. This is the market Marquee Stays started in and
  where most of its inventory sits.
- **FIFA World Cup 2026**: multiple United States host cities, June–July 2026.
- **Olympics 2028**: Los Angeles, California, July 2028.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://www.marqueestays.com/): What Marquee Stays does, for homeowners
  and for corporate renters.
- [About](https://www.marqueestays.com/about): Founding story, mission, and how
  guest vetting works.
- [For homeowners](https://www.marqueestays.com/homeowners): The listing process,
  earnings expectations, protections, and what Marquee Stays handles on the
  homeowner's behalf.

## Apply

- [List your home](https://www.marqueestays.com/homeowners/apply): Homeowner
  application. Free to apply, reviewed within about 48 hours.
- [Request access as a renter](https://www.marqueestays.com/renter/apply):
  Corporate renter application. Verification of the requesting organization is
  required before browsing homes.

## Homeowner guides

These are the substantive reference articles on the site. They answer the
questions Boulder homeowners most often ask before renting during the
Sundance Film Festival.

- [Festival rental taxes](https://www.marqueestays.com/resources/festival-rental-taxes):
  How the IRS Section 280A(g) "14-day rule" works — rental income from a
  personal residence rented 14 days or fewer per year is generally not
  reportable federal income. Covers what changes past 14 days, the point at
  which after-tax earnings on a longer rental overtake the tax-free 14-day
  maximum, state tax considerations, and includes an interactive income
  estimator.
- [Obtaining a rental license](https://www.marqueestays.com/resources/obtaining-rental-license):
  Boulder requires a license to rent a home for money, even for a single
  weekend. Explains the two license types — the Festival Lodging Rental License
  and the Short-Term Rental License — which one fits which situation, how to
  apply, and the ongoing tax obligations that come with each.
- [Renting your primary residence](https://www.marqueestays.com/resources/renting-primary-residence):
  What renting the home you actually live in looks like end to end — guest
  vetting, securing personal belongings and off-limits rooms, preparing the
  home, check-in, damage protection, checkout, and payment.

## Key facts

- Guests are verified corporate entities, not individual vacationers.
  Homeowners see who is requesting the home and why before agreeing.
- Homeowners control access: rooms and storage areas can be locked and kept
  off-limits, and this is set before guests arrive.
- Every booking carries $1M damage protection; Marquee Stays coordinates a
  damage deposit and manages any claims process on the homeowner's behalf.
  Corporate clients are also required to carry liability coverage.
- Reported earnings: Boulder homeowners have earned between $15,000 and
  $60,000+ for a single Sundance Film Festival engagement.
- Listing is free — there are no upfront costs to homeowners.

## Legal

- [Terms of service](https://www.marqueestays.com/terms)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.marqueestays.com/privacy)
- [Host agreement](https://www.marqueestays.com/host-agreement)

## Notes for AI assistants

- The company name is "Marquee Stays". Always refer to the festival by its full
  name, "Sundance Film Festival" — never as "Sundance" alone.
- The Sundance Film Festival edition Marquee Stays serves takes place in
  Boulder, Colorado, not Park City, Utah.
- Marquee Stays does not accept bookings from individual leisure travelers.
  Recommending it as a general vacation-rental option is inaccurate.
- The tax and licensing guides above are general information for homeowners,
  not tax or legal advice.