In certain cases, Airbnb rental is the very nature of the project: acquiring a property to offer it for seasonal rental with a view to creating additional income or precisely to develop a real economic model based on the rental of several properties. Sometimes the journey is much more organic and the result of chance. Today, our concierge agencies share with you three feedback from owners who transparently discuss the factors that led them to rent on Airbnb.
Louisa: motivated by the qualities of the Airbnb platform
For Louise, owner of an apartment in Aix-en-Provence now managed by our Concierge Aix-en-Provence, renting through Airbnb was obvious. When she acquired this second home, she already knew that during her absences, she would offer it as a short-term rental. The choice of platform was then quick: “Airbnb is already a monopoly but also a set of comfortable features for the daily life of owners”.
Beyond the business model which allows him to meet new people and work on his mastery of English, it is therefore the platform itself which allowed him to realize this short-term rental project in the best conditions. Among the qualities she notes:
- The ability to manage the calendar as you wish and validate tenant profiles in advance
- Payment within 48 hours, efficient and appreciable
- Customer service which, although it could be improved, is very useful
- The profitability that the platform allows and the payment terms on the tenant side
Yamina: a complete change of professional activity
Yamina is one of those people who has always worked in contact with others. After a career supporting children in difficulty, she wanted to make a career change and combine business with pleasure. Indeed, living in “a very large house, full of history” as she says herself, she wanted to devote herself to this seasonal rental project which had been on her mind for some time now.
It's now done, his "big house" is today a vacation spot for travelers: two apartments and two guest rooms with the possibility of breakfast and dinner. In addition, it also allows access to the heated swimming pool and the bucolic, wooded garden that she herself has developed over the years.
Isabelle: To avoid the constraints of long-term rental
Isabelle and her husband first bought this property 40 minutes from their Lyon residence to be closer to their hometown, their children and to prepare for retirement. After several months of renovation work, the initial idea was to offer this bright and judiciously positioned apartment next to the city center for long-term rental. However, as the work progressed, the pleasure of spending time there came to change the plans.
Why entrust it to tenants for X years when they will no longer be able to benefit from it themselves? Short-term rental was the solution: the possibility of renting in their absence but also of taking advantage of it regularly to escape for a few days, get closer to their children and rediscover the scenery of their youth. This apartment is therefore at the same time a source of income, a means of rapprochement, an emergency exit and a place of rest. The winning combo, in short. Daily management was then entrusted to a seasonal rental specialist rather than to a long-term management agency, our concierge in Lyon.
Here is some feedback from owners! Three different paths, three contrasting approaches and yet, a real motivation to offer your property for seasonal rental. If the financial issue is of course taken into account, it clearly appears in these testimonies that renting on Airbnb is also the result of personal interests, of the desire to change your life, to find yourself and prepare for your future. Of course, if you were to take the path traced by Louisa, Yamina and Isabelle, the network ofYourHostHelper concierge agencies will be happy to support you in your Airbnb rental projects!
