How Unusual Can Airbnb Stays Get? The Ferrari Museum, the House from Up and the X-Mansion Have Arrived!

Airbnb has long become a preferred source for people seeking authentic experiences and good-value vacations.

What would it be like to spend a night in the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy?

Lying in a bed made with the same leather as Ferrari car seats, surrounded by hundreds of trophies and Ferrari’s private track… This is no longer a fantasy!

According to Forbes, the Ferrari Museum has officially been listed on Airbnb and opened to the public as short-term accommodation. Anyone can book.

Airbnb is reportedly promoting a worldwide project called The Icons stays, designed to offer distinctive, extraordinary accommodation experiences.

The hosts taking part are leading figures or classic intellectual properties from art, music, sports, television and social media, such as the following:

One of the most talked-about recent offerings is the familiar house from Up, recreated as themed accommodation.

Judging from the released videos and photographs, it is almost a 1:1 recreation of the animated film, even featuring a real flying effect achieved with a large crane.

Is that not a dream come true?

Here is the interior, which also closely recreates the animation.

You cannot help admiring how Airbnb has taken themed vacation rentals to another level.

These newly released photographs of an X-Mansion rental from X-Men are even more astonishing!

Imagine inviting like-minded friends and relatives for a vacation there, indulging your inner fan together—it would be fantastic!

Forbes added that most of these unusual stays are free, and even paid stays cost no more than US$100 per night. They will therefore surely attract thousands of booking requests and further increase Airbnb’s global visibility.

For hosts generally, our properties may struggle to match major intellectual properties such as the Ferrari Museum, the Up house or the X-Mansion, but these examples seem to offer more innovative ideas for operating short-term rentals.

As a homeowner, you may now be wondering: my home is quite good, but how much could it earn on Airbnb? Would it earn more than a long-term rental? Would it involve a lot of trouble?

Contact us right away! We will evaluate it for you free of charge.

If you:

Hope to increase rental income through short-term rentals;

Cannot spare a great deal of time to handle the small details;

Occasionally need to use the home yourself, making it unsuitable to empty out the furniture for a long-term rental;

Then:

Snowball Rentals’ management team is your best choice.

From pre-launch vacation-rental styling, big-data analysis and online marketing to tenant screening, dynamic pricing, customer service and sales, cleaning and repairs, Snowball Rentals provides everything as one complete service for your home.

This Week’s Booking Results

Through long-standing relationships with insurers, assignment companies and technology companies, Snowball Rentals rents homes for medium- and long-term durations at short-term rates, then gives owners a rebate of 5% in management fees to maximize their income.

Winter is the low season for Seattle’s short-term rental market, especially in 2023. Some recent large bookings, however, have been like a ray of sunshine, giving us high hopes for Airbnb’s performance this summer!

For the following detached home in Seattle, Zillow shows an estimated long-term monthly rent of about US$4,285, equivalent to about US$6,000 for approximately 41 days.

The owner placed considerable trust in the Snowball Rentals team and entrusted us with short-term rental operations, with good results arriving repeatedly.

Rental income surged from US$6,000 to more than US$13,828.9!

As shown in the booking screenshot below, the guest booked 41 nights through Airbnb. This booking’s rent plus cleaning fees totaled US$13,828.9!

In summary, after Snowball Rentals operated this property, rental income for 41 nights rose from US$6,000 to more than US$13,828.9—more than three times as much.

The owner also avoids worries about guests falling behind on rent or the home needing regular maintenance and cleaning.

After Airbnb’s downturn in 2023, we at Snowball Rentals hope to help owners regain ground in summer 2024!

Once again, heartfelt thanks to our homeowners for their trust and support. Whether the market is strong or weak, Snowball Rentals will stand with you and look for ways to increase your income!

Some homeowners will surely ask the hard question: was a large booking like this just a stroke of luck? What if the home does not rent? A long-term rental is more stable—even earning less is better than earning nothing!

Our answer is: the outcome depends on what we do.

Vacation-Rental Styling

Competition on Airbnb is becoming increasingly intense. The days of piecing together secondhand furniture, taking phone photos and earning easy money on Airbnb are over. Airbnb hosts have moved toward professional operations.

Careful design and furnishing before launch, followed by professional short-term rental operations, will be the only choice for a rental that continues to generate high income.

Here is another of Snowball Rentals’ core services: vacation-rental styling!

Using the vacation rental above as an example, the rooms personally furnished by our stylist are exceptionally refined and attractive!

We also share practical vacation-rental styling plans and creative ideas to help you achieve more with less spending!

Keep rental income growing!

Referral Rewards

If you are already a Snowball Rentals homeowner, you receive a US$500 referral fee for each referral.

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Snowball Rentals Management

1. Full service — We provide pre-launch rental design, furniture procurement, furnishing, professional photography, online marketing, copywriting, tenant service and sales, cleaning, supply purchasing and property repairs. You only need to be a hands-off owner; we handle the rest.

2. Multi-platform promotion — We promote the home on Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway and other mainstream platforms for maximum exposure.

3. Dynamic pricing — Using big data, we adjust prices every day according to seasonal demand, holidays, last-minute vacancy offers, weekends and local activities, maximizing the owner’s income.

4. Income-improvement SOP — We follow 44 secrets for maximizing short-term rental income, optimizing each property’s online marketing, on-site operations and other aspects to work toward maximum income.

5. Flexible owner stays — Owners can flexibly choose when to stay themselves. This is especially suitable for owners with multiple residences around the world.

6. Terminate at any time — Management does not require an annual commitment. The owner can end the agreement with one month’s advance notice.

7. Corporate housing — In addition to nightly rentals, we work with insurers and assignment companies to provide executives with hotel-style managed accommodation for stays 30 days or more.

8. Transparent fees — For rentals 30 days or more, we charge 15% of accommodation revenue. For nightly rentals 30 days or less, we charge 20% of accommodation revenue.