Author: Sean Wilkinson

Every short-term rental host knows the feeling of looking at a calendar full of gaps. A Tuesday in the shoulder season. Three nights between two bookings that nobody will fill. A week in the off-season when demand simply is not there. Those nights cost money to carry, and for most hosts they earn nothing. At the same time, hosts are travellers too. They take holidays, visit family and scout new markets, and when they do, they pay hotel or rental rates like everyone else. A growing number of hosts have started to ask an obvious question: what if the empty…