Essentials for Your Home

Every home is different – be it the size, location or character. Nonetheless, there are essential items that every home listed on Airbnb should possess.

Below is a list of items to consider stocking in your Airbnb. Some places simply won’t need certain items (e.g. heaters in Hawaii) but the following represents a comprehensive list that should prevent your guests from ever saying “I wish this place had a dot-dot-dot”.

For each item, you should strive to find something that satisfies the following home furnishing purchasing principles:

Price

Given the sea of consumer options these days, why pay more for something you can simply get for less?

Functionality

Does the item do what your guests would want, need and expect it to do?

Quality

Spend the extra couple of bucks on buying items that elevate your home furnishings, amenities and hospitality standards.

Durability

You’re in the short-term home rental game. Make sure your purchases will withstand the test of time.

Replaceability

Accidents inevitably happen. How easy/hard would it be to replace that one smashed plate?

Neutrality

Your guests come in all shapes, colors and sizes. Pick unobjectionable colors and styles that are agreeable to most.

The following items are a curated list of home essentials that meet the above-mentioned principles…

Consider also installing cable TV and/or Streaming Media Services (e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Hulu)