Mark Simpson argues that short-term rentals must shift from basic lodging to experiential stays. Younger travelers want to tell stories about what they did, not just where they slept. Unique furnishings and local experiences beat hotel-like master-lease units.
Talking about the short term rental industry and the future of it, but really you also have to be talking about how the travel industry is changing and like the travelers preferences and now you have the new generations coming and they, they look at travel very differently than someone who's been doing this for decades. And so I think when you look at that arm of it and how travelers are wanting more than just a place to stay, like they truly are traveling for the experience, that's what's getting them out and going. It's not just to say I went to Nashville, but it's more like I went to Nashville with my friends and we got to experience X, Y and Z. That's what's going to drive the trends. And I think that's why the professionalized like master lease let's turn an apartment into a short term rental don't work as well anymore is because people are like, well that's like a hotel. I could just stay there, you know. And they're staying at a short term rental because of the amazing furnishings and what else it gets you to the market and all that extra stuff that other property types can't offer as much.
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