Bubble Tent Elzach
An idea became the first property of our own.
In 2021 our story as hosts began. An acquaintance had discovered Bubble Tents in China and wanted to bring one to Germany. We found a plot in Elzach and decided to try it.
Concept
From a tent to a stay.
Putting up a Bubble Tent was one thing. Creating a place guests would travel to was the other. Together with the owners of the plot, and with a great deal of personal effort, a terrace, a private sanitary area and a hot tub came into being.
Guests stay in a transparent bubble, looking out into nature and, at night, at the starry sky. Guests travel for this stay, not for a classic holiday apartment.
Market experience
Trying it out became an offering.
We started through Airbnb. The first bookings came quickly, and so did the first reviews. In 2021 the Bubble Tent in Elzach opened.
In 2022 it was named in the Airbnb Newsroom among the most-booked special stays in Germany.
After that
One location, then a company of its own.
Elzach was followed by a second location. From the idea, an independent company later developed, with further Bubble Tent locations in the DACH region.
I am still a silent partner in this company today. I do not run it operationally. I continue to operate individual locations myself.
In parallel our path continued: to further properties, and later to living TIMELESS.
A special property on its own is not enough.
An uncommon concept works only when idea, target guests, price, guest journey and operations fit together.
Attention is easier to create than an offering that lasts. I saw that early on, by putting it into practice, watching guests and sharpening the concept from within the operation.
What from this belongs in the consulting.
Host Consulting is about exactly this fit: positioning, commercial viability, marketing and the processes of a property.