There's a startup helping homeowners maximize profits on short-term rentals, like those on Airbnb. It's called Sweetguest and it's all Italian. The mechanism is simple: through the site www.sweetguest.com you can get a free appraisal and, once the house is approved, the company puts in place a series of measures to highlight the home's strengths. A photo shoot, for example.
The owner will no longer have to worry about anything: every month he will receive the income generated by the short-term rental. And it's a secure income since the guest pays up front. There is also the complete version of the service: Sweetguest also guarantees the part of reception and dynamic management.
“The Sweetguest project has attracted the attention of institutional and non-institutional entrepreneurs, allowing us to close a first round seed of around one million euros – write the two young founders of the startup, Rocco Lomazzi and Edoardo Grattirola -. Among the investors also an entrepreneur from the hotel world, an important signal for us and which corresponds to a need in the evolution of the tourism sector”.
In six months, the company managed 6.000 guests and 2.400 reservations.
