Insights: Why people are choosing short-term lets over hotels 

Insights: Why people are choosing short-term lets over hotels 

A home-from-home feeling, more space, self-sufficiency, and cost – just some of the reasons short-term lets are being favoured over hotel stays. In fact, short-term lets have increased by more than 100 per cent in the emirate since the Dubai government relaxed laws around private property owners letting their homes out on Airbnb – testament to the need for such an offering. Customisability and a more personalised feel, along with advantages such as having kitchen and living areas and laundry facilities, are key pulls of short-term rentals. Families with children also benefit from multiple rooms and more spacious accommodation. In the UAE, a nation of expats, visits from family are often longer than a traditional one- or two-week vacation, and short-term rentals are ideally suited to these travellers vs a hotel, which may quickly become not only expensive but potentially – by week three – a little claustrophobic. People visiting their Dubai-dwelling relatives multiple times a year have a vastly wider choice of short-term lets within residential areas (whereas hotels are largely found in the tourism hubs of Marina, Downtown, JBR etc.) – so visitors can easily find a home-from-home close to those they are visiting, whether that is a