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daniel1980fl·

is it only me that "I dont get the idea"... (I was wrong many times before)

I doubt you're their target market for renting a country. If you can drop 70k for a night without breaking a sweat, feel free to tell me I'm wrong.

Given this is a partnership with Xnet, and:

>Rent a Village by Xnet partners with these destinations to transform them into highly customized settings for events, corporate retreats, conferences, and more.

I imagine this is more about "events" than a single person renting a country so they can sleep in it for the night. But that, too, is a possibility, if they wanted to just so they could say they did.

If you can drop $70k/night, do you really need airBnB to secure an island for a week?

Definitely more marketing stunt than anything, but also definitely brilliant.

"An island", not really (usually). "A village" or "an entire country", that's a bit harder - people live there. The location's purpose isn't entirely to be rented. Tourism, absolutely, but not temporary ownership.

So I wonder what happens if someone had a trip booked and someone else decided to rent out the village for that day?

Presumably they could be denied access to any public or private venue.

Hmmm... that's a good question...

Personally, I hope the village-renters have to agree that any current tourists retain access to any normally-public venues. Private is debatable.

What exactly is your question? I admit I can't imagine spending $70k/night on entertaining my guests, but Googling for "airbnb liechtenstein" or variations shows that this has already got them a good amount of press, including e.g. TechCrunch. If they're lucky, and good, they may even get mentioned in the trivia section of a big newspaper.

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