8 Apartment Rental Platforms You Definitely Need to Know

The rental of private apartments and houses is state-of-the-art worldwide.

 Whether for holiday or business trips: Hotels are not the only option anymore. This fact is used by more and more property owners and also tenants.

Are you also interested in renting out apartments? We present 8 platforms for renting apartments in the german-speaking area and tell you where lucrative income is guarenteed.

#1 Airbnb

Surprise, surprise! Not. For a long time the name Airbnb is on everyone’s lips and the first point of contact when it comes to apartment rentals. The portfolio of the leading and world-renowned provider has more than one million properties. If you also want to share your room or your accommodation, then you can easily do it. First and foremost, you can create your advertising completely free of charge and deposit exact details of the accommodation, equipment, house rules and prices. In addition, you can easily set dates when your accommodation is available or not. After your guests checked-in,you will receive your money automatically via bank transfer or PayPal—less a 3% service charge.

#2 Wimdu

Wimdu is another well-known platforms for private accommodations and holiday apartments based in Berlin. Whether romantic apartment or cool loft: The choice is huge. Similar to AirBnB you may advertise both, a complete apartment or a single room. You can define the conditions for booking your accommodation yourself. And do not worry–your data is protected. Your full name and address will only be given to guests whose booking request has been accepted. Again, the service charge for you as a host is 3%.

#3 Wunderflats

Less known is the Berlin based start-up Wunderflats. It offers furnished apartments that can be rented for one to twelve months. Again, you can advertise your apartment for free. Since your advertisement is automatically synchronized with Immobilienscout24, you will reach not only corporate customers but also all working individuals. In addition, wunderflats verifies the prospective tenants by confirming their employment and income status. Only when you conclude a lease with a tenant, wunderflat charges a 10% fee on the monthly total rent.

#4 TempoFLAT

You want to sublet your apartment for a short time? Then you should have a look at the Austrian platform TempoFLAT.Unlike Airbnb & Co, TempoFlat helps you to sublet your property for the longer term—ideal when you move abroad for a limited time for instance. Here are two packages available: the basic package and the security package. The basic package is free for housing providers. If you prefer your ad not only to be shown on tempoflat.at, but also on other platforms such as willhaben.at or derStandard.at go for the security package. TempoFLAT receives 5% of the rental payments.