# Design-forward vacation rentals

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2022-05-26

architecture, boutique-hotels, business, cool-spaces, design-forward, hospitality, hotels, travel, vacation-rentals

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https://twitter.com/donnelly\_b/status/1528824226714615809?s=20&t=6q0vQtEWOLPU3hRHW1sIgw

What I was getting at with the above tweet is that I think there's way more demand, for places like [this](https://www.instagram.com/findarcana/) and [this](https://www.instagram.com/hintercompany/), than there is supply. Click on the first link and you'll see that it's booked up all summer long. And as for the second link, I just booked one of their rentals for this summer, but I have been trying -- for years -- to book it in the winter.

I think the unmet use case is as simple as this: I live in a big city, and I want to get out of the city and go somewhere cool and design-forward. There are, of course, _some_ options. But there's a need for a lot more. Generally speaking, it feels to me like the majority of the supply is either (1) an expensive/large cottage or (2) an old "classic luxury" kind of hotel.

I'm specifically referring to Toronto and southern Ontario with these options, but judging by some of the responses I got to my tweet, this appears to be an opportunity in many other markets as well. But I would be curious to hear from all you in comments or on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/donnelly_b/status/1528824226714615809?s=20&t=6q0vQtEWOLPU3hRHW1sIgw). What "local" hospitality offerings are missing in your market? Where would you like to travel to and stay, but can't?

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/design-forward-vacation-rentals)*