Based on the results of June-August, the demand for short-term rental of suburban real estate increased by 44%

The desire of tourists to save money and diversify their trips within the country stimulates the demand for short-term country rentals. At the end of the summer months, it increased by 44% year-on-year, and average prices increased by 25%. Most often, Russians stay in suburban properties in the Krasnodar Territory, Dagestan and the Moscow region, while in Crimea this year demand has dropped noticeably.

Based on the results of June-August, the demand for short-term rental of suburban real estate increased by 44% year-on-year, as calculated by Avito Real Estate. At the same time, the number of available rental options increased by 23% over the year, the average cost by 25%, to 5 thousand rubles. per day. According to the general director of Sutochno.ru, Yuri Kuznetsov, in general, daily rent in Russia in the summer increased by 10%, to 4.1 thousand rubles. in a day.

OneTwoTrip representative Elena Shelekhova says that in the summer, apartments, apartments and similar accommodation formats accounted for 11.1% of total bookings in Russia. Over the year, the figure has doubled, and the number of objects connected to the service has quadrupled, she added. Ostrovok.ru reported that country apartments accounted for 18% of bookings in the summer versus 15% a year earlier. The total share of apartments, guest houses, campsites, glampings, cottages and villas in the structure of service bookings over the year increased from 28% to 32%.

Daily rentals are considered a budget alternative to hotels, says Oksana Shustikova, director of development and communications at Tvil. According to Ostrovok.ru, a night in an apartment in Russia this summer cost an average of 4.75 thousand rubles, which is 9% more year-on-year, while accommodation in three-star hotels increased in price by 13%, up to 5.7 thousand rubles. per night, in the “four stars” category – by 18%, up to 8.6 thousand rubles. “Daily housing is often 30–50% cheaper than a hotel,” notes Yuri Kuznetsov.

Artem Kromochkin, head of short-term rentals at Avito Real Estate, also connects the growing interest in short-term rentals outside the city with the desire of travelers to cut costs. “A family or company can comfortably stay in one house, sharing the cost. It costs more to rent several hotel rooms,” he says.

According to Avito Real Estate, the main format of countryside real estate for short-term rental is houses, which account for 73% of the supply. Another 20% are cottages, 6% are dachas, 3% are townhouses. Dachas are considered the most budget option. The average cost of renting such objects, according to Avito Real Estate estimates, increased by 17% year-on-year at the end of the summer, to 3.5 thousand rubles. per day. During this period, houses rose in price by an average of 14%, to 4 thousand rubles, and cottages – by 1%, to 8 thousand rubles. per night.

Most often, country properties for short-term rent, according to Avito Real Estate, are rented in the Krasnodar Territory, where demand over the year increased by 62%, and average prices by 17%, to 3.5 thousand rubles. per night. In Dagestan, tenant activity increased by 46%, and prices remained at the level of 5 thousand rubles. per day. In the Moscow region, the average cost of short-term rentals decreased by 15%, to 8.5 thousand rubles. per day, although demand in summer increased by 40% year on year. Ostrovok.ru noticed the greatest increase in interest in booking apartments over the year in the Leningrad region (by 82% year-on-year), Dagestan (by 72%) and the Irkutsk region (by 66%).

The only region that showed a decrease in tenant activity was Crimea. According to Avito Real Estate, demand for houses and dachas here in the summer decreased by 35% year-on-year, supply decreased by 12%, and average prices remained at 3 thousand rubles. per day. But, analysts add, the peninsula, together with the Krasnodar Territory and Dagestan, still remains among the regions with the largest supply.

Alexandra Mertsalova