Holiday properties for allergy sufferers
How to make your holiday home allergy-friendly
The more holidaymakers your holiday home appeals to, the better the occupancy rate and rental yield. Allergy sufferers are a constantly growing, lucrative and loyal target group for your holiday property. But how do you make your holiday home allergy-friendly, what do allergy sufferers appreciate about a holiday destination and which holiday regions are particularly suitable for allergy sufferers?
Allergy sufferers as a target group
Anyone who suffers from an allergy knows that a holiday in a holiday home is much nicer and more relaxing if you don't suffer from allergy symptoms all the time and can simply feel at ease in your holiday flat. That's why people are always happy to return to holiday accommodation that is suitable for allergy sufferers and are willing to accept higher rental prices. After all, it's all about health and the best weeks of the year. All this makes allergy sufferers an attractive target group for your holiday property.
Allergy-friendly holiday home furnishings
To ensure that allergy-suffering holidaymakers feel comfortable in your holiday home or holiday flat, you need to consider a few important things when furnishing and equipping it.
General tips for holiday properties for allergy sufferers
- Non-smoking rooms
- Pet-free rooms
- Carpet-free floors or only short-pile carpets
- Avoid allergy-causing indoor toxins in wall colours, furniture, scented candles, textiles, etc.
- No allergenic green plants such as ficus or violets, potted plants indoors only as hydroponics (otherwise risk of mould contamination)
- Hoover with HEPA-13 filter
- Kettle without nickel
- Window ventilation or regularly maintained hygienic ventilation and air conditioning systems (otherwise allergy-causing mould spores could be released)
- as an extra service: allergologically / dermatologically safe shampoo etc.
Bedroom for allergy sufferers
Make sure your duvets, pillows and mattresses are suitable for allergy sufferers. Mite-proof encasings for mattresses, pillows and duvets ensure a good night's sleep for your holiday guests.
Garden and terrace for allergy sufferers
Avoid allergenic plants that cause pollen exposure. In other words, no flowering grasses, birches, hazelnut trees or mugwort and ragweed plants.
Holiday regions for allergy sufferers
Pollen allergy sufferers in particular enjoy holidays on the North Sea and Baltic Sea, as the pollen count here is usually significantly lower than in other regions. The same applies to holiday homes and holiday flats in higher mountain locations. The sea air is also beneficial for allergy sufferers and asthma patients. It is not for nothing that many spa clinics and rehabilitation centres for allergy sufferers are located in these regions.
Leisure and shopping tips for allergy sufferers
Offer your holiday guests with allergies a particularly friendly and thoughtful service by providing information on allergy-friendly restaurants and shopping facilities near your holiday property on arrival.
Important points of contact for allergy sufferers
- Health food shops and organic markets
- Cafés and restaurants with offers for allergy sufferers
- Local doctors and pharmacies
- Excursion destinations for a weekend visit during a cure
- Healthy leisure activities in the region such as a visit to the salt mine, brine hiking trails, mudflat walks, etc.