It’s no secret that Airbnb, especially, is a fantastic place to find short-term accommodations of all kinds. From haunted houses to OMG!, castles to treehouses, they rent just about everything. But Canada-based RARE Treehouse Resorts’ existing installation in Vancouver Island is the world’s first suspended treehouse resort. Now, in a partnership with reAlpha, one might be coming to the U.S.
Let’s explore what it’s all about.
RARE Treehouse Resorts
RARE Treehouse Resorts’ state-of-the-art “biomimicry” spheres are suspended above the forest floor. The low environmental impact design allows conservation and tourism to exist harmoniously in eco-sensitive locations.
While rustic in appearance, they include all of the amenities you could want to literally elevate “glamping” to a whole new stratosphere. The interiors of the spheres are climate-controlled, with surround sound audio, dimmable lights, a kitchenette, a love seat, and a queen bed amidst a fisheye lens window setting.
But make no mistake. The bathroom situation still requires a camping mindset. As Free Spirit Spheres states on its website, “The are no bathroom facilities within the spheres. There is a composting toilet outhouse at the base of each sphere, and each sphere has its own private 3-piece bathroom in the bathhouse, located approximately 50m from the base of each sphere.”
reAlpha
reAlpha is an AI-powered real estate technology and investment company with a goal to empower everyone to invest in the $1.2 trillion global short-term rental (“STR”) market. Earlier this year, it announced its partnership with RARE Treehouse Resorts to jointly develop a first-of-its-kind treehouse resort in the United States. reAlpha is in the process of identifying land in California to bring this innovative project to fruition, which will feature up to 10 “Free Spirit Spheres.”
“We’ve predicated our business upon data that shows the most viable short-term rental investments that offer the highest returns while mitigating risks, and we see there is real market share to be gained with experiential vacation rentals,” said Christie Currie, Chief Marketing Officer at reAlpha. “In 2021, the experiential home category experienced explosive growth, prompting Airbnb to overhaul its search function into ‘Airbnb Categories’. Through our partnership with RARE Treehouse Resorts, we’ll be able to bring a never-before-seen vacation rental experience to the U.S. and provide our future syndicate members and investors with a truly unique opportunity in this growing category.”
“We believe our innovative, suspended resort will be a tremendous success in the United States,” said Ben Vasdaz, Managing Director at RARE Treehouse Resorts. “We’ve consistently boasted occupancy rates greater than 85 percent year-round, with waitlists exceeding 500 guests. The spheres have reached national and international acclaim, all while showing that it’s possible to foster responsible and eco-friendly tourism. We’re thrilled that reAlpha sees that same appeal.”
When will the treehouse resort open in the U.S.?
The press release about the RARE Treehouse Resorts and reAlpha partnership didn’t specify an “open by” date. It just announced that a treehouse resort is in the works.
Treehouse resorts in Bigfoot territory?
The first thing I thought of when I learned of the Free Spirit Spheres in Vancouver was, “Hey! That’s Bigfoot territory!”
Okay, maybe that was the second thing I thought, behind, “Vancouver? Of course. Leave it to that place to have something like this and up its awesomeness even more.”
But then I thought about Bigfoot and the potential to sleep out in the forest amongst the trees where he may wander. Which made me wonder what part of California reAlpha is eyeing for a treehouse resort. The press release didn’t state that either, but obviously, it’s gotta be somewhere with trees. The bigger the better.
So that makes Northern California a prime candidate. Maybe somewhere in Humboldt county near Willow Creek and the Bigfoot museum that highlights the history of where the modern-day American legend of Bigfoot was born?
Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?
You know I’ll continue to follow this story and share any other information I find.
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Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
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I might have spent the night in a treehouse as a kid, but it looked NOTHING like that. It had no kitchenette or a queen-sized bed, and there were probably 50 different nails sticking up through the floor, waiting to give us tetanus!
ROFL! Leave it to you to paint a picture of nails with malintent. It was like a flash horror story! THANKS!!!!