Would it be worth considering

To rent out our house for the Rugby World Cup?
We live in Invercargill, we have Scotland vs ???. And also Argentina vs ??? playing down here..

We have a 4 bedroom house, one bathroom, one block from the rugby stadium, and about 4 blocks from central town. About a 10min drive to the airport, have Burger King within a 3min walk, and most restaurants in town about a 10min walk. Offstreet parking for 2/3 cars. (plus 2 car garage if we emptied it out?)

I thought if we did, we could borrow beds, and have pretty much a queen and a single in each room, and a cot in one of them aswell... (they are BIG bedrooms so this wouldn't be a squish up)

Would it appeal to out-of towners? We are thinking that even people coming from Scotland etc, we are SO central that it might appeal?

We'd have to move out obviously, that doesn't worry us. We'll find somewhere to stay! And would just pack up our stuff with us (it wouldn't take that long to do! Clothes photos empty drawers etc)

What do you think? Worth considering or a waste of time? I recon Invercargill will book out. And that town will be insane cos everyone in Southland will want to come to the games, plus out of towners/ ones from overseas??

Yes, we are doing this. We're in ChCh and also have a 4 bedroom house so reckon we could get a fair amount for it. We are going to go to Scotland for that time to see DH's family so we will also have free accommodation plus I would rather get out of NZ while the rugby is on.

I have been looking into it recently and I think it will be easier to do it through an agency rather than independently. I have contacted a couple of them but there isn't enough interest quite yet as it is a bit early.

If you're thinking about it, decide on a price (make it worth your while) and advertise for a week or two now. If you get bookings, it's worth it. If you don't, I personally wouldn't want last minute "yeh bro, let's do it!" type of people staying in my home.

We are marketing it towards a large older group coming from the UK so that we will get the most return and can hopefully be more reassured that they are going to look after the place. That's what makes it difficult about arranging it ourselves as it is hard to work out where to advertise to attract that type of demographic and we would need to ask for references and draw up a contract and arrange for someone to be a contact here for them etc.

I have been in contact with this company:http://www.rentmyspace.co.nz/ who sound good as they are looking into advertising options with Air New Zealand which will get good exposure.

Bombshell wrote: you would want a BIG bond....most rugby supporters from out of town will want to party!!! we get a bond for our holiday rental....just in case... and I would remove all and any valuables....

Ditto

I'd also speak to your insurance company to see how this effects your cover for damage, theft etc

I say if you don't mind people staying in your house while you're not there, go for it! Just be careful who you get in.
I'm trying to convince my inlaws to rent their bach at Waiheke, they would make a killing. But again, I'm not sure they're too keen on having strangers at their bach.