Have your holiday apartment let for you in the Kinzig valley
The Kinzig valley is the Black Forest guests know from pictures: Schiltach's market square from the 16th to the 18th century, the Vogtsbauernhof open-air museum in Gutach, the Black Forest Railway with 37 tunnels. Your guests come for half-timbered towns, museums and railway lines — and a good listing shows exactly that first.
Why guests book in the Kinzig valley
These facts decide who books your flat — and what belongs in its listing.
- Schiltach's market square survives almost entirely from the 16th to 18th centuries
- The Vogtsbauernhof open-air museum at Gutach shows farmhouses from 1612 on their original sites
- The Kinzig was the Black Forest's main rafting route all the way to the Rhine
- Between Hausach and St. Georgen the Black Forest Railway climbs 448 m through 37 tunnels
When demand rises in the Kinzig valley
A pricing plan follows the region's occasions, not the calendar. One checkable reason for each travel period:
- New Year
- The Kinzig valley is the old link between the Rhine plain and the Black Forest heights — at New Year it is mild at the bottom and wintry half an hour up.
- Christmas
- In Gengenbach all 24 windows of the town hall Advent calendar are open and lit over the Christmas holidays.
- Easter
- At Easter things are already in blossom in Gengenbach at the valley mouth while Schiltach, 400 metres higher, is still bare.
- Whitsun
- Schiltach is one of the most complete half-timbered towns in the Black Forest — at Whitsun the market square is busy and the paths along the Kinzig are not.
- Summer holidays
- The Kinzig valley cycle route follows the river with very little gradient — in summer it is the most family-workable route in the region.
- Autumn holidays
- In October they are harvesting grapes in the lower Kinzig valley and already heating in the upper — forty kilometres of difference.
- Winter holiday
- Dependable snow in the Kinzig valley starts above Hausach; the valley floor itself usually stays green.
- Bridge days
- Offenburg at the valley mouth is an ICE stop — on long weekends the Kinzig valley is reachable from further away than its location suggests.
- Weekend
- Gengenbach, Haslach and Schiltach are all on the same railway line — a weekend without a car works here.
- Short break
- It is 45 kilometres from Offenburg to Schiltach along a single valley — one journey covers a short break.
- Ascension Day
- The Kinzig valley cycle route is heavily used on Ascension Day; the paths on the heights above it are not.
- Advent
- Every December Gengenbach's town hall becomes the largest Advent calendar in the world — 24 windows, one a day.
Why owners choose Aura Apart
- Dynamic pricing done properly — typically 30 to 60 percent more income than self-management
- Professional photography and listing optimisation, for visibility that compounds
- Guest communication in German and English around the clock — fast replies mean better reviews
- All the tax filings handled: accommodation and bed tax where the town charges one, and VAT
- A transparent monthly payout with a full statement
Seven signs that a Holiday letting mandate would pay for itself.
- You own an apartment that could work as a short-term or holiday let
- You want income from it without the day-to-day work
- Managing it yourself is taking too much time or patience
- You do not have the pricing or market knowledge to optimise rates
- The photography and listing quality are below what the platforms reward
- Tax filings, bed tax or change-of-use rules are unclear to you
- The apartment is empty, or let below what the market would pay
How a mandate works
1. We view the property
We visit your apartment free of charge and without obligation, and assess the location, the fittings, which kind of guest it suits (city break, wellness, family, bleisure) and the occupancy we would expect.
2. Positioning and pricing
We put together a letting plan: the audience, a photography brief, what we would add or change, and a pricing strategy by season. You get a written income forecast before anything is signed.
3. Listing and booking setup
Professional photography and listing copy for Airbnb, Booking.com and VRBO. We synchronise the calendars, fit the smart lock and set up the owner statement workflow.
4. Going live and running it
We go live and take on everything: guest communication, check-in, cleaning, maintenance, tax filings and the monthly payout. You see the income; we do the rest.
Holiday letting in towns of the region
Each of these towns has its own page for a mandate there.
Other models in the Kinzig valley
Your flat in the Kinzig valley: we will work out what it can earn
We look at your flat and prepare a written income forecast — free of charge and before anything is signed.