Have your holiday apartment let for you in the Ortenau
The Ortenau is the largest continuous wine-growing area in Baden, between the Rhine plain and the ridge. Guests come for the wine, the spa towns of the Rench valley and Strasbourg, 25 minutes from Offenburg by train. For your flat that means the grape harvest, from mid-September to mid-October, belongs in every pricing plan.
Why guests book in the Ortenau
These facts decide who books your flat — and what belongs in its listing.
- The Ortenau is Baden's largest continuous wine-growing area
- Bad Peterstal-Griesbach and Bad Griesbach are recognised spa towns in the Rench valley
- The Baden wine route runs 160 km from Baden-Baden to Weil am Rhein
- Strasbourg is 25 minutes from Offenburg by train
When demand rises in the Ortenau
A pricing plan follows the region's occasions, not the calendar. One checkable reason for each travel period:
- New Year
- The Ortenau lies in the Rhine valley at around 150 metres — at New Year snow is the exception here and the rule half an hour up the valley.
- Christmas
- Offenburg and Gengenbach are ten kilometres apart — over the holidays both Christmas markets are reachable from one base.
- Easter
- The fruit trees in the Ortenau are often already in blossom at Easter — it is one of the earliest blossoms in Germany.
- Whitsun
- At Whitsun the Badische Weinstraße through the Ortenau is one of the warmest cycling routes in Germany.
- Summer holidays
- The Ortenau is one of Baden's largest wine-growing districts and one of the warmest tracts of land in Germany — cool air starts in the valley behind it.
- Autumn holidays
- The Ortenau grape harvest falls in September and October; during the autumn half-term there is work going on among the vines.
- Winter holiday
- There is little snow in the Ortenau; the nearest ski areas are 800 metres higher and an hour away.
- Bridge days
- Offenburg is an ICE stop and twenty minutes from Strasbourg — on long weekends the Ortenau serves guests from two countries.
- Weekend
- Strasbourg, the Black Forest and the Rebland are all under an hour from the Ortenau.
- Short break
- The Ortenau is the flat edge of the Black Forest — for a short break that means short distances and mild evenings.
- Ascension Day
- By Ascension Day the Ortenau is usually already summer-warm while the heights above still call for a jacket.
- Advent
- Gengenbach's town hall Advent calendar sits on the edge of the Ortenau, ten kilometres from Offenburg.
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 Ortenau
Your flat in the Ortenau: 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.