Introduction

You can do a lot with  $70,000. You could buy ~70 high-end phones, or around 3.5 Honda Civics, or over 14,000 Iced Caramel Macchiatos (Venti), or an entire country. With that money, you could rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for one night. Airbnb, the popular service used for renting services, offers up the nation for $70,000 dollars a night for a minimum of two nights. Moreover, if a whole country isn’t what you fancy, you could take a humbler route and rent out a quaint European village. With that, you’d have to choose between six Austrian towns, three German villages, and one Swiss ski resort. 

Renting Liechtenstein

What exactly would those $70,000 dollars get you? Well, Liechtenstein is a European country of less than 62 square miles with a population of around 40,000. It is one of the only two doubly-landlocked countries in the world, along with Uzbekistan. These two countries are unique because they are landlocked and surrounded by landlocked countries. And if you were to rent out the country, you would get more than enough accommodations.  The Airbnb page listed Liechtenstein as having 500+ bedrooms and 500+ bathrooms and suiting between 450 and 900 people.

You would also get quite the experience. Included in the package of renting Liechtenstein would be a key to the state ceremony, wine-tasting with the head of state, and/or tobogganing, fireworks, and carriage rides through the capital. Additionally, up for request at the discretion of the client are customized street signs, a temporary currency, personalized candle wax logos, and many more extravagant endeavors.

Who Has Rented Liechtenstein?

Unfortunately, no one has successfully followed through with Airbnb’s offers for renting the country. However, Snoop Dogg was interested in doing so for a music video but apparently did not give the renters enough notice. There was also a couple that was going to rent the country, but the wedding was called off.

If you are considering renting Liechtenstein, keep in mind two things:

1. You’ll have to learn how to spell and pronounce its name
2. You’ll have the deal with the 40,000 or so other residents