Does my apartment need to be available 12 months a year?

The answer to this question depends on the location of the apartment.

In Spain many Globexs owners are foreigners who bought a second home apartment. They use their apartment for their yearly holiday, and use the Globexs platform to rent it out the rest of the year. This is perfectly fine if the owner communicates efficiently with Globexs: At the beginning of the year the owner communicates with Globexs when exactly he wants to make personal use of his apartment, and we organize the rentals around these dates. It is perfectly fine that the owner makes personal use of his apartment for 1-2 months a year.

In other countries such as Belgium and Holland the average duration of a standard rentals is a bit longer and the owners have a different profile. In Belgium we usually demand a more continuous availability from the owner. By all means, Globexs is not the right platform for owners who go on holiday for 6 months and make some extra income during their absence.