What Is Airbnb Luxe?

Stargaze Escape is an Airbnb Luxe home. Luxe is Airbnb's collection of high-end homes, and it makes up less than 1% of all Airbnb listings worldwide.

Where Luxe came from

Airbnb launched Luxe in June 2019. It grew out of Luxury Retreats, a luxury vacation rental company Airbnb bought in 2017.

The standards a Luxe home meets

The standards Airbnb publishes for Luxe cover the building and the way it is furnished: quality construction and materials, a location with privacy, cohesive design with updated kitchens and bathrooms, a full kitchen, distinct living and dining spaces, a layout that fits the stated number of guests comfortably, and heating and cooling throughout. The standards also cover outdoor spaces, cleanliness and how quickly the host responds when something needs attention, and a home has to keep meeting them to keep its place in Luxe.

What it means for your stay

At Stargaze it means the whole house to yourselves: two king bedrooms, a full kitchen, the stock-tank pool and hot tub, the car bed and a fenced lot of cacti. Booking works the same way as any other home on Airbnb. Luxe homes show up in the regular search results, the listing carries the Luxe badge, and your booking follows the cancellation policy shown on the listing.

Luxe homes can also be Guest Favourites, a label Airbnb gives based on ratings, reviews and reliability. Stargaze Escape is both, rated 5.0 across 54 reviews.

What we ask in return

Luxe homes are expected to hold their standard between stays, so we keep to the same few rules we always have: quiet hours from 10pm, no parties, dogs welcome, cats not, and the cacti and rocks left as you found them. Read the house rules or the full list of amenities, and when you're ready, tell us your dates.