I often cruise our timeshare site looking for deals. Someplace we’ve never been, some lovely resort where we’d like to stay.
Then the other day I read an article that made me rethink my aversion to Airbnb.
Yes.
We could rent a potato.
No joke.
Apparently this particular spud toured the US for six years on the back of a truck, and no one knew what to do with it afterward.
While my first thought wouldn’t have been, ‘Hey, let’s throw a queen size Serta in there and rent that baby out!’
Clearly I lack vision.
- A giant (fake) potato has been turned into a home that you can rent on Airbnb.
- The Big Idaho Potato Hotel is a 6-ton potato structure that was created to promote spuds across the US.
- A small-home developer turned it into an incredibly stylish rental property.
- It costs $200 a night.
It’s a real hotel room, of sorts.
The potato sleeps two, with one queen bed, and there’s a small bathroom, a kitchenette, a fireplace, and air-conditioning too. With millennial-pink accents and house plants aplenty, it’s as Instagrammable inside as out.
Measuring 28 feet long, 12 feet wide, and 11.5 feet tall, the giant potato was created by the Idaho Potato Commission to promote the noble vegetable.
Granted the landscaping leaves a little to be desired.
And the views?
Well, it is Idaho.
We’ve all dreamed about living inside a potato, with hash browns for cushions, fries as shelves, and a giant bowl of fluffy mash to snuggle into at night.
So if spuds are your one true love, you’re probably going to want to book a night in the Big Idaho Potato Hotel, which has been listed on Airbnb.
And there you have it…
The perfect vacation getaway.
You’re welcome.
And just in case you didn’t think I could tie Game of Thrones into this post?
Never doubt me.
potatoes were always accommodating, now two at a time.
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A versatile vegetable to be sure…
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Huh. I like potatoes in me, not me in a potato. I’m old school like that.
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And yet it begs the question… have you ever actually been in a potato to compare?
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Looks like someone put a trailer into a brown paper bag…
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For $200 a night…
Yes.
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And, on a barren field in Idaho…
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I think that’s the funniest part. Bad enough you’re in a windowless potato, but it’s plunked down on a plot of dirt in the middle of nowhere.
Bloody marvelous!
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Used to be. All you could get here in West Australia, was Delaware Potatoes. They were great but seasonal so the price fluctuated with the time of year.
Alas, there are now all sorts, all year. Very tricky finding a decent potatoe now.
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But not a potato hotel room… and you have me to thank for that.
😉
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I wonder; what’s the temperature like?
Still, I prefer a giant peach; I understand they can be quite accommodating.
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Please find one.. and report back.
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I thought I was in the right state, but sadly I can’t even find a peach orchard to visit, never mind a giant peach. haha — sigh
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That’s disappointing.
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I know they exist, so I’m not going to give up my search.
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That’s the spirit!
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I would love to spend at least one night in that ginormous potato! Taking pictures galore to show the grand-kids “Hey Nana stayed in a giant potato once” and have pictures to show that it’s not just something I said because I was losing my memory, lol.
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If I ever go to Idaho, which is highly unlikely… I will make a point of renting the potato.
But yes. Photos are necessary for warding off the loony bin…
😆
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When are you going? You’ll drive right by me. Stop in! I finally learned how much vodka goes in the mashed potatoes!!
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Silly girl, the vodka goes in you. Then you mash the potatoes…
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oh..no……..then my fingers get mashed.
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Alright.
Then skip the potatoes…
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Go straight to vodka huh?
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You can make vodka from potatoes, so basically it’s the same thing.
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yup!
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I think it would be my ideal home. Just the right size – easy to clean and maintain?
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No windows…. not to mention closets…. is a deal breaker for me.
😉
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Mmmm. Some sour cream, chives, bacon bits …
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And a feather down comforter…
Yes.
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I would have loved to stay in the potato–before 2008!!! Ever since my aorta valve replacement I have been claustrophobic!! Strange but true!
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You might need something larger.
A watermelon perhaps…?
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This looks like the kind of hotel Clark Griswold would book for the family vacay simply because it screams tourist trap…
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Clark knew how to have a good time….
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er…… Oh, never mind… 🙂
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The potato rendered you speechless?
Completely understandable…
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If we are living in a world with a Weiner Mobile (Thanks Oscar Meyer-said no one ever.) then a Potato house is would definitely be called for. They should park right next to each other, hot dogs and fries? It’s a match made in heaven, lol.
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We have a L. L. Bean bootmobile up here….. I think it should join the party as well.
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Initially, I thought the potato was real….I was like, “Woah!” But even so…..Only in America, where the exciting and adventurous happens.
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Repurposing at its best…
😉
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I’ll hold out for the watermelon AirBnb, for practicality’s sake.
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And I’ll expect a full review when you find it…
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Consider it done.
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Um, sleep in a spud . . . no thanks.
I’d rather do the mashed potato.
Or the alligator.
Or the watusi.
And that’s no phony bologna
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Maybe I could Twist your arm to Shimmy on down and check it out. Don’t leave me in Limbo…
😈
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OK . . . Funky Chicken it is! As soon as I finish this Lido Shuffle.
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My Moo showed me that a few weeks ago, and while I am a huge fan of EATING potatoes, I no wanna sleep in it.
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Do you suppose it would be upset if you ate chips in bed…?
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HAHAHAHA!
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Holy crap! Bwahahahahahaha.
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Holy baked potato Batman!
Make a reservation… quickly!
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