Airbnb Kitchen Supplies & Essentials
The best kitchen amenities for your Airbnb kitchen in 2024.
It doesn’t matter if your vacation rental is only going to have a basic mini fridge and hot plate, a small kitchenette or a fully outfitted luxury kitchen, check out our supplies list for everything you need in your vacation rental Airbnb kitchen from mini to luxe.
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What should be in an Airbnb Kitchen? Your Airbnb Kitchen Essentials Checklist to help you prepare for your first guests.
This list includes the bare minimum items for any guest accommodation even those without a kitchen.
The kitchen generally requires the most items to be stocked for guest needs, but you can get some items at second-hand stores and marketplace for deals too.
Even if you don’t have a kitchen, your guest needs to be able to enjoy a drink of water or whatever drink they’ve brought with them so you need some sort of cups. Even the most low budget motels include a basic coffee & tea option for the morning
Fresh Water & Glasses or Bottled Water
Coffee & Tea Accessories such as sugar, honey whitener or creamer
What do I need to provide if my airbnb doesn’t have a kitchen?
If you have a kitchenette then this would be the ideal list.
Drinking glasses
Small plates or a small dish set
Cereal Bowls
A coffee station with coffee machine, tea, cups, spoons and supplies
Microwave or hot plate
Trivet for hot items so they don’t ruin furniture or counters
Toaster
Mini Fridge
Tin Foil
Countertop Cleaner
Dish Soap & Sponge
Paper Towel
What Do You Need for your Airbnb Kitchen
Do you have all of the essential Kitchen supplies for your vacation rental? I am often surprised how many places we review or stay that don’t even include simple basics like serving spoons, cookie sheets or coffee cups.
How long are guests staying with you and how elaborate will their cooking or entertaining needs be?
Guests are reviewing amenities just as much as cleanliness, so seeing pictures of a beautiful kitchen is important, but having working kitchen appliances, tools and everything needed to cook basic meals is also essential, especially for long-stay rentals and remote locations where restaurants are more than a short drive away.
If you are renting out a home with a full kitchen, your kitchen needs to be fully stocked with all of the basics.
Ensure you have a minimum set of dishes for the number of people your house sleeps (ie if your space sleeps 12, you need 12 of everything for plates, bowls, utensils, glassware)
Ensure that guests have the ability to cook a meal for the number of people that are staying there. I often see units with a collection of only one small pots and pan and don’t have frying pans or pots big enough to prepare a family meal or pot of pasta.
Here’s our shopping list and product guide to get started on your Airbnb Kitchen needs.
The list above is our basic go to list with most things easily available second hand and at discount stores, but look for things that are good quality and will not be worn out quickly by guests.
You’ll also need some basic consumables like a BBQ lighter, Tinfoil, Saran Wrap, Dish Sponges and Paper Towel
Personalize your space with a few decorative items for staging:
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Don’t buy anything you would be sad to see ruined.
Buy good enough quality that its going to last for a few seasons of normal use and only dishwasher friendly items.
Protect your appliances and counters!!
Having an oven liner will save you and your cleaner a lot of headaches. note you cannot use a foil liner in some types of ovens, it will react and basically weld itself to the base.
Grease removing all purpose cleaner (make sure its safe for your counters if you have stone),
Non-abrasive kitchen scrubbers to clean your pots and pans without damage
Hot Plates/trivets
Countertop safe cleaner for your counter materials if you have real stone
Amenities that Guests Love
These are some of the EXTRA ITEMS our guests have requested.
These are not essential but are appreciated by many guests
Extra Large Cooking Pot
Salad Spinner
French Press
Crock Pot
Water Filter
Click on the photos to check current pricing on our vacation rental kitchen item recommendations and start making your budget from the list above to outfit your kitchen.
Many of these items can be found locally on Facebook Marketplace, Thrift Stores and small local shops so you can find as much as possible on your budget using different sources.
Look for good quality & like new, don’t put anything worn/well used in your brand new kitchen space.
Test everything you buy especially small appliances, even when they are new.
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