This tool guesses how much you could make renting out your KC home for World Cup
Millions of fans are expected to flock to the 2026 FIFI World Cup’s 16 host cities — 11 in the U.S., three in Mexico, two in Canada.
Kansas City, alone, is expecting 650,000 people in June and July.
Those people need beds, showers, baños for Argentina’s fans, de badkamer for the Dutch.
Ever think about renting out your own home, placing it on Airbnb, Vrbo or other short-term rental platform? Have you ever wondered how much money you kinda, sort of, maybe, could possibly make over the month-long course of the tournament?
If you are World Cup curious, AirDNA, an analytics firm that collects and analyzes short-term rental industry data from Airbnb and Vrbo, has created a “potential revenue calculator” that will give you a general idea. Pop in your address, the number of bedrooms you have, along with a name, email and a phone number, and it will churn out a range.
It’s not a telemarketing firm. Your cell phone doesn’t start ringing with sales pitches.
Nor is the figure it delivers any kind of payout guarantee.
Myriad factors go into whether one’s home is rented, and for how long. Such is capitalism that your “cozy, four-bedroom cottage alongside a picturesque water feature” may be home-sweet-home to you, but a potential renter may only see it as a shack hard against a water treatment plant.
Also important: Every municipality in the Kansas City area has its own rules, fees and application process required to become registered as a short-term rental. In December, for example, the city of Kansas City created a “major events” category that allows, for a $50 rather than $200 yearly fee, for residents to apply to rent out their places for the 90 days surrounding the tournament, May through July.
The process also involves a city inspection. Applying is no guarantee of being approved.
Airbnb, for one, certainly is anxious to get new hosts. Last week, the company announced it was offering homeowners a $750 incentive to place their homes up for rent during the World Cup. It estimated that in Kansas City, the average earnings per host was projected to be $3,000 through the games.
Of course, it also means giving up that water feature view to strangers.