A wood fired hot tub is an incredible addition to your vacation rental or hotel. More than simply a hot tub, it’s an opportunity for your guests to slow down and really be in the present moment—noticing the beautiful surroundings and relaxing into the experience itself.
Beyond your typical electric hot tub, soaking in steaming water heated by fire is an immersive and authentic experience that guests will remember for years to come. Our Wood Burning Hot Tub is a great way to offer an engaging activity for your property, helping guests to really experience the beauty of the location. Plus, it’s low maintenance and easy to clean—it doesn’t require regular repairs, replacements, or water treatments like traditional hot tubs.
Made from exceptionally durable materials, guests can use the Wood Burning Hot Tub all year-long—from a hot tub in the cooler months, to even as a cool pool during the summer. Crafted by a Canadian company to withstand all seasons, it can even be used in the snow in the winter.
Top Things to Know for Hosting
If you’ve decided to incorporate one or a group of Wood Burning Hot Tubs on your vacation rental or hotel, we have a few suggestions to help set up guests and your business for success.
1. Highlight your new amenity
We recommend including professional quality images of the Wood Burning Hot Tub so potential guests can see it’s on offer. Be sure to highlight it throughout your listing and/or on your website. We often hear about people booking stays solely based on the wood fired hot tub, so highlighting it as a feature of the property is essential.
2. Provide instructions before check-in
When you send your guest instructions on how to check-in, it’s a great time to also send them instructions for how to use the Wood Burning Hot Tub—like a link to our video on how to light the fire and heat the hot tub. This is a great way to prepare them so they know what to expect, and to have a source of information for them to refer back to.
3. Set up your guests for success with a full tub
Help cut down the time it takes for guests to get soaking, and get them started by filling up the Wood Burning Hot Tub with water. This also helps prevent guests from starting a fire before filling up the tub, which can damage the stovebox. Thanks to the specific shape and size, our hot tubs take less water and less time to fill up than other wood fired hot tubs—typically about 30 minutes.
4. Prep the fire for guests
Not all of your guests will have experience or feel comfortable with chopping wood and building a fire. We recommend setting them up by arranging the wood in the stovebox so it’s ready to go. If you’re in a rainy climate, be sure to close the lid so the wood stays dry.
5. Provide enough firewood
Providing pre-chopped, stacked firewood is a great way to help your guests have a better and simpler experience. Leave them with a generous supply of dry seasoned firewood for the duration of their stay. Our Firewood Holder stores enough firewood for a weekend of wood-fired soaks.
6. Clearly display the instruction plate
Having easy-to-use instructions close at hand helps your guests feel prepared. We recommend clearly displaying our Instruction Plate—a weatherproof and easy-to-mount instruction list for how to use the Wood Burning Hot Tub. Our Instruction Plate also includes a QR code that links out to videos clearly explaining how to use the hot tub.
7. Have a source of cold water and supplies nearby
The cool water is a great contrast to the Wood Burning Hot Tub, and is also an easy way to cool down the water if it gets too hot. We also recommend keeping a supply of paper and lighters for the fire on-hand, and recommend exploring a firewood -splitter as a safer option than an axe for cutting wood for the fire.
Frequently Asked Questions on Hosting
What resources does GOODLAND offer to set up guests for success?
For the best possible outcome, it helps to set up guests with the resources that they need. We typically like to send guests instructions on how to use the Wood Burning Hot Tub before they arrive, so they know what to expect.
When guests arrive on-site, adding the Instruction Plate to the outside the Wood Burning Hot Tub is a simple and convenient way to provide guests with easy-to-access basic instructions. Plus, the Instruction Plate has a QR code that guests can scan to get access to helpful how-to videos if they need additional information.
How does turnover work and how long does it take?
Since draining and cleaning the Wood Burning Hot Tub is so simple, it doesn’t take long for turnover between guests. Take a look at how to easily clean between guests for more information on what’s needed. Keep in mind that it’s easy to build this into your existing turnover tasks. For example, as the tub or tubs are draining, sheets can be prepared for laundry.
Do you offer custom payments?
We work with hosts of different scales to add one or many Wood Burning Hot Tubs to the accommodation experience. If you’re looking for a custom payment option on your first tub or if your corporate office is looking for a quote on custom large orders, please reach out to our team to discuss.
What types of accommodation have had success with adding a Wood Burning Hot Tub?
We’re proud of our incredible community of accommodation partners that feature a Wood Burning Hot Tub at their property. From beautifully designed cabin getaways in Canada to larger resorts boasting multiple wood fired hot tubs, explore a sample of accommodations listings and reviews:
Where should I set up the hot tub?
The best setup depends on your property—you might want to set the hot tub up close to the building or suite, so guests don’t have to go far, or you may choose to set it up in the middle of nature.
One of the best parts of the Wood Burning Hot Tub is that you can move it easily using just 2 people. Keep it by the creek in the summer or closer to indoors in the winter, or pull multiple tubs together for a large group, or position the tub for a visiting practitioner at your wellness retreat.
What about fire season or if there’s a burn ban?
The Wood Burning Hot Tub is totally multipurpose. If it’s not a good time to be lighting a fire, know that the tub can be easily used by guests as a cool soak—perfect for taking a break from the heat of the day.
Where do you ship to?
We’ve shipped out our Wood Burning Hot Tubs around the world, from wilderness lodges in Alaska to wellness hotels in Ireland. We ship within North America and internationally to the EU, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. For remote locations or regions outside of this list, get in touch with our team. Discover more about how shipping and delivery works.
What’s a top tip for hosts?
We’re proud to have so many incredible reviews and such great feedback from hosts and properties with Wood Burning Hot Tubs. We find that most concerns quickly disappear—and often hear how the Wood Burning Hot Tub is even simpler to use and to clean than expected. Besides following all instructions, experienced hosts tell us that they make sure guests never have a fire going without water in the Wood Burning Hot Tub—this is key to helping prevent any damage to the firebox.
We also hear from hosts how much they love that the tub is moveable. Since it takes just two people to transport, many hosts opt to move it closer to a cabin in the winter, then bring it nearer to the lake or ocean in the summertime as a cool outdoor bath.
To learn more about our Hot Tub, take a look through our most commonly asked FAQs or visit the Resources section of the Journal for more helpful information, from how to take your hot tub off-grid to the best firewood to burn.
Courtney Dionne
Courtney leads the marketing team here at GOODLAND, where she shares her expertise on all things bathing, slow living, and more. She loves a good long walk in nature, lounging at the lake, birdwatching, and (of course) a soak in the Wood Burning Hot Tub.
