Entire Ramsgate pub and townhouse available to book on Airbnb
16:41, 17 October 2021
updated: 06:53, 18 October 2021
An entire pub and townhouse is available to book on Airbnb - with punters given access to a fully-stocked "honesty bar".
Revellers can have the Queen Charlotte in Ramsgate High Street all to themselves, enjoying its quirky interior and a curated vinyl collection.
Upstairs is a townhouse - spread across two floors - featuring a kitchen, bathroom, three bedrooms and a living area that was previously used for pop-up dining and art exhibitions.
Guests will walk straight into their very own pub, with a toasty open fire and an honesty bar - which means guests will be given full access, but will be trusted to pay for what they drink.
Landlord Nigel Askew, who has run the pub for 12 years, says he was forced to put his pub on Airbnb so it does not shut for good.
"Even after lockdown we’re only half full and we can’t survive on that, so we have had to diversify our income and run the pub as an Airbnb for two days a week," he said.
"Obviously there was Covid, but even before that the government beer tax was so high.
"A local pub with only a few customers can’t survive. The electrics and gas [prices] are too high - now they’ve gone up as well.
"The running costs are too big and that’s why they’re closing left, right and centre."
The Queen Charlotte is available for up to six people for £300-a-night for a minimum of two nights.
Larger groups can be hosted at the pub, but a supervising bar person will be provided.
"People have come out of lockdown, when they haven’t been allowed in a pub, and now they can have their own," Mr Askew added.
"Most of the bookings tend to be groups of girls it seems - and they’re not even on a hen night.
"Maybe they feel a bit more comfortable partying on their own. That is very relevant right now - they can relax and do what they like."
The Queen Charlotte team have curated a "quirky interior" and vinyl collection with vintage Dansette's - but punters can bring their own records too.
They also have a modern stereo, but all music has to stop at pub closing times and be at a "reasonable level".
The pub is also available to hire without access to the townhouse.
Pub closing times still apply.
To book the pub and townhouse, visit here, and for enquiries about hiring the pub alone, text Nigel on 07768 267366.
