Kansas City—Wade French and his family searched for a fun, unique place to stay for their first visit to Kansas City. They found it in a modest-looking yellow ranch house that hit all the right notes.
When they arrived at the new Airbnb in nearby Independence, French unlocked the door, opened it, and there it was: a swimming pool shaped like a guitar.
“I like to see the looks on my kids’ faces. And they were like ‘oh my God,’” said French, a high school band teacher in Cody, Wyoming, who brought his family to town during spring break.
Four local friends have pooled their money, muscle power and areas of expertise to convert a well-known private home in Independence into a midcentury modern homage to the king of rock ‘n’ roll.
The Airbnb, at 3416 S. Crysler Ave., opened in February, and reservations already stretch into the fall. The first handful of guests so far have all left five-star reviews, the highest possible.
