Aspie resort

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While of course everyone is entitled to their beliefs, I'd like to re-direct this thread to more of a discussion of what Aspie-friendly improvements could be incorporated into an Aspie resort/motel/B&B/restaurant/cultural location.

Resorts (and hotels, bed+breakfast places etc.) need to bring in enough money to cover all expenses plus make a profit. The more people that stay, the cheaper it can be. The fewer people that stay, the more expensive it is.

This presents a problem for a place that is going to offer quiet and seclusion to customers. The fewer customers there are, the more it will cost per customer. Wealthy people can afford this and do. They go to resorts with seclusion and quiet, non-interfering staff. They pay a lot of money to be able to stay far away from the maddening crowd. A large yet also quiet and secluded place would not be feasable. The number of Aspies who coukld afford it is extremely limited (limited to Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates possibly, and they already can go to places that cater to the wealthy). So amenities that require a large amount of space and staff are not feasible.

A more feasible model is the bed and breakfast model. Bed and breakfast places can offer seclusion cheaply if they are in a rural area surrounded by lots of land they don't own. Bed and breakfast places also tend to be converted houses and as such have a limited number of guests at a time. This would be preferred for Aspies, I assume. However, this would also limit how much money the place could spend on amenities and staffing would have to be very minimal, perhaps only a few people. The Aspie-specific amenities would need to be affordable and able to be used over and over. Room darkening shades, wifi and soundproofing should be do-able.

In order to stay in business, the place could not market purely to Aspies because there just aren't enough to support such a place (especially considering the thin and worldwide distribution). So the owner would need to market to the NT group with the largest overlap in desired amenities: introverts.

I used the terms "resort", "motel", "bed and breakfast" collectively to minimize cross-cultural confusion, since I was'nt sure what terms are used by our fellow English-speaking cousins.

Yes, the B&B model would be the early-stage model, since it's the one that has the lowest start-up costs. I see the "resort" concept as aligned with some sort of existing Aspie cultural attraction, either permament (for example, an Aspie Resturaunt), or as something that opens up by appointment when Aspie gatherings are nearby (for example, a regional "Aspie festival").

Financial and practical considerations aside, I might like to go to an aspie/autie resort if it was part of something bigger -- like an aspie/autie-themed amusement park with games and rides, or maybe an informational/museum type of place (kind of like a science center but dedicated to aspie/autie stuff -- "infotainment" with games, and simulators of brain functions or something).

I just realized my post has very little to do with the stated intention ^^^ of this thread -- sorry about that!

It's hard for me to imagine what kinds of improvements could be made to the accomodations side of things because I've never really stayed at places like that -- I've gone on trips with family and friends, but most of the time was spent outside of the motel or resort space so the actual motel/resort seemed like just a place to sleep, change your clothes, maybe store food, and maybe shower. The people I was with might have gotten more out of the space...I don't know. Also, I've never been part of organizing or planning the "where will we stay" parts of trips so I have no idea how aspie/autie friendly that aspect is. ...I am quite interested in what other people have to say about it, though.

The (very annoying) tendacy to have curtains that allow light in is my biggest issue. I'd like a system that allows more automatic check-in, and honestly, I never figured out why airlines had more success than hotels there.

Now, here's a question, what food should be served at an Aspie resort? If there's capacity to serve the (resort) guests, is there capacity to serve the general public?