I moved a Sim family to Sulani when I first bought Island Living but found it.. I don't know. Too much like a vacation and couldn't connect to the game play. I was hoping I could turn the lot I built into a really nice vacation rental similar to what you would see in granite Falls but apparently you can't do that. So I was wondering if I could turn an existing house into a retail lot without losing the construction and decor. I really wish I could make it an option for any sim to rent but I guess that's not possible so this is my next best option. Then I would have the sim family buy it and visit on the weekends or whenever. Do you guys think that will work?

Yes I wish you could have a mix of rental and home lots, I did download a "hotel" community lot from the gallery and put it in my version of sulani, so sims can visit and pretend its a self catering style hotel, and thats worked nicely.

You might need to throw a cash register etc into the basement but yeah it works. I've done it before. (then I never wanted to leave so now my families all live in Sulani permanently haha)

Yeah, I've seen people using the retail lot strategy to use Sulani as a vacation spot.

I just changed the old shipwreck to the lot type 'National Park' and made a few adjustments. Now my Sims vacation there for long weekends, whenever they need to get away.Just to explain, the lot type 'National Park' has no requirements, so you can add anything you want to and go visit with any household and essentially use it as an Airbnb house.

This is great. I haven't played in Sulani yet so it's nice to know I can cheat the system and make it a visit place rather than I permanently live on the island lol.

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24 Replies

cheekyimp
Rising Hotshot
6 years ago
Yes I wish you could have a mix of rental and home lots, I did download a "hotel" community lot from the gallery and put it in my version of sulani, so sims can visit and pretend its a self catering style hotel, and thats worked nicely.
SimAlexandria
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
You might need to throw a cash register etc into the basement but yeah it works. I've done it before. (then I never wanted to leave so now my families all live in Sulani permanently haha)
DeepPurpIe
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Has anyone test driven options to make it open to everyone? The house Ive designed is set up kind of like an air bnb and I'd love to use it kind of like that
Purrloin9
6 years ago
Yeah, I've seen people using the retail lot strategy to use Sulani as a vacation spot.
Netzspannung
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I just changed the old shipwreck to the lot type 'National Park' and made a few adjustments. Now my Sims vacation there for long weekends, whenever they need to get away.
Just to explain, the lot type 'National Park' has no requirements, so you can add anything you want to and go visit with any household and essentially use it as an Airbnb house.
Bearpal64
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
This is great. I haven't played in Sulani yet so it's nice to know I can cheat the system and make it a visit place rather than I permanently live on the island lol.
Kittybass
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
That's what I did, I bought a retail store and shrunk a cash register down and turned it into a vacation home. Hopefully we'll be able to buy vacation homes or second properties some day but this method works fine in the meantime.
Netzspannung
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
The retail strategy makes sense if you only want to use the lot with one household, but if you want other households in your save to be able to use the lot as a vacation get-away, I think 'National Park' is the best choice at the moment in residential worlds like Sulani.
rpk333236
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I did something similar with the shipwreck lot although I made It a regular park. I also use manage households to swap sims around to move sims into residential lots akin to an air bnb.
Bluegayle
Hero
6 years ago
"Netzspannung;c-17393709" wrote:
I just changed the old shipwreck to the lot type 'National Park' and made a few adjustments. Now my Sims vacation there for long weekends, whenever they need to get away.
Just to explain, the lot type 'National Park' has no requirements, so you can add anything you want to and go visit with any household and essentially use it as an Airbnb house.

Awesome thanks for the tip!