Bee Setups Reviews 

I bought our first rental this summmer and,Ill admit, we had no business designing it ourselves. Our own house is mostly hand-me-downs. A friend who hosts told us about Bee Setups, so we booked a call, and honestly the first thing that sold me was that our designer asked more about who would be staying there than about what colors we liked. Families, mostly, so she planned around that with a bunk room for the kids, fabrics that can take a beating, a dining table big enough for eight. We definitely were not looking for a super high end place either.

This is exactly what a busy owner/investor needs. ER physician. I work nights and had zero bandwidth to furnish a rental two states away. I was definitely not taking personal time to open up the rusty toolbox...Signed, paid the setup fee, did one design call on my day off. That was most of my involvement. The designer sent the renderings and full item list by email so I could review between shifts. Made a few cuts. Approved. Paid for the furniture.Updates came once or twice a week without me chasing anyone. When a dresser was delayed, they told me early and gave me a revised window, not a promise.I was at work on install day and saw it in person the following week. It looked like the renderings. Definitely not cheap, but worth it for not burning a single day off. Would use again.

Bee Setups made the design process quick and efficient while giving me plenty of opportunities to share my input. The designs were strong, thoughtful, and tailored to a short-term rental. The finished property came out great, and I’m very happy with the overall result.

Great design and furnishing support for an Airbnb setup

Sara at Bee Setups has been great to work with as I furnish my Ellicott City home with future Airbnb guests in mind. She helped me think through what guests would actually use, from comfortable bedrooms and blackout shades to practical storage and everyday essentials. She also pointed out where I could reuse pieces I already owned, which helped me focus the budget on what the house still needed.

I appreciated that Sara was willing to work in phases so we could prioritize the essentials and build from there. If you’re setting up an Airbnb and want someone who thinks about how guests will use the space as much as how it looks, I’d recommend Sara and Bee Setups.

We bought our first short-term rental about four hours from where we live. My partner and I both work W2's so furnishing it myself wasnt realistic. I got quotes from two design firms first, and one wanted more just for design than Bee Setups charged for their entire service fee. Ill be honest, paying for all the furniture before anything shipped was the part that made me nervous but it did make sense as I would have to prepay wherever I ended up buying the furniture from. What got me comfortable was that before I paid a dollar for furniture, I had renderings of every room and a line-by-line list of every item with quantities and prices. I changed a few things in the second round (swapped the dining table, reworked the bunk room) and the list updated each time, so I always knew exactly what I was buying.

Scam. Asked us to recruit for them and never paid us.

Do NOT use this company unless you want poor service, deliveries to sit outside for WEEKS, incompetent crews damaging property and putting furniture together incorrectly and having someone from the company repeatedly tell you they are ‘in the execution phase’ and are ‘escalating the complaints to the proper department’. We were told it would take 3-6 weeks. It has been 8 and they still can’t even begin to give me a completion date while the majority of our investment sits outside on a public road. Trash has been piled up by our door for weeks even though we were told it would be removed immediately. Muralist was ‘scheduled’ for this past week and didn't show. I have MANY photos of damaged furniture, cigarette burns on new furniture, mattresses that look like they’ve been drug on the ground, etc.

WARNING: Do NOT use this company unless you want poor service, deliveries to sit outside for WEEKS, incompetent crews damaging property and putting furniture together incorrectly. Then having someone from the company repeatedly tell you they are ‘in the execution phase’ and are ‘escalating the complaints to the proper department’. We were told it would take 3-6 weeks. It has been 8 and they still can’t even begin to give me a completion date while the majority of our investment sits outside on a public road. Trash has been piled up by our door for weeks even though we were told it would be removed immediately. Muralist was ‘scheduled’ for this past week and didn't show. I have MANY photos of damaged furniture, cigarette burns on new furniture, mattresses that look like they’ve been drug on the ground, etc.

If you have been unfortunate enough to deal with them, please report your experience with the Better Business Bureau. It will do an investigation into the company that could at least prevent other people from falling into their trap.

Our experience with Bee Setups was a complete nightmare.

We paid in full for what was supposed to be a turnkey furnishing and setup service for our vacation rental. Instead, the project was left unfinished for weeks, communication became increasingly inconsistent, and approximately $15,000 worth of furniture, wallpaper, décor, and home essentials that we paid for never arrived. Three months later, many of those items are still missing, and Bee Setups has stopped responding to our emails.

Despite countless calls, emails, and requests for updates, we received vague answers, shifting timelines, and promises that were never fulfilled. The delays caused us to lose reservations, rental income, and valuable time. At one point, workers arrived at the property without a clear plan, while major portions of the project remained incomplete.

What should have been an exciting and stress-free experience turned into one of the most frustrating business dealings we have ever encountered. We ultimately had to terminate the project, deny further access to the property, and hire others to complete the work.

If you are considering Bee Setups, document everything, keep detailed records of all purchases and deliveries, and think carefully before paying in full. Our experience resulted in more than $15,000 in missing items, additional financial losses, months of delays, and an enormous amount of unnecessary stress.