Exotic themes usually focus on the building's physical appearance. There are places modeled on European villas, manors, or castles; there are those suffused with a Japanese minimalist aesthetic; and there are seaside homestays that simulate Southeast-Asian island paradises.
所謂「異國風情」，是在民宿的硬體建築上，模仿歐洲別墅、莊園或城堡，或走日本榻榻米、極簡樣式的和風規劃；另外也有位於海邊的民宿，會以「南洋風」造景為號召，製造出宛如海島渡假的情調。