Tag: Airbnb
Spend at night at the Louvre, thanks to Airbnb
San Francisco (TAN): Staying in a treehouse or a castle during a getaway might be fun, but nothing can beat the excitement of spending a night at the Louvre.
Yes, that’s right. Come April 30, you could check in to the world-famous Parisian museum for a night.
Global home-sharing platform Airbnb, in partnership with Louvre, has announced the museum will host the winner of the contest ‘Why would you be the Mona Lisa’s perfect guest?’, along with a friend for one night. Continue reading Spend at night at the Louvre, thanks to Airbnb
FairBnb offers sustainable alternative to Airbnb model
Bologna (TAN): A startup called FairBnB offers a model for “hosts and guests to connect for meaningful travel and cultural exchange, while minimizing the cost to communities” as an alternative to home-sharing platforms such as Airbnb.
FirBnB co-founder Sito Veracruz says the AirBnb model, which initially looked good for business, has disastrous effects on the lives of the local people.
“I think it’s obvious that Airbnb contributes to gentrification,” Veracruz told The Guardian. “It drives up real estate prices…Neighbourhood business that create ties between residents are replaced by businesses that only focus on tourists. Bike rental companies replace local grocery shops. And apartments that are continuously rented out to tourists are lost to people who want to actually live here.” Continue reading FairBnb offers sustainable alternative to Airbnb model
Make a booking at the world’s tiniest bed & breakfast
Hamburg (TAN): How tall are you? If the answer is two centimeters or less, you are in for a treat.
Airbnb and Miniatur Wunderland welcome guests who are two centimeters and under, to stay at the world’s tiniest bed and breakfast in a small German town.
The classic two-storied redbrick German house, as tall as a lunchbox, is located in the tiny town of Knuffingen, right in the middle of Miniatur Wunderland. Miniatur Wunderland is a model railway attraction in Germany’s Hamburg.
Continue reading Make a booking at the world’s tiniest bed & breakfast
Airbnb China to disclose host & guest info to govt
March 30 (TravelAndy): Home-renting service provider Airbnb will now automatically send host and guest details to the Chinese government agencies, reports said.
The rule applies from Friday, March 30, 2018.
Airbnb hosts in China received en email from the company on March 28 saying the company was going to do this to follow local rules.
“Like all businesses operating in China, Airbnb China must comply with local laws and regulations, including privacy and information disclosure laws,” it said. Continue reading Airbnb China to disclose host & guest info to govt
Airbnb opens Cuba doors to all nationalities
March 21 (TravelAndy): People from all nationalities can now book Airbnb accommodations in Cuba.
Online accommodation aggregator Airbnb started operating in Cuba in April 2015. However, it was permitted to only accommodate American citizens in their Cuban lodges.
With the revised verdict from the Obama administration, Airbnb has now opened its doors to everyone visiting Cuba. Continue reading Airbnb opens Cuba doors to all nationalities
Airbnb to start add-on services for travellers
March 18 (TravelAndy): Airbnb, the vacation rental service company, plans to enhance the service the provide to tourists across the globe.
Travellers, renting Airbnb accommodations, might soon be able to avail facilities including personal chef, art gallery tours, rental bikes, and restaurant reservations.
“Our basic idea is: I want you to go to a city; you feel like you live there,” Brian Chesky, CEO and co-founder of Airbnb told Bloomsberg. Continue reading Airbnb to start add-on services for travellers
Airbnb, Booking.com feel Barcelona heat
August 27 (TravelAndy): Barcelona mayor Ada Colau has warned home rental websites against marketing of apartments for tourists without a number showing that they are on the Catalan tourism register.
She also wanted websites such as Airbnb and Booking.com to share information on the property owners with the authorities.
“Everybody must comply with the same game rules,” Colau told Reuters, adding that there were thousands of apartments in the city that did not pay the Catalan tourist tax of EUR0.65 per person, per night. Continue reading Airbnb, Booking.com feel Barcelona heat
Tourist tax in Airbnb Paris from Oct
August 25 (TravelAndy): Airbnb will collect a tourist tax on rental apartments in Paris, like it had promised in March following a request from the authorities, reports said.
In a statement on Tuesday, the site — which is a place for people to rent, find and list lodging — said it would collect EUR0.83 per person per day from tourists from October. 1.
Airbnb has 50,000 listings in Paris alone. It claims to have 1.5 million listings in 190 countries. Continue reading Tourist tax in Airbnb Paris from Oct
Sleep cheap in a New York taxi
August 16 (TravelAndy): Are you looking for a place to crash in central New York but don’t have much cash to spare? Consider sleeping in a taxi for around USD39.
Jonathan Powley has been renting out a taxi, van and campervan since April on Airbnb.
The rent starts from USD22 a night, reports quoted him as saying.
These vehicles have been converted to house a large bed and a fan. They are parked in the Long Island City neighbourhood of Queens, just across the East River from Manhattan. Continue reading Sleep cheap in a New York taxi
Airbnb worry for hotels
August 15 (TravelAndy): Airbnb is giving sleepless nights to hotels in most parts of the world but the the place where hoteliers are feeling the most heat is probably Paris.
The site, which is a place for people to rent, find and list lodging, claims to have 1.5 million listings in 190 countries.
It has 50,000 of them in Paris alone.
“The Paris market is going to get very difficult,” Didier le Calvez, managing director of the Bristol Hotel told Reuters. Continue reading Airbnb worry for hotels
How to sleep cheap while travelling
After airfares, the most amount of money you spend during a trip is usually for accommodation. But with the right approach, it is possible to bring down the sleeping costs, at times, to zero.
Here’s how to sleep cheap while travelling.
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