Airbnb has improved it’s service so that it can better cater to the needs of business travelers, who have traditionally avoided using the company due to it’s perceived unreliability. Now Airbnb is offering special “business friendly” listing where certain accommodations are guaranteed to be available and will meet any business travelers needs. It’s a win/win for everyone.
Key Takeaways:
- The overwhelming majority of Airbnb stays are placid and pleasant. But a deep-seated conservatism has stopped big firms from embracing shared-economy accommodation as an option when booking trips for their employees.
- According to Lex Bayer of Airbnb, the average business traveller books into an Airbnb for a six-night stay, compared with less than four nights at a hotel. There are a couple of reasons why this may be.
- There are a couple of reasons why this may be. First, reckons Mr Bayer, business travellers on longer trips are more likely to want home comforts—coming home and cooking a meal, say, or doing some laundry. Second, most of them also stay on for at least part of the weekend, which suggests they are looking to tag a mini city-break onto their corporate schedule
“As more people use Airbnb for their private travel, the more they will demand it when they are on business.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/07/sharing-success?fsrc=rss
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