Airbnb

Airbnb is an online service for lodging. The name means Air Bed and Breakfast. It is available in 190 countries.

It is based in San Francisco, California.

 Overview 
Airbnb clients have the opportunity to provide housing partially or fully to different travelers, in exchange for a rental fee. The site provides a platform for establishing contact between the owner and the guest. Airbnb is also responsible for money payments. Airbnb offers housing in 65,000 cities in 191 countries of the world. From its founding in August 2008 through April 2017, more than 150 million people found housing through the Airbnb website and associated app.

Short-term rentals are regulated in many places.  Hosts may have to have business licenses. They may have to  pay hotel taxes. There may be other rules.  In Italy they should collect  21% of landlords’ rental income as tax. In New York people cannot rent their homes for less than 30 days unless they are present on the property.

 History 
Airbnb was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia. The offices were in San Francisco, then in Hamburg and Berlin.

The company had 21 funding rounds and got $6B in total.

In 2011, the service won an app award on the South by Southwest conference.

In October 2011, the first international office in London was opened.

In 2012, the company made new locations in Paris, Milan, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Moscow, Sydney, Singapore and São Paulo.

In 2015, the office in Cuba was launched.

In 2018, Airbnb Plus and Beyond by Airbnb services were announced to appear.

In 2020, Airbnb became a public company.

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