La mamenenja ezindlu asebenzisa amathuluzi e-Airbnb ukuze athuthukise inani lokuhlala

Ngesikhathi u-Angie no-Chris abashadile beqala ukulungisa nokuqashisela izivakashi izindawo zabo zamaciko ezingama-loft e-Paris eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, kwaba nzima ukuthola izivakashi. Nakuba babezifake ezinkundleni zezokuvakasha ezintathu eziku-inthanethi nakuwebhusayithi yabo, kwakwethukela ukuhlala kube ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-50.

Kodwa izimo zabo zashintsha eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, lapho, ngesikhathi befuna izivakashi ezengeziwe, beqala ukufaka ama-Artisan Lofts Paris abo ayisikhombisa ku-Airbnb. Ukufinyelela kwale nkundla emhlabeni wonke kusize ekuheheni inani elandayo lezivakashi eziyintsha, ezithanda ubuchwepheshe, futhi inani labantu abahlalayo liye lakhuphuka lafika kulokho la bantu abashadile abathi kuyisilinganiso esingaba amaphesenti angaba ngu-85 enkathini ematasa kanye namaphesenti angaba ngu-75 enkathini engematasa yasebusika.

“I-Airbnb ivulele amaklayenti amasha nezivakashi ezintsha imakethe yokwamukela izivakashi,” kusho u-Chris, owayeyisisebenzi sase-PwC. “Kwenze le mboni yahamba phambili ekusunguleni izinto, ubuchwepheshe, nendlela amaklayenti asebenza ngayo.”

Kubabungazi abahlakaniphile njengo-Angie no-Chris, inkundla ye-Airbnb ayinikezi kuphela ukufinyelela kubantu kodwa iyindlela yokubonisa kahle izithombe zezindawo zabo ezincanyana ezingama-lofts, ebezingamabhikawozi, izindawo zemfashini, nezitudiyo zabaculi zabe seziguqulwa. Igalari eboniswe kahle ibavumela ukuba baveze ubuhle abanabo—amaphosta ezithombe zomhlobiso wobuciko, izihlalo zesimanje ezakhiwe njengezakudala, nama-bedspreads anezikwele ezibomvu. I-Airbnb iphinde ibanikeze nenkundla yokwabelana nezivakashi ngamacebiso asendaweni ngezincwadi zeziqondiso zokuthi abantu base-Paris bathenga kuziphi izitolo, badla kuziphi, futhi baphuza kuziphi.

“We host because we love traveling,” Chris says. “We love traveling as locals, not as tourists. So we decided to host and help our guests live like locals when traveling.”

“Siyabungaza ngoba siyakuthanda ukuvakasha,” kusho u-Chris. “Siyakuthanda ukuvakasha njengabantu basendaweni, hhayi izivakashi. Ngakho sinqume ukubungaza nokusiza izivakashi zethu ziphile njengabantu bendawo uma zivakashile.”

The couple has also benefited from the platform’s automated pricing tools, which indicate optimized rates a full year in advance based on factors like seasonality, days of the week, and special events. “Airbnb has given anyone who is running a smaller business the tools of a hotelier,” Chris says.

Thanks to their success in Paris, Angie and Chris are now expanding to Portugal. Airbnb’s co-hosting tools enable them to hire someone who will help manage their property from afar. “I think the Co-Host has changed the way that people are running their businesses,” Chris says. “Airbnb is always into innovation and anticipation.”

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