(TAN): Airbnb guests booked more than 1 million nights’ worth of future stays at listings around the world on July 8, the home renting platform said.
This has happened for the first time since March 3 and the bookings took place across 175 countries and regions.
Most guests are not traveling far, Airbnb said. Approximately half of the nights booked were for travel to destinations within 300 miles (483 km) and more than two-thirds were for travel to destinations within 500 miles (805 km). Slightly more than half of the nights booked on July 8 were for listings costing no more than USD 100 a night.
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Pent-up demand may be playing a role. A significant portion of nights booked were for travel beginning within 30 days: i.e., trips that will start on or before Aug. 7.
Over 60% of the million nights booked were for travel by people traveling alone or with one other person. But there were over 17,000 nights booked by guests who are traveling in a group of 10 or more.
