"Every noise, I'd be like, 'Is that something?'" "I just don't want to find out myself."Īdditionally, Betts said that he has stayed at the Pfister Hotel previously, and while he didn't experience anything out of the ordinary, staying at the hotel resulted in him being unable to sleep. Chesky said that should help hold down prices."You can tell me what happened after," he said. Chesky said the pricing change should bring down cleaning fees, although there is no indication in the company's disclosures whether that is happening.Īlso, the company said it is continuing to find new listings - the supply of lodgings for rent on the platform rose 18% in the first quarter, with the fastest growth in North America and Latin America. Chesky said rooms would be particularly appealing to younger travelers who can't afford to rent an entire house.Īirbnb is gradually making cleaning fees - a major complaint among Airbnb customers - part of the total price that consumers see first when they search for lodging.
Last week the company announced a renewed emphasis on renting rooms in hosts' houses, which it said would provide rentals averaging $67 per room per night. Price hikes in some places were offset by a slight shift toward in-city rentals, which tend to be lower in price than whole-house rentals in beach and mountain destinations.Īirbnb has grown increasingly concerned about rising rates, which could be pricing out some consumers. The average nightly rate paid by Airbnb customers was $168, level with a year earlier, the company said. The company said cross-border bookings grew 36% over last year's first quarter, helped by travel to and within the Asia-Pacific region and bookings into North America. More of those people are booking international stays.
In a letter to shareholders, Airbnb said its revenue and the gross value of bookings are both double what they were before the pandemic.Īirbnb is getting a lift from people who are traveling while they take advantage of the ability to work remotely and stay away from the office. That was below analysts' average prediction of $2.42 billion. The company predicted that revenue in the second quarter, which includes the start of the peak summer travel season, would be around $2.40 billion. The company said bookings will grow more slowly than revenue in the April-through-June period, and the average daily rental rate will be “slightly lower” than a year earlier. However, Airbnb said second-quarter bookings growth won't look as robust as they did a year earlier, when consumers were busy booking travel after hunkering down at home during the outbreak of COVID-19's omicron variant. “We have seen our highest number of active bookers ever despite continued macroeconomic uncerainty,” CEO Brian Chesky said during a call with analysts.
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