New Airbnb function: you can split the cost of living

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airbnb, service for rental housing around the world, introduced the function of the division of payment in case you book accommodation on the company. This is especially true on the eve of New Year (and any other) holidays, writes perito-burrito.com

How was it?

One of the guests had to book and pay for housing for all friends. It was inconvenient for several reasons:

• High total booking amount. Do you rent a house in Finland or the USA and pay for everyone? Or an apartment in Riga (Milan, Barcelona) for the New Year? Have to part with more than 500 euros or dollars. And if there is no credit card, then you freeze cash.
• Waiting for a refund from friends and a constant reminder to them about it. Friendships are very easy to destroy if they turn into monetary ones, while even the closest friends may have a completely different perception of debts and their return: from “five minutes, I will translate everything - ready” to “take a journey”.

Techcrunch reports that in airbnb conducted a survey and surveyed about two thousand Americans in November 2017 of the year. It turned out that 43% of respondents lost about a thousand dollars if they paid for accommodation at all and waited for a return from friends. The most shocking data - 29% fought with their friends because of the late return of debts when booking through airbnb! We hope you have not reached this!

How come?

Now, after confirming your reservation, you will be asked to share a payment link, pay for one or more friends, or enter email addresses if your friends have not registered to airbnb. The latter is also a tricky move from the company. The analysis showed that 30% of bookings with payment breakdowns lead to at least one new user for the platform. Tricky move additional set of users.

Photo: press.atairbnb.com

Yes. After a preliminary reservation and payment of a part of the payment, the offer to pay for the reservation will spread. This must be done within 72 hours. Until everyone pays for accommodation, the accommodation will not be considered fully booked, but it will disappear from search requests. This is done to ensure that other users airbnb could not book it.

If the full price is not paid before the end date of the payment, the reservation will be canceled, and all those who have already made their part of the payment will receive their money back.

In the “Trips” section you can see who paid on their own, who paid for someone else’s part or paid off the missing balance. 24 hours before the deadline for payment, the system will send a reminder via email to you and those who have not yet paid.

Accommodation must start no earlier than 10 days after the date of booking, and the length of stay must not exceed 27 days.

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