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Airbnb is more than just a website.
It's an opportunity
...to connect....
...to people...
...to places.
See neighborhoods in a whole new way.
It's exploration.
It's being your own personal tour guide.
It's a friendly face after a twelve hour flight.
It's creating moments of interaction in a very busy world.
It's creating a unique experience that cannot be replicated.
It's new friendships from people all over the globe.
It's your own business.
"It's our livelihood, really."
It's another option that didn't exist before.
"I had to think about how I could...
...make some money off the house so that I didn't have to sell it."
People rent their spaces for all sorts of reasons.
To save for experiences of their own.
"We are planning our next vacation for winter of next year."
To pay their bills.
"It's just that little extra, that takes care of the basic bills."
To feel like they are travelling without ever having to leave their doorstep.
"My favorite part about travelling, of course, is meeting all the awesome local people wherever I go."
"But with Airbnb, they come to me."
To show off their amazing homes...
and to welcome people in.
"Hi, welcome to our home."
"Hi, welcome."
"We stayed up until three-thirty in the morning, one night, talking."
"One night, they cooked us dinner,
it was just really great to have that experience with them."
"I'm still friends with my first guests."
They say New York is the city that never sleeps.
But we think that our community is there with open arms for when you might.
"It's changing the way people travel."
"They get to see what the city is really about, really about."
We have thousands of listings.
And to us,
that means we are creating thousands of new connections...
...every single day.