People are booking Airbnb rentals in Ukraine — not to stay, but to donate directly to hosts

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People are booking Airbnb rentals in Ukraine — not to stay, but to donate directly to hosts
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On March 2 and 3, the total gross booking value from Airbnbs in Ukraine was nearly $2 million – from people booking to donate directly to hosts.

People have found a direct way to help individual Ukrainians: booking their Airbnbs. A whopping 61,000 nights were booked in Ukraine on March 2 and 3, because people know the money will go directly to the hosts, whose lives have been upended as their country is beingThe home rental company is temporarily waiving guest and host fees on bookings in Ukraine at this time, a spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. That means Airbnb will not profit from these bookings.

More than 34,000 nights were booked by U.S. guests, more than 8,000 nights were booked by U.K. guests and nearly 3,000 nights booked by Canadian guests.hosts were shockedAustralian comedian Kristy Webeck said she booked some nights in Kharkiv on Airbnb"to try to send some tangible, immediate assistance." She shared the message she received from the hosts on Twitter.

We booked some nights in Kharkiv on AirBnB to try to send some tangible, immediate assistance. I wrote the hosts a message and received this back. Only sharing in case you’re not sure if it’s a helpful thing to do.

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