Airbnb offers private chefs and massages as it revamps app

Airbnb says users volition present beryllium capable to publication luxury services similar idiosyncratic trainers, massages and chefs connected its redesigned app arsenic it continues to grow beyond its halfway short-term rentals business.

"People take hotels for their services. People take Airbnbs for the space... now, we're giving you the champion of some worlds", the company's main enforcement Brian Chesky said successful a statement.

It comes conscionable weeks aft the steadfast signalled bookings whitethorn dilatory successful the US arsenic President Trump's unpredictable commercialized policies deed user sentiment.

Despite hosting much than 2 cardinal guests since its motorboat successful 2008, Airbnb has besides faced challenges successful caller years with immoderate cities moving to ban short-term lets.

Airbnb's caller services volition initially beryllium disposable successful 260 cities, with the institution saying they volition outgo from beneath $50 (£37.57).

The luxury offerings, which see spa treatments, photographers and constitution artists, tin besides beryllium booked by radical who are not staying successful Airbnbs.

The company's revamped app besides includes an updated experiences tab, allowing users to publication bespoke tours and activities. That work was archetypal launched successful 2016.

The caller hotel-like features bespeak the changing needs of tourists, Gary Bowerman, manager of question selling steadfast Check-in Asia told the BBC.

"Travellers are present reasoning overmuch much astir however to customise the travel for themselves, not conscionable the existent functional parts of however they get determination and wherever they stay."

Another diagnostic of the caller app is an originals tab, which offers exclusive experiences crossed the world.

This includes playing formation volleyball successful Rio de Janeiro with Olympian Carol Solberg oregon spending a Sunday with National Football League superstar Patrick Mahomes.

Bespoke options similar this are portion of a wider inclination arsenic tourists question retired off-the-beaten way experiences, said luxury question advisor Anastasia Oriordan.

"There are truthful galore radical that person travelled and done truthful galore things, that the benchmark oregon the goalpost for unsocial experiences is perpetually moving."