Tara Bunch, Airbnb’s world head of operations mentioned, “The protection of our neighborhood – together with solo travellers – is one in all our high priorities and on the very coronary heart of every part we do. As a part of this, we’re rolling out a security product in India that goals to permit solo travellers to expertise all that the nation has to supply with added peace of thoughts. We’re very a lot dedicated to serving to travellers discover India’s world-renowned pure magnificence, tradition and distinctive culinary scene with confidence.”
The Solo Journey in-app expertise is particularly designed to higher help protected solo travelling on Airbnb. When a solo visitor books a non-public or shared room reservation, the app will activate a specialised in-app expertise, beginning with supplying the traveller with knowledgeable ideas they could need to attempt to assist keep protected when travelling alone. At this time we’re proud to announce that this product will increase to Hindi — making it solely the second language after English the place this product has expanded.
The important thing part of this new characteristic is the power for the solo traveller to simply share, with one-touch, their reservation itinerary with the vital and trusted individuals of their lives for added peace of thoughts and within the uncommon occasion of an emergency throughout a keep. The itinerary consists of: itemizing handle, reservation code, and verify out and in dates.
This characteristic is initially being rolled out for English and Hindi-speaking friends. The corporate plans to increase it to further languages because it assesses the outcomes from the Hindi growth. Presently, it’ll deal with bookings by solo travellers to personal rooms or shared areas.