Airbnb Brings Trips to Paris

Airbnb today announces the launch of its new Trips platform in Paris, adding 100 bookable local experiences, almost 50 insider recommendations and social meet ups to the thousands of homes available to stay in.

For visitors, Trips is a way to experience a different side of the city, immersing themselves in local communities. While for cities, it can help to diversify tourism away from busy city centers and allow local people to participate and benefit from tourism by sharing skills and making a little extra money from their interests and passions. Trips brings together where you stay, what you do and the people you meet all into one place and all powered by local people. It is a great way for Parisians to discover new things to do and meet new people.

Within the Trips Platform, Places includes insider recommendations, known as guidebooks, from neighborhood residents and cultural experts on the hidden gems that only locals know about, as well as the chance to socialize with other travelers and locals through Meet Up events.

The 50 new guidebooks in Paris will bring around 450 new places for travelers to discover, including curated food experiences from craft beers to where to eat on Sundays, unusual shopping with artisan ateliers and unexpected recommendations, such as where to rest.

Other examples include:

Christophe Barbier (Journalist) – Scarf shops

Mehdi Ben Cheikh (Gallery director) – Street art

Jeanne Damas (Designer and model) – Jewelry shops

Alain Ducasse (Chef) – Where foodies shop

Hélène Duval (Yoga teacher) – Yoga studios

Elisa Gallois (Mom and blogger) – Kid’s activities

Pierre Hermé (Pastry chef) – Shops for sweets

Baptiste Lecaplain (Actor and comedian) – Where to see comedy

Blanca Li (Choreographer and dancer) – Where to dance

Frédéric Mazzella (CEO, BlaBlaCar) – Quick day trips

Erwann Menthéour (CEO, Fitnext) – Healthy eats

Michel Mimran (CMO, Paris Saint Germain football club) – Football fan hangouts

Viktoria Minya (Perfumer) – Places that smell sublime

Gaël Monfils (Pro tennis player) – City workouts

Fany Péchodiat (CEO, My Little Paris) – Vintage decor

Didier Rappaport (CEO, Happn) – Date spots

Morgane Sézalory (Founder of Sézane) – Women’s fashion

Hapsatou Sy (Entrepreneur) – Beauty and spas

Benoit Thiriot (Running coach) – Scenic runs

Martha Von Krupp (Cabaret dancer) – Lingerie shops

Places also includes three new Meet Ups for Paris, bringing together like minded people to restaurants, bars and cafes (like Café A, Au Reve, and La Colonie) to have a drink and discuss and share tips on the best way to explore a city.

Experiences – Paris, off the beaten track

There are now over 100 bookable Experiences available on Airbnb in Paris. Experience Hosts, including local passionate residents, experts and professional tour guides, are signing up regularly. Experiences offer unprecedented access to local passions and interests, such as learning to sculpt with the city as your muse with Alexandre, laughing your way through the Louvre with Cédrik, or mingling at the market with foodie enthusiast Natasha.

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Other examples include:

Violin whisperers – Anne & Frédéric

Sweet tooth – Fanny

Nude drawing session – Jonathan

Floral styling secret – Pauline

Sculpted in time – Alexandre

African fashion in the city – Chayet

City vineyard – Julien & Adrien

Dinner at Les Frigos Art Space – Émilie

BHV MARAIS launches a brand new gardening experience on Paris’ most envied rooftop

Exclusive to Airbnb, the experience invites guests to the vegetable rooftop garden “Jardin Perché”. The host, Marie, will walk them through the innovative vertical gardening system, they will take part in the harvesting of the plants, and finish off with a tasting of the fruits and vegetables produced on-site. The experience will be available from May to October.

Airbnb Trips unlock the City of Light: from a home, to secret locations curated by locals to the most exclusive experiences hosted by the people who make Paris, Paris. There is so much more to the City of Lights than the popular tourist trails around the city center and we are thrilled for hosts to be offering experiences and for local experts to share their hidden gems to international travelers and Parisians.

Emmanuel Marill, Director of Airbnb France

Airbnb unveiled Trips last November, initially launching in 12 cities with a second phase launching in 2017 with 39 extra cities included.