Earlier this month, the company said it will help shelter some of the 2 million Ukrainians who have fled their country after Russia invaded it.
According to a company spokesperson, Airbnb is prepared to offer housing of up to 14 days for up to 100,000 refugees.
Airbnb works with nonprofits on the ground to book and coordinate stays for refugees, who also receive a range of other support in their new lives, the spokesperson explained.
Plus, People are booking Airbnb stays and experiences in Ukraine that they don’t intend on using just to help the locals and the platform is also temporarily waiving guest and host fees on bookings in the country.
But given the amount of scamming on the platform, who says nobody is using the situation for their own gain? “Were I a Russian scammer, I would be setting up fake Airbnbs in [Kyiv] and Odessa as fast as I could to cash in on those noble intentions,” one person tweeted.
