Sometimes a hotel room is exactly what you need for a work trip. Other times, you're away for longer, working on a big project, or traveling with colleagues, and a little more space makes a big difference.
Now, you can now search and compare Airbnb stays directly on Perk. As the only business travel platform with a native Airbnb integration, we're making it easier than ever for people to find the right place to stay.
With the new API integration, now rolling out to Perk customers, travelers can discover Airbnb listings, live pricing and availability directly in Perk. That means more accommodation options for employees, with the visibility and control that companies need to manage business travel.
Airbnb, now part of your Perk booking experience
Business travelers have increasingly been using Airbnb listings for work. At Perk, we've seen booking requests via our concierge service increase 94% in the past two years.
Until now, that process has been manual: travelers found a property on Airbnb, then shared the link with their Travel Management team to book it for them. The payment wasn’t consolidated, and reporting was messy.
Perk and Airbnb’s new partnership changes that.
You can now browse Airbnb listings directly in Perk's Stays tab, check live pricing and availability, and request their preferred accommodation without having to switch to a different platform.
For travel managers and finance teams, these bookings stay within the company's travel program, with greater visibility into costs and the travel policy controls they rely on for other trips.
Made for longer stays and different ways of working
Our customers have already shown us how valuable Airbnb can be for business travel.
This new integration is a particularly useful option for companies with employees traveling for longer periods, including professional services and manufacturing businesses managing projects and assignments away from home.
Think engineers working on site, consultants spending extended time with clients, or colleagues traveling together for a project.
For these trips, access to a kitchen, a living area or simply more room to settle in can make being away from home a lot more comfortable.
Airbnb stays booked through Perk average nine nights, more than four times the length of a typical hotel booking. In the US and Germany, that average stretches to 12 nights, five and six times longer than a typical hotel stay, respectively.
And travelers aren't just looking for a place to sleep. Since January 2024, 78% of Airbnb bookings through Perk have been for entire homes or apartments.
More choices for travelers. More control for companies.
Giving employees more flexibility shouldn't mean asking finance and travel teams to give up visibility.
When accommodation is booked outside a company's travel platform, it can mean additional work tracking costs, managing bookings and keeping everything in line with company policy.
Our partnership with Airbnb helps solve that problem.
Travelers get access to more accommodation options through a familiar booking experience. Travel managers can keep trips within their existing program. And finance teams get a clearer picture of accommodation spending without having to piece together bookings made across different platforms.
It's another way we're making business travel easier for everyone involved.
Find the right stay for your next work trip
A work trip doesn't always fit neatly into a hotel room. With Airbnb now integrated into Perk, travelers have more ways to find a place that works for the trip ahead.
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