Director: 119, take 1.
Director: That's your art?
Brian: Yeah, a lot of this art I did when I was in high school.
Director: So you're taking pictures of all your house?
Brian: Well, I'm taking photos of this house because I'm going to put it on Airbnb.
Director: This place right here?
Yeah, I live here, so I'll be here,
but I'm going to put this room on Airbnb.
Director: What's the significance of this picture?
This is where it all started.
This is 19 Rausch Street, down the street in San Francisco.
Joe and I inflated 3 airbeds and we called it AirBed & Breakfast,
and we had 3 guests stay with us. That's how it started.
A lot of people don't realize Airbnb means AirBed & Breakfast
because originally we rented airbeds. This is the receipt of the first one.
Director: So this is an air mattress?
This is a very nice, comfy mattress, so we've really upgraded.
This is much higher-end than an air mattress, yeah.
These are my 2 co-founders, Joe and Nate.
This is one of the earliest photos of us together.
We tell people when they put their home on Airbnb
to make it stand out,
and what makes this house stand out is I'm the founder, I live here,
so you can get a bit of Airbnb history while you're here.
Director: A person you don't know is gonna go online...
and book this room.
Yeah, yeah.
Director: For real?
For real. I did it 15 years ago, I'm gonna do it again.
Airbnb was started during the Great Recession.
My roommate Joe and I couldn't afford to pay rent.
So we hosted our first guest.
And that was the beginning of Airbnb.
Today, just like back then,
people are looking for ways to earn extra money.
More people than ever are interested in hosting.
But we know there are a couple obstacles to putting your place on Airbnb.
One, it can be hard to get started.
And two, you might be a little nervous about having guests in your home.
Well, we've been working on some ideas to address these challenges.
Today, I'm excited to show you
what we've created for our 2022 Winter Release.
It starts with Airbnb Setup.
Airbnb Setup is the all-new, super-easy way
to Airbnb your home,
from listing your place all the way to getting your first booking.
Airbnb Setup is designed around a simple idea:
the best way to help you do something new
is with the help of someone who's done it before.
And we have a lot of people just like this, our very best Hosts.
They're called Superhosts,
and they're at the heart of Airbnb Setup.
So let me show you how this works.
Just tap "Get started"
and we'll match you with your very own Superhost,
who can give you 1-to-1 guidance each step of the way, for free.
To find you a Superhost,
we ask you two simple questions:
where's your place and what kind of place is it?
Then Airbnb Setup searches
through thousands of Superhosts to find the right one near you.
So I just got matched with Jennifer.
Hey, Jennifer. I'm Brian.
Hi Brian, it's nice to meet you.
Your Superhost can help you
with anything you need to list your place and get your first booking.
You can even share your screen with them,
so they can help you do things like pick photos.
You want to make sure that you take a picture of every space
that your guests are going to have access to in your house.
Brian: Come up with a title.
Jennifer: Yeah, you wanna keep it maybe fun, quirky,
something that is special to you or unique to you.
Brian: What do you think of "Beyond the airbed"?
I like that.
Now, after you list your place,
your Superhost can give you tips on getting it ready,
setting up your calendar, all the way to welcoming your first guest.
They're with you the whole time.
With Airbnb Setup,
you can also choose to host an experienced guest
for your first booking.
This is someone who has a track record of being a good guest,
and a good guest can help you get off to a great start.
And there it is.
I just listed my guest room on Airbnb.
We know there's another obstacle,
and that is feeling OK about having guests in your home.
And that's why we created AirCover.
It's free, top-to-bottom protection
for you and your home every time you host.
And today, we're making major upgrades to AirCover
to give you even more protection.
One of our biggest upgrades is identity verification.
From the beginning, we realized that to let someone into your home,
you have to trust them.
And to trust them, you have to know who they are.
So what if we could verify every single guest booking on Airbnb?
Well, that's what we're gonna do.
We're starting today by verifying guests in 35 countries.
This covers 90% of our reservations.
Next spring, every guest booking an Airbnb around the world
will be verified.
Now, once a guest is verified and they make a reservation,
it's important it doesn't lead to a party in your home.
So that's why we built reservation screening technology.
This technology looks at hundreds of factors
to block bookings likely to lead to unauthorized parties.
We're launching in the US and Canada this fall,
and we're expanding worldwide next spring.
Now, in the rare event that something were to happen,
we've tripled AirCover's damage protection
from $1 million to $3 million,
and it now includes protection for cars and boats parked at your home,
as well as expanded coverage for art and valuables.
No other travel company offers anything like AirCover.
*Comparison is based on public information and free offerings by top competitors as of October 2022.
So that is our 2022 Winter Release.
Airbnb Setup makes it easy to get started,
and with upgrades to AirCover,
we're giving you even more protection.
I hope this makes it easier to put your place on Airbnb.
And if you're coming to San Francisco and you need a place to stay,
I'd love to host you.