Ukraine Airbnb Donation Bookings Going Bad, Some May Even Help Russians

Some of the money being donated to the hosts of Airbnb may be going to professional real estate investors who are based in Russia.

Dennis says that the effort many have been undertaking to get support directly in the hands of Ukranians is the point.

I was worried when this began.

• That bookings could crowd out Ukranians fleeing their homes desperately needing a place to stay, emphasizing how important it was to let hosts know you’re not using the home and that they should re-list it elsewhere.
• That there’d now be fake Ukranian listings added to the site, so check that there’s a deep history of reviews for the host’s property your considering booking. Some of the scammers may be Russian.
• That this wasn’t the most effective form of charity, not clearly going to the people most in need, and suggested and effort to help get supplies to Ukranian refugees.

In 48 hours, 61,406 nights have been booked in Ukraine. That's $1.9M going to Hosts in need

Such a cool idea from our community. Thank you https://t.co/MEitgKB5Eo

— Brian Chesky (@bchesky) March 4, 2022

You have to click through to see the number of properties that are listed on the site. It may not be an individual owner if it is 10, 20, 30 or more. I found Marriott hotel owners listing their rooms on the platform.

I'm not against this effort at all, just consider focusing any giving you do on hosts with individual listings and reviews, and not making this your only charitable effort.

This is being promoted on social media. Ukranian refugees need a place to stay and this can easily take inventory off the market and raise the price.

In hotels.

This isn't limited to Aeroflot. It applies to all Russian airlines. Germany is sending weapons to Ukraine. What can Americans do?

In destinations.

The Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in July of last year, and there are alternate theories about what happened. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew on the plane. All were dead. It is fairly certain that the plane.

In general.