THE STANDARD
A bedroom at the Nyali golf view residence in Mombasa. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]
Holidaymakers are increasingly shunning the traditional way of looking up hotels for accommodation whenever they want to travel the world.
Instead, many people now look for residential property that rents out on a short-term basis to travellers.
It can be anything from a house, a single room, a boat or even a treehouse.
This is what is popularly known as Airbnb, which stands for Air Bed and Breakfast.
Airbnb is a lucrative business started in the United States in 2012, described as an online vacation rental marketplace.