The act of 'booking an Airbnb accommodation but not actually staying' is popular to support Ukraine

To help refugees fleeing Ukraine invaded by Russia, Airbnb, a private lodging service, has announced that it will provide free short-term housing to up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees . However, there are still many ordinary people in Ukraine. In order to provide financial support to these people, the method of 'booking accommodation at a private lodging in Ukraine with Airbnb' is spreading on SNS.

Ukraine Airbnbs receive bookings in effort to get money to residents | Airbnb | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/03/ukraine-airbnbs-booked-in-effort-to-get-money-to-residents-pay-not-stay

People say they're booking Ukrainian Airbnbs to support besieged locals
https://mashable.com/article/ukrainian-airbnb-bookings-donations

What you're doing is very simple, just book a vacation rental in Ukraine, such as Kyiv (Kiev), on Airbnb. I don't really want to stay in Ukraine during the Russian invasion, but it is a supportive act to deliver money to the Ukrainian people by just making a reservation and paying the accommodation fee.

HOW TO HELP --just booked a Kiev AirBnb for 1 week, simply as a means of getting money directly into the hands of Kiev residents. It's really cheap and can make a small difference right now. Please share this idea #Ukraine #Russia #StopWarInUkraine #StopPutinNOW #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/7yQDLYRkph

— DiMaggio.eth (@DimaggioEth) March 3, 2022

Normally, Airbnb collects 3% to 15% of the accommodation fee as a fee, but now that this is done, there is no fee for booking a property in Ukraine, and the host can receive the accommodation fee in full. Is set to.

Just booked one Airbnb for one night (tonight) in Marienpol, Ukraine. Sent a msg that I obviously would not be there but to randomly help and that I hoped they could keep safe. Maybe stupid abut it is a risk worth taking for a small amount. No fees #Ukraine #AIRBNB

— Al Titude (@AlexTagger) March 3, 2022

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky also tweeted about the act.

People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine they don't intend to stay in just to help Hosts https://t.co/L6B11ioSXb

— Brian Chesky ?????????? (@bchesky) March 3, 2022

In addition, CEO Cesky recently commented that he would consider business continuity in Russia, but announced the suspension of all operations in Russia and Belarus at 13:00 on March 4.

Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus

— Brian Chesky ?????????? (@bchesky) March 4, 2022