As travelers get into the Halloween spirit, many are also bringing their thrills to life through haunted stays and Airbnb Experiences. In fact, more than 9,000 guests have stayed in haunted homes*, and spooky Experience bookings went up 174 percent since last year**. And interestingly enough, female travelers are the ones booking them the most***.
In this episode of Check-In to the Trend, Airbnb Trend Expert, Ali Killam, pays a visit to a civil-war era house outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to see why paranormal encounters are such a draw to travelers.
The Airbnbs and Experiences in this episode are:
Gettysburg Historic Lookout House-1920's Darb Room (Aspers, PA)
Paranormal Tour of the U.S. Southwest (Las Vegas, NV)
Explore the Snake Cave & Bacalar (Tulum, Mexico)
Amsterdam Movie Prosthetics (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Speakeasy Murder Mystery (Chicago, IL)
Mentalist's Mysteries (Florence, Italy)
*Based on Airbnb internal data of guest arrivals to homes including keywords (haunted, spooky, paranormal, etc.) from September 2018 to September 2019.
**Based on Airbnb internal data of year-over-year growth of bookings of Experiences including keywords (haunted, spooky, paranormal, etc.) from September 2018 to September 2019.
***Based on Airbnb internal data of guest arrivals to and bookings of homes and Experiences including keywords (haunted, spooky, paranormal, etc.) based on gender from September 2018 to September 2019.
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