Perk, an AI-native platform for travel and spend management, has announced a partnership with Airbnb that sees the short-term rental giant become the first to integrate Airbnb’s API for work travel.
Travellers will now be able to search and book Airbnb stays with live pricing and availability alongside the rest of their work trips, without leaving Perk as previously Perk customers booked Airbnb listings manually through the Perk concierge service.
You can browse live Airbnb listings directly in Perk's Stays tab, and filter results by live availability and pricing.
Once a booking is accepted, travellers will also be able to view and manage their Airbnb stay on Perk.
For finance teams, the Airbnb stays come with the same travel policy control and expense visibility as flights, hotels and rail.
This move for the travel and expenses management firm is timely as Airbnb nights booked on Perk are up 94% in two years and Airbnb stays booked through Perk average 9 nights, more than four times the length of a typical hotel booking.
Perk also revealed that since January 2024, 78% of Perk’s Airbnb bookings have been for entire homes or apartments, rather than individual rooms.
It found that the companies driving this growth are mostly mid-market to large organisations, led by Professional Services and Manufacturing, whose employees travel for project-based work such as field assignments and long-term client engagements.
“Our customers have been looking for Airbnb stays, especially for longer, project-based trips, and our booking data shows it,” said Nikita Miller, president of product and technology at Perk.
“So we’ve brought Airbnb listings inside Perk, right where they already book work travel.
"Travellers can book the stay that fits the trip, and finance teams keep full control, so nobody has to choose between the two.”
