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Hosts of those larger homes on Airbnb might effectively retire early based on the costs routines of 400 start-ups over the previous couple of years.
Matthew Parsons, Skift
Venture-funded start-ups in the U.S. are switching offices for team trips as their leases end.
Travel costs are now “blasting through the roof,” according to accounting company Kruze Consulting, which has been examining the spending patterns of 400 startups since the start of 2019.
< img src="https://skift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kruze-startup-spend.jpg" alt="Kruze startup invest analysis. Image: Kruze"width ="880"height ="734"/ > Kruze start-up invest analysis. Image: Kruze Just 60 percent of startups are presently paying for lease, with that quantity set to reduce as numerous expect to cancel their lease as quickly as it expires. In the very first quarter of 2019, 85 percent had workplace outgoings. “They are reducing their footprints in favor of an ongoing remote/hybrid workforce,” the business stated.
The average quarterly lease cost is also the lowest to date, at $21,000 per quarter per company. During the 4th quarter of 2019 it was $32,000.
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Co-working area companies would be the sensible benefactors, however it turns out the cash is entering into the pockets of Airbnb hosts instead. “The business that we have actually talked with are leasing big Airbnbs and going on in-person working off-sites with the entire business or specific groups like item or engineering,” the business added.
Airbnb’s made obvious of its push for more corporate visitors over the last few years, but throughout the previous few months has actually increase those efforts, with a brand-new function that enables visitors to examine the property’s Wi-Fi speed, and a digital nomad campaign.
Stays of 28 days or longer were likewise the fastest-growing trip-length classification for its 2nd quarter, with CEO Brian Chesky stating he believes remote working is “here to remain.”
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