Airbnb Connect

While loneliness might be the latest epidemic humans are facing, one way to help combat it is to foster more community and more genuine face to face interactions. Airbnb, a company founded on these very principles of empowering meaningful connections, has an opportunity to return to its roots and enact real social change. We propose a new feature built into the website and app that allows accessible and affordable opportunities for real life interactions, specifically for Gen Z travellers who are being hardest hit by the crisis of disconnection.