Chiefs effect boosts business

The Exeter Chiefs are enjoying yet another fantastic season, but who are the real winners?

Home sharing website Airbnb is already reporting the "Chiefs snowball effect", a significant boost in interest in Exeter property in recent weeks that follows 172% growth in Exeter listings and 326% growth in incoming guests.

For those not so familiar with Airbnb, it is the world’s largest community-driven hospitality company, which connects thousands of guests and hosts online every day. To date, over 30 million guests have stayed with Airbnb and the online marketplace now has over 1 million listings in over 190 countries.

Exeter is the next city that is embracing the value of home-sharing. Airbnb has seen exponential growth in the region, with 172% growth in Exeter listings and 326% growth in incoming guests.

More widely speaking, Devon and Cornwall have seen the largest growth out of any other UK market after London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Brighton. More than that, Devon and Cornwall have actually seen an increase in listings and incoming guests twice that of the whole of the UK.

The benefits of hosting on Airbnb in Exeter are enormous. For people looking to make the most out of guests travelling to Exeter to watch the matches, hosting on Airbnb provides a great way of making an extra income whilst enjoying socializing with fans. Hosts also tell us that they have benefitted immensely from renting rooms on Airbnb for visiting parents coming to see their children at Exeter University.

According to our UK Economic Impact Study (2014), 63% of hosts say that their Airbnb income helped them to pay bills they would otherwise struggle to pay. 53% use their Airbnb income to pay their energy bills and 44% said this income helped them afford to stay in their homes.

Here are just two examples of properties already available to rent on the site in Exeter. For more information on hosting in Exeter, please contact devon@airbnb.com

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/4564147?s=KCYw
From £35 per night

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/2781155
From £35 per night