Airbnb sees listings surge from solar eclipse spectacle


  • TECH
  • Friday, 18 Aug 2017

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 2, 2017 shows the logo of online lodging service Airbnb displayed on a computer screen in Paris. For the last six months, 31 owners were sentenced by a French court to pay 615.000 euros of fine, said Ian Brossat, deputy mayor of Paris, charged with Housing and Emergency Accomodation. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE

On Aug 21, for the first time in nearly 100 years, the earth, sun and moon will briefly align to cast darkness on a narrow trajectory between Salem, Oregon, and Charleston, South Carolina. 

For homeowners living on the route of the Great American Eclipse, the stars appear to be aligning for them to reap a small fortune renting their homes on Airbnb. 

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