Senior citizens turning to Airbnb for additional income


  • Nation
  • Friday, 19 Oct 2018

PETALING JAYA: Senior citizens are making ends meet by opening their homes to visitors via Airbnb, and earning more than RM5.6mil in the process in the past 12 months.   

In a statement on Friday (Oct 19), Airbnb said the company had enabled more than 800 seniors in Malaysia, aged 60 and older, to earn some additional income.  

Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.

Monthly Plan

RM13.90/month
RM5/month

Billed as RM5/month for the 1st 6 months then RM13.90 thereafters.

Annual Plan

RM12.33/month

Billed as RM148.00/year

1 month

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