Airbnb is to offer loans to some hotels as part of a wider programme that increasingly sees the company as an alternative to hotels . Its trial service , Airbnb hotels , gives hosts the opportunity to take out loans to make minor purchases or have professional - looking photographs online , with the borrowed sum repaid via rental revenues . The launch of Airbnb Select is part of a broader campaign to standardise Airbnb 's offerings and move away from the company 's more individualistic approach , which invited guests to " feel like a local " .
Airbnb is to offer loans to some hosts as part of a wider programme that increasingly positions the company as an alternative to hotels. Its trial service, Airbnb Select, gives hosts the opportunity to take out loans to make minor improvements or have professional-quality photographs taken, with the borrowed sum repaid via rental revenues. The launch of Airbnb Select is part of a broader campaign to standardise Airbnb's offerings and move away from the company's more individualistic approach, which invited guests to "live like a local".