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Tommy marcus quentin quarantino3/19/2023 ![]() This was surprising, it’s very supportive at the moment. On March 4, 2022, Volodymyr Bondarenko told CNN that “More than 10 bookings came in today. Media outlets have interviewed several of these Ukrainian Airbnb hosts since the social media campaign began. These wide-ranging rates make reservations a great way for most people to donate to Ukrainians amid the war. The average rate will be $25-$100 per night and the more costly rates will be $110-$130 per night. ![]() Some of these rates, especially on the lower end of the range, are discounted rates that go as low as $10-$20 per night. For example, a search on for stays in Kyiv, Ukraine, for a weekend in April 2022 for one guest will provide “300+ stays” ranging between $20 and $260 for the weekend. The process is very simple and it is also relatively affordable for most supporters. Supporters also urge people to make reservations at accommodations “operated by individuals and not companies” as it is the individuals who will likely be in a more immediate need of support. Supporters suggest that people make bookings “as close to a check-in date as possible to ensure hosts receive fees quickly” because Airbnb “typically issues a payout about 24 hours after a guest checks in.” All one needs to do is create an account at, search for stays in Ukrainian cities and book a reservation. This is a very accessible and effective way to send money directly to Ukrainian citizens. Meanwhile, when they asked him whether Airbnb would waive fees, he replied with a simple yet firm “Yes.” How Airbnb Bookings in Ukraine Work When others questioned whether Airbnb was making a profit from these donations, Chesky replied that the company was not doing so. In the first 24 hours, hundreds of global citizens had made Airbnb bookings in Ukraine “as a way to send immediate assistance to people in hard-hit areas.” Additionally, with those numbers rising rapidly, the social media campaign soon caught the attention of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who retweeted message with the comment: “People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine they don’t intend to stay in just to help Hosts.”Ĭhesky’s retweet received replies both supporting the social media campaign and questioning Airbnb’s involvement. So, when Marcus suggested an alternative option, many rushed to join the social media campaign. People feared that the money donated to these organizations could potentially take too long to reach Ukrainians and many were dubious about how much of that money would actually go to Ukrainians. The campaign quickly took flight as many people wanted to help Ukrainians but felt uncertain about donating through charities and nonprofit organizations. Marcus created a post on March 2, 2022, urging his followers to help Ukrainians by making Airbnb reservations for stays in Ukrainian cities. This campaign first came to be through social media user Tommy Marcus who posts as Quentin Quarantino, a popular meme account known on Instagram as and as on Twitter. It is a social media campaign that took flight at the beginning of March 2022 as one way to help Ukrainians during the war and has proven helpful and effective. Instead, the purpose of these bookings is to send Ukrainians direct aid through their Airbnb hostings. He said: “The main thing that was shared when this first started to go viral was to make sure that it was an individual person, rather than a company who might own a bunch of flats across the city.All over the world, people are making Airbnb bookings in Ukraine with no intention of visiting. ![]() He warned, however, that people should check the Airbnb listing before booking to ensure they know who would receive the money. That’s not to say that that money doesn’t go as far when you give it to a charity, but there’s definitely that emotional element that’s unique about this, which I think is probably a very big driving factor and why it was so viral.” “And that’s maybe not something that happens when you give 20 dollars (£15) to charity. So many of my followers have told me ‘I got this message (of gratitude from a Ukrainian) and then immediately started crying’. He said: “I certainly did not foresee it going so viral. He added that followers have now received messages of gratitude from Ukrainians who have received bookings via Airbnb. Mr Marcus said the idea had originally come from one of his followers on social media. Tommy Marcus, 26, from New York, runs the Quentin Quarantino page on social media, set up in 2020. An Instagram influencer has called on people to donate to Ukrainians by booking Airbnb rentals in the country, saying doing so will benefit Ukrainians directly.
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