Beginning next month, you can get and return your Airbnb secrets from among numerous Family Marts lining the streets of Tokyo.
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It’s getting much easier than ever to explore your Airbnb on your journeys.
In Japan, Airbnb has actually partnered with Family Mart, among Japan’s most significant corner store chains, to let hosts leave their type in unique lock boxes at shops for pickup by visitors. This starts next month, Japanese media NHK reportedMonday
Guests check in to their Airbnb by confirming their info, such as passport information, utilizing a tablet. Once their identities are validated, a lock box will open with the secrets. At completion of their stay, visitors can likewise return secrets at the shops. Family Mart hopes the service will reach 150 shops– primarily in Tokyo and Osaka– by February next year.
The relocation comes ahead of an anticipated traveler rise in the nation as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics nears. In addition to Family Mart, Airbnb earlier partnered with Lawson, another chain of corner store, to start supplying the very same service at outlets in Tokyo inJanuary 7-Eleven is likewise signing up with the celebration, using the very same services under a partnership with travel bureau JTB.
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