'From July to September, one in five nights booked on Airbnb were for stays of a month or longer, and nearly half of nights booked were for stays of a week or longer. 'We’re seeing this in our data,' he added.

'Why am I doing this? I think the pandemic has created the biggest change to travel since the advent of commercial flying. For the first time, millions of people can now live anywhere.'Ĭhesky continued by explaining that remote working has 'untethered' many people from the requirement of working in an office every day. I'll be coming back to San Francisco often, but for now my home will be an Airbnb somewhere.

But now, people are going to 100,000 cities and discovering many more places.In a series of tweets, Chesky explained that he planned to start in Atlanta, but would be frequenting San Francisco - and other places - while staying in a number of Airbnbs.

What to watch: Pre-pandemic, travel was dominated by the top 100 cities in the world, according to Chesky.

'It’s going to be the reason why travel was special in the first place - connecting with other people, connecting to your friends and family to reunite, to go to conferences to meet one another or to just make friendships.

'The type of travel that’s going to emerge is not necessarily old school business travel people with selfie sticks in front of a landmark.'.

And I think that's what travel is going to do in the coming decade,' he said.

'I think we want a means to leave our house and to get off screens.

What they're saying: Our offices are now in our homes, movie theaters in our living rooms and shopping is done on our phones, said Chesky.

Mental health declined as lockdowns and remote work kept people isolated.

State of play: Time spent in front of screens increased dramatically during the pandemic. Why it matters: The pandemic ushered in new habits for living and working remotely, but people are craving human connection more than ever. What they're saying: It will become 'the antidote to us endlessly scrolling on a screen or watching something or buying something or working,' Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said at Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference. SAN FRANCISCO - Travel may play a different role than it has in the past.

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