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Airbnb Quotes

Short lines on travel, hospitality, and staying somewhere new.

These quotes look at Airbnb less as a booking app and more as an idea about travel, tracing back to the company's own account of starting with an air mattress and a breakfast offer. Readers exploring how getting around has changed might also check out Mobility quotes.

Airbnb is about travel.

Quotes by Joe Gebbia

Airbnb started with 'air bed and breakfast.'

Quotes by Jeff Jordan

Airbnb is a company with values around hospitality.

Quotes by Brad Stone

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Airbnb quotes page about?
It gathers short lines that touch on Airbnb as an idea rather than just an app, covering travel, hospitality, and the company's own account of how it began.
How did Airbnb get its name?
One quote traces it back to the original concept of an air mattress and a shared breakfast, which later shortened into the brand name people use today.
Do these quotes come from Airbnb founders or executives?
Some do, while others are broader reflections on travel and hospitality that happen to reference the company by name.
Is this page only about vacation rentals?
No, the quotes lean more toward the values behind the brand, like hospitality and openness to travel, than toward booking logistics.
Why is Airbnb described as being about values, not just lodging?
Because one of the quotes frames the company around hospitality as a value rather than square footage, which shapes how it presents itself publicly.

A couple of the lines here frame Airbnb around values rather than square footage, which is closer to how the company describes its own culture. For related browsing, see Bricks and Super quotes.