At its 2016 OpenAir conference in San Francisco, Airbnb today announced the launch of collaborative wish lists — an easy way for a bunch of people to work together to figure out where they want to stay for a trip.
Airbnb added the wish list feature in 2012, and now 20 million people have used it. But people regularly end up using it as a starting point to plan trips they’ll be taking with others. So it makes sense to let people work on wish lists together, not just separately.
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And from there, everyone can vote on a listing, said Airbnb vice president of engineering Mike Curtis.
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