Beyoncé frenzy as searches spike for singer coming to town

It’s the moment fans have been waiting over six years for. Beyoncé has announced her latest tour across almost 50 dates touring North America and Europe this summer, and those lucky enough to get tickets are swarming to Airbnb to secure their accommodation for what is expected to be one of the most hotly anticipated music events of 2023. 

The stadium tour sees Beyoncé visit 40 cities including London, Sunderland and Cardiff in the UK, Barcelona, Marseille and Frankfurt in Europe, and Nashville, Vancouver and Kansas City across North America. In the first week of announcing her tour on February 1, searches for cities the tour is visiting jumped by approximately 120 percent¹ compared to the previous week. The top 10 trending cities with the highest jump in searches, ranging from five times to over 10 times more searches than the previous week, include:

1. Warsaw, Poland 
2. Cardiff, Wales 
3. Sunderland, United Kingdom 
4. Houston, TX, United States 
5. Marseille, France 
6. Stockholm, Sweden 
7. Inglewood, CA, United States 
8. Edinburgh, Scotland 
9. Tampa, FL, United States
10. Frankfurt, Germany

Since its founding, Airbnb has helped cities use existing space to scale accommodations and absorb the influx of visitors around big events, all while creating important economic opportunities for Hosts and local small businesses. This includes extending those opportunities to neighbourhoods outside of city centers that have not traditionally benefited from the tourism economy. 

For those looking to host a fan

For those lucky enough to live in a host city, now has never been a better time to join the growing community of Hosts on Airbnb. In 2022, new Hosts collectively earned over $5.5 billion² in income from hosting on Airbnb, globally. And Hosts are having great success securing bookings, quickly. Half of listings that were activated and booked in Q3 2022 globally received their first booking within three days.

With the introduction of Airbnb Setup, it’s never been easier to become an Airbnb Host. Through the all-new, super easy way to Airbnb your home, new Hosts can access one-to-one guidance from a Superhost; the opportunity to have an experienced guest for your first booking; and specialised support from Airbnb Community Support agents in over 42 languages.

All Hosts also get even more AirCover, now featuring even more top-to-bottom protection, with guest identity verification, reservation screening, and $3 million damage protection, including coverage for cars, boats, art and valuables. For more information about sharing your space and becoming a Host, visit: Airbnb.com/host.

Listings fit for a queen (or king!)

The hive can still live it up like queens or kings and soak up some of the buzz, even if they couldn’t get tickets. Here’s a roundup of irreplaceable homes in or near cities where Beyoncé is performing.

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