Dublin, Ireland -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/26/2011 -- With just nine months to go to the official Olympics opening ceremony, London is bracing itself for the arrival of more than 14 million expected visitors. With hotels charging a reported five times their normal rates, 9flats.com, Europe's largest platform for “peer to peer” rental accommodations, is offering Londoners an innovative way to both welcome Olympic visitors and supplement their own personal income.
Through 9flats.com, Londoners can promote their homes easily and rent accommodation to interested visitors, allowing them to profit from the comfort of their own home. “Hosts” can let all types of accommodation, from single rooms to entire apartments and houses, thus offering Olympics visitors an affordable alternative to overpriced hotel rooms. A key advantage for 9flats hosts is the new seasonal pricing tool, which enables them to offer different prices during peak season and key events, including the Olympics.
“In the countdown to the Olympics Games, there is a constant focus on London and the UK in the global media. This exposure, coupled with other global events hosted in London, means millions and millions of people are expected to visit London in 2012. With 9flats.com, many more Londoners can take advantage of this boom in visitor numbers,” said 9flats.com founder Stephan Uhrenbacher.
Additional benefits of becoming a 9flats host include free registration, secure payments, complimentary insurance and a customer service team available to support and advise 9flats’ hosts with any difficulties that they may incur. Registering and promoting a property for London 2012 is a simple three step process: via www.9flats.com locals list their property, activate it to ensure it appears live on the site and finally, rent it out to members. 9flats.com hosts also give the keys directly to their “guests” and thus have an opportunity to meet with them in advance.
For more information and to rent out a room or property, please visit www.9flats.com
About 9flats.com
9flats.com is a market place for private accommodation to facilitate smarter and more local travel. Through the site, members can rent private places worldwide or let their own place for some extra income. 9flats launched in February 2011 and currently lists over 20,000 private accommodations in 50 countries, ranging from a place on a couch for €15 a night to a luxury apartment for €500. 9flats.com was founded by Stephan Uhrenbacher, one of Germany's leading internet entrepreneurs, who was involved in both the success of travel booking site lastminute.com and Europe's most popular local review site Qype.com, which he founded. The company is based in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Singapore and Valencia and currently employs 150 employees.