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Jennie Quinlan was one of the first Airbnb hosts in San Antonio when she opened up a room in Alta Vista. Photo by Gretchen Greer.
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The Rise of Airbnb in San Antonio

by Gretchen Greer March 29, 2015October 7, 2016

I don’t recommend sleeping with strangers, but for Airbnb I make an exception. The company, founded by Brian Chesky, Nathan Blecharczyk, and Joe Gebbia in San Francisco in 2007, is expanding globally, and San Antonio is not immune to its charms. The premise of Airbnb sounds inherently dangerous: open your home for a fee to strangers […]

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