![]() ![]() So in the pursuit of journalism, I booked one of each. However after my editor had the time of his life making sangria with a pair of Portuguese drag queens, he promised that my skepticism about canned “experiences” was foolish, and that I might not only learn something, but end up with a tasty lunch in the process.Īirbnb’s experiences fall into a few main categories: field trips (Explore the Pink City of Jaipur), cooking classes (Make Mexican Street Tacos with a Pro Chef), interactive activities (Relax Heal & Meditate with Sound Bowls) and performances or explainers (magic shows, etc.). I’m personally not the type who’d book a cooking class or hire a tour guide when I travel, and my first reaction was that I could just learn these skills on Youtube. But, are they actually fun? And would an experience like taking samurai sword lessons even work without, you know, a samurai sword? It’s part of a site-wide pivot by Airbnb’s “experience” hosts to an online format, giving bored shelter-in-placers a way to visit other parts of the world via video. ![]() The answer was clearly no, but Renzia and her “nonna” cheered me on nevertheless, along with five other cooking students scattered across the globe, dialing in through Zoom for the Airbnb online cooking experience “ Pasta with the Grandmas.” Chiara and Nonna have hosted hundreds of amateur chefs at their home in Palombara Sabrina 45 minutes northeast of Rome, and during the pandemic they’ve pivoted online, sporting a multi-camera setup and a Spotify playlist of Italian songs that they blasted during an adorable mid-recipe dance break. My computer screen was tilted down to show my lasagna dough, which at that point looked more like a pile of scrambled eggs. ![]()
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