Managing hearts and minds: romanticizing Airbnb experiences

In peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation settings such as Airbnb, social interactions and commercial motives blur the exchange experience between hosts and guests. This study focuses on the blurred experiences and how these are managed in the confines of the shared Airbnb home. Drawing upon the ideology of modern Romanticism, this study seeks to understand the dynamics through which the dualities of Home Sharing (HS) experiences take place. This work...