40 degrees measured in Île-de-France this Friday, July 31. Maxime and his three friends chose the right day to enjoy the pool… strangers. As we rent apartments or cars, it is now possible to do the same for swimming pools.
“We didn't have the opportunity to go on vacation so we wanted to come and have a refreshing drink and have a good time with friends,” says Antoine, who came from the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
The four friends went through Swimmy, the pool's Airbnb that connects owners and users.
A successful system
For this privileged moment, it was still necessary to pay 25 € per person for three hours. “We're better off here than at the municipal swimming pool,” comments Younsss. “There are too many people and with the coronavirus we prefer to have a swimming pool just for ourselves. "
A business that mainly benefits owners. For Hélène, renting her swimming pool allows her to pay for water heating, maintenance and taxes, ie 1,200 euros per year on average.
Since deconfinement, demand has never been greater. “Since the end of confinement, more than 4,000 reservations for private swimming pools have been made, more than 10 times the figure for last year,” reports the Swimmy platform. “Today we have 95,000 users on our platform. "