
The average price per person is about $10, but you might pay as little as $2 (“ Cultural Journey through London Chinatown”) or as much as $73 (“ Private Astrology Reading & Natal Chart,” from Barcelona). Over the course of an hour or two, the hosts dive into a wide range of artistic, cultural, musical, culinary and athletic topics: “ Dance Like a K-pop Star,” presented live by a guide in South Korea “ Cooking with a Moroccan Family,” from Marrakesh “ Tokyo Anime and Subcultures,” from Japan “ Day in the Life of a Shark Scientist,” from South Africa.

Airbnb recently introduced what it calls Online Experiences: Live interactive sessions, conducted over Zoom by guides around the world, for small groups of “tourists” stuck at home. Surely there’s nothing left to be Zoomified.Īctually, there is. Meetings, parties, concerts, music lessons, exercise classes: Any interactions that can be adapted to a Zoom video call, have been.


In the Great Lockdown, two-way video has become our primary social channel.
