Jim Battan even expects to make $111,000 by the end of summer, which he said covers what he spent putting the pool in eight years ago.Īccording to the report, Swimply claims pool owners have made about 122,000 bookings since the start of 2020, owing much to a boom spurred by the COVID-19 lockdown, which saw many public pools shuttered during the summer's hottest months. One such owner recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal says he rented his Portland, OR., pool three times in his first two hours and hosted 2,700 guests in less then a year.

See also: The World's Top 20 Favorite Ice Cream Flavors, According to Your Hashtags According to the Wall Street Journal, Swimply currently features 13,000 pool owners in 125 markets nationwide. Pools are available in Los Angeles, Miami, Brooklyn, Phoenix and more.

Meet Swimply, a new peer-to-peer rental service people are calling 'the Airbnb of pools.' Just like its home-rental comparison, Swimply allows private home owners to rent their backyard swimming holes for hourly rates, such as $45 an hour for an 'attractive pool in Burbank' or $30 an hour for an 'oak forest oasis' in Houston. You might book a hotel down the street, make friends with a stranger, or join a community center - but what if we told you that was no longer necessary? When summer hits, people will do just about anything to get in a pool.

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