Travel like a local

Planning a long weekend in Melbourne to watch the Australian Open or go to Sydney to explore its gorgeous harbour & various boutiques? Wimdu can offer you affordable accommodation for your stay. Depending on your budget you can choose between simply crashing on a couch or getting your own room for a few nights. Best of all, you’ll be meeting great new people along the way!

The recently launched company Wimdu (www.wimdu.com.au) is one of the fastest growing companies in Europe and now rapidly expanding into the Asia Pacific region and both North and South America. It is a central platform for private accommodation that connects travellers and hosts on a global scale. This is great news for anyone who prefers to learn about the local culture, save money, stay with locals, and receive valuable insider information! The impersonal service and relatively high cost of hotels, and the poor amenities and safety provided by hostels makes this an easy win. Through its exciting online marketplace, Wimdu offers a unique choice of rooms, apartments and houses and allows travellers to experience countries and cities as a local would experience them.

The benefits of this online service are not limited to travellers alone. Anyone who wants to rent out a house, spare room, couch, or even a castle can set up a profile, offer their place and receive additional income. In order to add security, the website handles all the money and requires guests to pay online before arriving at the location. Also, home owners can choose among their potential guests before confirming their booking and write a review about them after the stay. Travellers also have the opportunity to evaluate their hosts and write comments and recommendations to inform fellow travellers about their experience. This creative business model enables home owners to offer spare rooms to travellers and at the same time helps travellers save money.

One of the largest start up launches in history, Wimdu was kicked off in eleven languages and forty cities across Australia, Asia, Europe, North and South America. It is financed and supported by the German incubator firm Rocket Internet which was also responsible for building up eBay Europe and manages the international growth of Groupon, the fastest growing company in the history of companies.

So get on to Goole Earth and pick a place!  Get going, with Wimdu!

For more information please contact:
info@wimdu.com.au