Airbnb claims to have one million renters booked for New Years Eve

Airbnb has over one million guests booked for this upcoming New Year’s Eve, up from 550,000 last year. It will be the first time the business has ever booked one million people in a single night, surpassing the previous record on 8 August 2015, which was just shy of seven digits. However, as Airbnb is not releasing exact figures or providing access to its data, these numbers can not be independently verified.

New Year wil be Airbnb’s busiest night of the year as one million renters expected – twice as many as last year

The number of people spending New Year in an Airbnb will double this year, the home sharing platform has said, as more people than ever before choose to escape the celebrations by renting out someone elses home.

More than one million people are expected to be staying in a place rented on Airbnb when the clock strikes midnight, compared to just over half a million on the same day in 2014. That was the busiest day of the year for the startup, and with this year's numbers growing, 31 December is expected to be the busiest day of 2015 too.

Paris, New York and London are popular with visitors for the big night, but some more remote destinations have sparked dome serious interest.

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Fukuoaka in Japan was the destination which really took off in 2015, with bookings rocketing almost 1,300 per cent. Visits to homes in Acapulco in Mexico shot up 519 per cent, compared to last year, while Le Touquet on France's Opal Coast increased in popularity by 356 per cent.

It's Sydney which rates as the most popular spot for Londoners looking to leave the country on 31 December though.

More than 10,000 Brits have chosen a cabin in the woods to ring in the new year, while 100 lucky people managed to bag a private Island. 20 Brits have even chosen to spend the night in an Igloo.

Across the globe, the most popular destination to spend New Year, according to Airbnb users is Fuerteventura, Hawaii, and Hamburg.

Four in five of us wish we could spend the evening away, according to research from the tech company.