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"Sometimes, a couch just doesn't cut it. For travelers looking for a bit more bang for a lot more bucks, vacation rentals startup Airbnb has added extravagant listings fit for a king \u2014 literally.\nThe startup, in partnership with Rent a Village by Xnet, is now renting entire Austrian villages, German towns, a Swiss ski-resort and even an entire European country. The Principality of Liechtenstein rents for $70,000 per night. Bargain hunters can rent a German or a Swiss village for a mere $50,000 a night.\n\"With Xnet and Airbnb, events take place throughout the idyllic landscape of your host destination, not in some generic hotel,\" says Airbnb. \"The local people earn a living, because each event draws heavily on local vendors and service providers for everything from accommodations and catering to infrastructure and activity production.\"\nAnd if you so choose, says the startup, \"the mayors and marching bands can welcome you with a custom medieval festival and present you the key to the city. Or perhaps a wine tasting event at a prince's estate followed by a fireworks show is more your style.\"\nAfter closing its $7.2 million Series A round in November, Airbnb said it would use the funds for global expansion. \"With the additional funding ... we will be able to take even larger steps,\" co-founder Nate Blecharczyk said. Consider this the first of them.\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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