From reading

the news to hailing a taxi, there isn’t really an area of our lives that hasn’t been touched by a smartphone app of some sort. One of the most interesting of these new ways to navigate the world is Airbnb. A quick and clever way to find shortterm rentals around the world, Airbnb connects people looking for a place to stay with people who have a spot handy. You can rent anything from a single room in someone’s house to an entire home – with someone to meet you at your destination and tell you all about the cool little bar around the corner. Airbnb has caught on in SA too, so this week we showcase a Cape Town flat (see Page 6) that Airbnbers will want to book pronto.