Away from the crowd: you want for Covid, you want for a matter of mere relaxation, and privacy. Antidotes to the ritual and impending summer heatwave. Historically alternatives to the sea, especially for those who are not lucky enough to live in front of it, they have always also been seasonally adjusted status symbols. And we are not referring to water parks and public facilities, but to private pool, until now the prerogative of a select few, unless they have been invited to an exclusive party. With Swimmy, however, access to the latter becomes possible and moreover simple, just a click away.
After France and Spain, the Airbnb of pool rental between individuals also lands in Italy.
Active since 2017, it is a web platform that allows owners to share their swimming pools with vacationers and local residents, who rent it. For an hour, full day or, very often, for one half day. It is the first of its kind in Europe. After the houses, the cars, the boats, in times of collaborative economy now comes the time of swimming pools. Swimmy currently has 120,000 users, 3,000 registered owners and 16,000 rentals made in 2020. Despite the epidemic. One way, among other things, to amortize the considerable maintenance costs.
Registering on the site (it.swimmy.com) is easy, intuitive and free. For the owner, an identity document, proof of address and a photo of the object of desire are sufficient. For the tenant, the procedure is similar to AirBnB and the per capita price is confirmed by the owner, sorry, of the pool. This also has the right to set a maximum number of participants and rules to be respected: if any problems arise, a special insurance would be triggered. And flexibility in indicating available dates is guaranteed.
A few examples, calibrated on half a day and “per person”. In Abruzzo, a “large swimming pool surrounded by greenery” costs 15 euros. In Rome, right in the center, “a swimming pool a stone’s throw from Via del Corso” costs 25 euros. While a “beautiful swimming pool with a breathtaking view of Vesuvius”, in Naples, with no interruption of the horizon between chlorine and salt, 14 euros.
«To bathe in a swimming pool, or in a nice place along the shore, sprinkle water! Walking with the water to your ankle, or running naked along the shore. Understanding what space is! ” wrote Walt Whitman. In the meantime, all that remains is to dive from an imaginary springboard, of the mind. The cooling effect is guaranteed.
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