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A hot summer trend in the sharing economy? Rental swimming pools

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The sharing economy found a new angle this summer, according to NPR. Swimply, an Airbnb-style platform for renting private swimming pools, has booked approximately two hundred seventy-five thousand reservations so far this year. It's proof that in the gig economy, even your backyard can become a revenue stream.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/03/nx-s1-5876505/swimming-poo...

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