With Places, a list of local eateries might be curated by a cookbook author, or one example in Havana is a guide to the best live music joints put together by a local jazz pianist and composer.

It could be argued that in terms of recommendations, we could get the same information from family and friends as we always have, but if you don’t know anyone familiar with your destination, that’s where this comes in – something that Airbnb has always touted as a selling point.

There’s perhaps also a point to be made about hidden gems no longer being hidden gems once publicised, though the ‘I knew it before it was famous’ problem has always existed and spans pretty much any forum. You’re also getting that host’s personal interest so venues won’t always be to everyone’s taste: one man’s hidden gem is another man’s wouldn’t-go-if-you-paid-me dive.

It also depends what kind of traveller you are as to how much you’ll get out of Airbnb Trips: there’s no way of monetising the experience of stumbling across something amazing by accident and it won’t suit everyone. But if you’re in a new city and at a loss as to where to start, this is the formal equivalent of meeting a random in bar who tells you about some gig in a living room you should try and get into.

Everything you need to know about Airbnb Trips