Airbnb And Vice Team Up To Give Youth A Chance To Explore Music Culture

Airbnb and Vice has teamed up to give youth from different parts of the world included South Africa to have the most ecstatic experiences with the best hospitality they can offer. Airbnb is an online marketplace and hospitality service that enables people to lease or rent short-term lodging including vacation rentals, apartment rentals, homestays, hostel beds, or hotel rooms. Vice is a Youth media brand that has captivated audiences for more than two decades through immersive storytelling around the world. This is a competition that intends to send 100 people on a trip of a lifetime.The trip will take winners to the most amazing parts of the world such as Paris, Harlem, Cape Town and Tokyo through the Airbnb Trips platform.

The experiences include exploring Cape town’s Techno Township. Winners will get a chance to be introduced into the electronic music scene in the Khayelitsha township.South African rapper, DJ and producer Spoek Mathambo and Khayelitsha’s own, Yolanda Fyrus, will be accompanying the CPT trip. There will also be a chance to see how rhythm and beats are imprinted in the culture by learning traditional dance moves, as well as collaborating with one of the DJ’s to produce your own track.

In Paris you will be introduced to classic cabarets in Pigalle, “love stories”, private burlesque class, and delicious baguettes, along with internationally published writer, educator and therapist, Camille Emmanuelle, whose work focuses on intimacy and empowerment. In New york you will be exploring the intersections of community, politics, fine art and activism. Lastly in Tokyo, you will be learning about their partially-hidden queer culture and how manga comics are pushing LGBTQ narrative into mainstream pop culture, and then, explore the nightlife of the Ni-chōme district, which boasts the highest concentration of gay bars in the world.

Each trip will include:

• One ticket to one of the Experiences offered. (Each experience is offered four times and no one can attend more than one.)
• Roundtrip airfare to either Tokyo, Paris, Cape Town, or New York.
• Three nights accommodation in an Airbnb home.
• Per diem for local transportation and food.

To enter for a chance to win a VICE and Airbnb Experience. visit www.airbnb.com/vice