Swimply allows you to rent private residential pools without paying a nightly room rate. Swimply is ideal for remote work, a staycation, a gathering on a hot day, or even swim lessons. I booked a ...

Swimply might be the ultimate expression of the sharing economy. The company’s business model is based on your renting someone’s swimming pool for a swim, or renting out your own pool or backyard to ...

Years ago, startups called Uber and Airbnb changed the way Americans thought about taxicabs and hotels. An app named Swimply is attempting another paradigm shift. This time, the subject is swimming ...

Dianna Zabinski of Clarkston said she was suffering in the dreadful August heat last summer, mindlessly scrolling through social media when she discovered a service that would change her summer. With ...

Business is booming at Swimply, an online site that's been dubbed the "Airbnb" for swimming pools. That's no thanks to towns like Toms River, where township officials say private pool rentals violate ...

How many times have you been sitting in ungodly heat just wishing you had a pool in your backyard to cool off in? Personally, there have been more than a few times where I wished I had a backyard ...

Chris, a homeowner in Des Moines, was surprised when a woman he didn’t know recently pulled into his driveway and asked if he could move his vehicles. She believed she had booked his pool for the ...

Got a swimming pool? For the past several years, a site called Swimply has proposed to help you rent out that pool by the hour to people who want to host a pool party or simply swim in a private space ...

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It's like an Airbnb-style for swimming pools. Your visit may or may not include a giant unicorn floatie. Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated from the University of Texas at ...

The Southern California September forecast? Mostly sunny and sweaty, with a chance of roasting. The cure: a dip in the pool. Don’t have one? Don’t need one. These days, you can rent, by the hour, from ...