Patrick Horton and two buddies took advantage of the blizzard and built an igloo. It took them about six hours.
They then posted their igloo on Airbnb, hoping someone might think it was a cool place to hang out.
Got shut down by @Airbnb for not meeting occupancy standards. Though they were nice enough to tell us that it looked very well constructed.
— Patrick M. Horton (@patrickmhorton) January 25, 2016
"This is New York. People have done crazier things with their money, so we didn't think $200 to stay in a giant ice cave was not an out of the question thing," Horton said.
Amazingly, offers started coming in, but Airbnb put a freeze on the idea and unlisted the igloo.
The friends aren't giving up. They're still hoping someone might want to rent it out. If not, they're hoping the igloo might be able to help them get dates
Click here for full coverage of the blizzard of 2016.
Airbnb passed, but friends in NYC are still trying to get someone to rent out their igloo. https://t.co/L37beNnNLA pic.twitter.com/YGgEKql38Q
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) January 27, 2016
Changing my @Tinder photo to the igloo. That image has gotten way more love then the rest of the photos I have on there. #RightSwipeTheIgloo
— Patrick M. Horton (@patrickmhorton) January 25, 2016
#indiastreetigloo pic.twitter.com/xunxUAwxRb
— Patrick M. Horton (@patrickmhorton) January 24, 2016
#indiastreetigloo pic.twitter.com/Y2HZnanGm6
— Patrick M. Horton (@patrickmhorton) January 24, 2016
Need a place to #IglooAndChill? Come stay in the #IndiaStreetIgloo on @Airbnb. https://t.co/9mvBkLiFQm @VICE pic.twitter.com/Li637pKeP9
— Patrick M. Horton (@patrickmhorton) January 24, 2016
An igloo went up for rent on Airbnb during #blizzard2016: https://t.co/C1Xfbyshmd pic.twitter.com/ZhEF1kDz6y
— ABC News (@ABC) January 26, 2016