(Bloomberg/Natalie Lung) — Airbnb Inc. issued a better-than-expected outlook for the holiday quarter, with a recently launched “reserve now, pay later” feature helping fuel demand in the US.

Revenue for the three months ending Dec. 31 will be $2.66 billion to $2.72 billion, the company said in a shareholder letter on Thursday, exceeding the Bloomberg-compiled analyst average estimate of $2.67 billion.

The key metric of nights and seats booked is expected to increase in the “mid-single-digit range” from a year earlier, Airbnb said. That was in line with analysts’ estimates. Airbnb had previously warned about challenging comparisons with 2024.

“In October, we continued to see strong demand despite more difficult year-over-year comparisons,” Airbnb said in the letter. American travelers ar

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