Alexandra Watkins said she has yet to host a Swimply reservation but recently listed her pool with a number of rules, including no kids allowed: "I think Swimply is about being comfortable with what you're offering."
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It's like Airbnb but for renting your pool to strangers. Things don't always go as planned
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 night after someone had wrongfully listed it on a platform devoted to renting out private swimming pools. Within minutes of her showing up, he said, a few other cars arrived.
