We may have reached peak “gig” economy

Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by crpatino on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:12AM (#13580095)

Well, that means that AirBNB should be charging more that an equivalent hotel room, doesn't it? At least to the market segment that values the same things that you do.

I am wondering how many segments there are in the "accomodations" industry. We have the homely/warm/cozy opinioned root kind of segment CalRobert has exemplified; then we have the dirt-cheap hobo-shelter-minus-stabbing that people on a tight budget seem to value, etc.

Any thoughts.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by CalRobert on Monday February 06, 2017 @10:40AM (#13580407)

I would not be surprised if AirBNB has applied their data engineers to the task of identifying these segments; it sounds like a classic unguided ML problem.

To be fair, if more hotels were cozy and made it easier to meet local people I'd be more inclined to go with hotels. They're not _bad_, per se, just kind of sterile.

There are exceptions, of course. I've stayed in small, usually family-run, bnb's in rural Ireland, and Germany's romantic road. These tend to be more charming.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by blusterXY on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:18PM (#13584101)

AirBNB does charge market rates for that stuff. They just work out to be cheaper because they don't provide other costly things that many hotels do.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by koolba on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:39PM (#13584368)

> They just work out to be cheaper because they don't provide other costly things that many hotels do.

Like local hotel taxes.

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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by JonFish85 on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:11PM (#13584736)

And insurance premiums, and ADA-compliant housing...

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