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Re:Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st... by ghaff on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:15PM (#16235222)
Absolutely. And, as I said in another comment, the marketplaces for renting vacation homes, houses, etc. was very fragmented and generally not very good until AirBnB came along. A lot of their business still depends on sketchy host behavior but there was clearly a legitimate need for a better service.

Also, in cities, I'm not sure I even want to spend enough time in wherever I'm staying to have a memorable experience. The city is the experience, not the place I'm staying. Not that I hang around where I'm staying most places but definitely not in cities. Or if I do, it's because I'm working :-/

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Re:Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st... by Consultant32452 on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:23PM (#16235272)
With regards to non-business stays in cities, I'm more than happy to use AirBnB if I can simultaneously save money and support a small business. I've used AirBnB for beach vacations before and it worked out great for that as well, equally a scenario where hanging out at the house wasn't desired. We were at the beach all day.
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