Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st Century Company

Re:Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st... by bogomipz on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:21AM (#16240337)

The idea that staying in an AirBnB instead of a hotel means you are "living like a local" is patently absurd. It's also an invention of marketing folks at AirBnB. One that you have apparently bought right into.

Your credential signaling - "I travel a lot" adds no weight at all. I too travel, most of the year and have been around the world more than a few times at this point in my life. Living like a local is about many things - establishing friendships and relationships with people that live there, its about establishing a routine, its about having life experiences there. But it most certainly has nothing to do with staying in a hotel vs staying in an Airbnb.

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Re:Open Letter to the Airbnb Community About Building a 21st... by baby on Saturday January 27, 2018 @06:42AM (#16245841)

> One that you have apparently bought right into

Well I'm glad I did then, because I truly feel at home when I stay in an Airbnb, and I don't feel at home when I'm staying in a hotel.

Of course living in a city is about more than just having a home, but it gives you that feeling, for a bit.

> "I travel a lot" adds no weight at all

Of course it adds weight. I have the actual experience of living in different cities (and different continents) and I've been staying at airbnbs and hotels enough to understand the difference. Now again, these are just my personal anecdotal experiences, but saying that it is absurd is absurd. You can't objectively think that living in someone's "home" is not more homely that staying in a hotel.

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