Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by Scoundreller on Thursday March 07, 2019 @03:59PM (#19332353)

Targeting.

If you know someone goes to London every November, your targeting return just went up 100x.

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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by kdot on Thursday March 07, 2019 @04:43PM (#19332786)

The nature of HT is last minute spur of the moment bookings.

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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by Scoundreller on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:05PM (#19333020)

I guess there are at least two categories:

1. Those that are in another city, knew they were going to be there, and didn’t book ahead (or just need an extra room?)

2. Those that live in a city and decide to get a hotel room tonight.

I’m actually having a hard time figuring out who’s booking last minute (and why a site specializes in it) other than for parties (large groups or.... by the hour).

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Re:Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight by hawaiianbrah on Thursday March 07, 2019 @05:35PM (#19333290)

I’m like 50/50 with booking things in advance and not. Prices don’t seem to go up too much so sometimes I value the flexibility of not booking until needed.

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