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Re:Vandalised home puts pressure on Airbnb by ed209 on Friday July 29, 2011 @10:10AM (#2821818)
And if you do, you should take as many precautions as possible. Airbnb handled this badly, but in truth it can just as easily happen to anyone renting out a property.

I don't understand why Airbnb aren't as rigorous as regular rental companies? And why they are not better educating their customers on security and crime prevention.

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Re:Vandalised home puts pressure on Airbnb by hack_edu on Friday July 29, 2011 @10:54AM (#2822093)
> I don't understand why Airbnb aren't as rigorous as regular rental companies?

Because they wouldn't be profitable if they were, it's too complicated and doesn't fit in their model. The regular rental companies would soon copy their model outpace them if they went that route.

Did anyone ask about this in their YC interviews? ;)

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