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Re:Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minu... by zippergz on Friday July 22, 2022 @12:51PM (#32194180)
"SuperHost" is such a joke because most of them are professional airbnb managers who don't actually own the properties. If they're good at their jobs maybe they would only accept properties that meet some standard, but from what I've seen they will work with anyone who will pay them.
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Re:Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minu... by bogota on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:02PM (#32194341)
They should really make it more clear what places are owned by property management companies vs people.
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Re:Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minu... by ethbr0 on Friday July 22, 2022 @02:10PM (#32195248)
This is the Amazon quandary: your core product is ostensibly "quality" (from an end user perspective), but at some point you've consumed the total available market of quality sellers...

So AirBnB has to keep allowing (and encouraging) property management companies, because no one else can bring them the volume they need to grow.

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