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Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable?

Say I need my house cleaning supervised but my wife is away, why can't I rent a well reviewed wife on an SpouseBnB type of site?

Do you think this will work?

If I start this off as a weekend project, what legal aspects do I need to worry about?

( 11 comments | 5 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by benologist on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:13AM (#4488082)
You'd need to worry about the bit where 80% of your customers will be looking for hookers, and the other 20% of your customers will be hookers.

That said, a hooker-slash-cleaning service....

Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by gadders on Friday September 07, 2012 @09:51AM (#4488993)
You get hookers to clean your slash?

NB: This joke makes more sense for Brits.

Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by highlander on Friday September 07, 2012 @05:18AM (#4488256)
Back up a level...do you really want to pay someone to watch the other person you paid to clean the house? Why not just hire a reliable cleaner that can work without supervision?
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by systemtrigger on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:41AM (#4489633)
I think you should sort out the nomenclature before you write the business plan. Renting a wife implies sex not house cleaning.
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by mooism2 on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:09AM (#4488071)
"AirBnB for spouses" sounds like wife-swapping at best, prostitution at worst.
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by codegeek on Friday September 07, 2012 @02:10PM (#4490395)
"rent a well reviewed wife "

Now that phrase could have 100 meanings. You probably don't want to use that as a tagline for sure.

Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by DanielCole on Monday September 10, 2012 @12:33PM (#4500614)
I think the challenge I see is "wife" when really you're talking about general services. TaskRabbit already address the service sector and you can hire someone to perform a number of tasks to help you manage your life.

On the upside, prostitution is a huge industry which equates to a large total addressable market.

Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by jpau on Friday September 07, 2012 @05:03AM (#4488221)
I think such a thing would require a large adoption to work, but the use cases are too bizarre and already have work arounds. For your example, why not a friend, family member, or neighbour?
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by helen842000 on Friday September 07, 2012 @07:13AM (#4488520)
"Say I need my house cleaning supervised"... really? You run into this problem a lot?

Then again, does it work both ways? Say I need the couch sitting on... :)

Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by krisneuharth on Friday September 07, 2012 @03:11PM (#4490678)
I think Vooza already tried this.
Re:Ask HN: AirBnB for spouses - viable? by gregorym on Friday September 07, 2012 @06:49PM (#4491575)
Can't you clean yourself?