Airbnb valued at $13B ahead of staff stock sale

Re:Airbnb valued at $13B ahead of staff stock sale by netcan on Friday October 24, 2014 @11:07AM (#8504037)

Regarding low-mid range, This isn't my experience at all. My experience is that for certain types of travel (eg, meeting friends for a weekend in some fun city) and AirBnB apartment is more fun, IE higher quality than any normal hotel option. Obviously if you compare a midrange apartment to a rockstar suite in a 5 star hotel AirBnB doesn't win but for most fair comparison I value the apartment more than the hotel.

Which is better is a matter of taste, I suppose. A lot of people love hotels. I don't. But, for the price ranges that cover 80% of rooms in most cities, I think it's hard to claim that AirBnB is only better value at the lower tiers. There are some awesome places at the 'sold my company to google' price ranges.

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Re:Airbnb valued at $13B ahead of staff stock sale by grandalf on Friday October 24, 2014 @11:47AM (#8504216)

Excellent point. I too prefer staying in someone's comfortable home over a hotel room. Other than at very high end hotels, there are frequently little annoyances (air conditioning cranked up, noisy fans, noisy housekeeping in the morning, excessive use of insecticides, low quality mattresses, small or nonexistent refrigerator, no kitchen, etc.) that detract from the experience.

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