Most properties you can book on Airbnb are also available on Expedia's HomeAway. And it's already publicly traded. Also many of the same apartments are advertis

Most properties you can book on Airbnb are also available on Expedia's HomeAway. And it's already publicly traded. Also many of the same apartments are advertised on Booking.com. Both of those services were running before AirBnb came. So Airbnb's main advantage is that it made short-term rentals more consumer friendly and populated the idea to hosts, who might not have done it professionally before (which, if you ask me is a bad thing, as I've checked in into so many properties run by hosts who have no clue how to provide B&B services).. anyway.. Airbnb IPO? Yawn.