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Airbnb has more places because Airbnb has more people because Airbnb has more places (and so on). It's basically the same moat as Facebook. It works better than
by likpok 6y ago
Airbnb has more places because Airbnb has more people because Airbnb has more places (and so on). It's basically the same moat as Facebook. It works better than Uber, I think, because Airbnb is much more travel-oriented so it's hard to have a local competitor (who wants to install an app for every city you visit?)
VRBO can theoretically compete by being cheaper but comparison shopping between apps is a pain (there's no kayak or google maps aggregator).
- data_spy 6y agoI was looking into this as well. The main difference between the two is user acquisition. Airbnb is doing no marketing right now and vrbo is doing lots. Also 46% more of their users go directly to Airbnb.com versus Vrbo. So you can run the exact same business but if one doesn't need to advertise and the other does it can make huge differences to the financials.