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A hotel ban only applies to one hotel or to a chain, not every hotel. Airbnb have a monopoly.
by datpiff 4y ago
A hotel ban only applies to one hotel or to a chain, not every hotel. Airbnb have a monopoly.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoA quick search for "airbnb alternatives" shows this isn't quite true. They're just by far the major player.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoFor starters, they're competing with actual hotels. And in terms of prices it's awfully close these days.
- LanceH 4y agoA monopoly on overnight rentals?
- ahallock 4y agoI can't think of any competitors in the same space. Maybe they exist, but they're terrible at advertising. Hotels aren't the same industry. Completely different experience.
- jamincan 4y agoI've actually been hearing ads for Vrbo on a lot of the podcasts I listen to, so that comes to mind immediately for me. Searching for airbnb alternatives seems to suggest that there are a number of options out there.
- dyno12345 4y agoVRBO
- ahallock 4y agowill check it out, thanks
- tayo42 4y agothere is vrbo... hotel aggregators list vacation home rentals. there is couchsurfing. airbnb didn't invent homestays...
- vikramkr 4y agoThis seems like claiming that a pizza place and a taco place aren't competing because they're completely different experiences - I'm still only going to eat one lunch, and I'm only going to use one service for lodging overnight somewhere
- TeMPOraL 4y agoThey're definitely serving a market with only partial overlap. E.g. I personally am in a market for pizza, but not for tacos.
- zamnos 4y agoWell, just for the two you, they have combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants, so you can have a choice of pizza and/or tacos, depending on what you feel like eating at that exact moment!
- JohnFen 4y agoActual bed-and-breakfasts, maybe?
- none_to_remain 4y agoWhat is Airbnb supposed to have a monopoly on? Their own trademark?
- JohnFen 4y agoBut as long as hotels exist, Airbnb is optional anyway, isn't it? Even ignoring hotels, there are plenty or real BnBs around. I have never felt the need to use Airbnb and haven't suffered from that.