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I think that is the first response most people have, but they've booked something like 5MM nights with no adverse events like you've described. Also, VBRO and H
by replicatorblog 14y ago
I think that is the first response most people have, but they've booked something like 5MM nights with no adverse events like you've described. Also, VBRO and Homeaway are both older companies with similar business models and neither has had a huge PR disaster like you describe.
- unimpressive 14y agoWhile I'm not aware of anything happening to the guests, I think that people should be wary before they open their home to Internet strangers. See: http://ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/violated-travelers-lost-faith-difficult.html http://ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/violated-travele...
- koide 14y agoThe more things you do with strangers of any kind, the higher the risk of both harm and wonderful encounters. That, attached to the fact that most people is not crazy or evil, would give you the right path to pick.
- ceejayoz 14y ago> I think that is the first response most people have, but they've booked something like 5MM nights with no adverse events like you've described. You apparently missed last year's PR debacle after someone had folks demolish her apartment to build a meth lab. Airbnb initially refused to pay up. http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0803/Airbnb-apologizes-after-member-robbery-PR-debacle http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0803/Airbnb-apologize...