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With a few tweaks, Airbnb could disrupt yet another multibillion-dollar industry
- cylinder 12y agoQuartz really went down the drain quickly.
- davemel37 12y agoI wouldn't call it disruption, I would call it content marketing for acquisition and affiliate marketing as monetization. Nothing new or interesting or compelling here.
- pbreit 12y agoNot a very compelling proposition. I could see hosts offering write-ups of the vicinity but am not sure how monetization would work. I'd like to see AirBnB go after regular vacation rentals. I have much better luck on VRBO and FlipKey than AirBnB.
- cstanley 12y agoI guessed it would be car rentals before clicking on the link... relative to a media/publishing arm I don't think my guess was so stupid after all.
- tim333 12y agoThe suggestions to spread to the travel industry seem a bad idea to me. Loads of strong competition. Now spreading from 5 day rentals to 6 month rentals and long term - that would probably work as it overlaps what they already do. I just took two one month rentals on my place and if I needed to let for a year or two I think I'd prefer to use airbnb to the unknown, likely sketchy, letting agent down the road.