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Airbnb - $20B* Hilton - $30B Marriott - $22B Choice (Holiday Inn, Best Western, etc) - $3.4B * http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-01/airbnb-said-to

Airbnb - $20B* Hilton - $30B Marriott - $22B Choice (Holiday Inn, Best Western, etc) - $3.4B * http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-01/airbnb-said-to-be-raising-funding-at-20-billion-valuation http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-01/airbnb-sai... They aren't really the "small guy" anymore.

robotkilla 11y ago
The Airbnb hosts are the small guys I was referring to. Ratting them out to their landlord? Selling their contact info to hotels? That's some dark shit and I hope it fails spectacularly.
- Eric_WVGG 11y ago
  Though I have never tried it myself, I know numerous people who have done AirBnB "hosting." It has enabled them to afford trips and vacations they could otherwise never afford; their tenants have always been cool people who loved the experience and left the spaces in immaculate condition (I served as the "key man" many times). Every AirBnB experience I've witnessed has been win=win; the absurdly unbelievably filthy rich landlords can go cry in their beds stuffed with money as far as I'm concerned.
  - akulbe 11y ago
    I'm an Airbnb host. Love it. It has changed our lives. This idea of the OP, it pisses me off, to no end.
  - mobiplayer 11y ago
    Well, but why those don't go out and buy a flat they can rent in AirBnB instead of sub-renting someone else's? Most rental contracts explicitly forbid sub-renting and I'm pretty sure these cool people don't pay taxes on the money they get from the short-term tenants. This is a greeeeey area.
- sergiotapia 11y ago
  If owned a house next to these rentals, I would be PISSED. I think OP has a good idea going.
  - giaour 11y ago
    I live in an apartment next door to an AirBnB in Manhattan. It seems to only get rented out for big, noisy parties.
- schrodinger 11y ago
  I live in an apartment building in which one of the tenants is constantly renting the apartment out on airbnb. It means we've constantly got random people coming in and out of our building, partying, making a lot of noise and not caring what anyone else thinks, since they'll never see them again. If airbnb had a policy where you could only rent out your apartment for say 3 weeks a year, I'd be all for it. i sympathize with someone renting out their place while they go on vacation to fund their trip. But instead it's abused to create essentially a hotel, that's a nuisance to neighbors and raises rents.

robotkilla 11y ago

The Airbnb hosts are the small guys I was referring to. Ratting them out to their landlord? Selling their contact info to hotels? That's some dark shit and I hope it fails spectacularly.

Eric_WVGG 11y ago
Though I have never tried it myself, I know numerous people who have done AirBnB "hosting." It has enabled them to afford trips and vacations they could otherwise never afford; their tenants have always been cool people who loved the experience and left the spaces in immaculate condition (I served as the "key man" many times). Every AirBnB experience I've witnessed has been win=win; the absurdly unbelievably filthy rich landlords can go cry in their beds stuffed with money as far as I'm concerned.
- akulbe 11y ago
  I'm an Airbnb host. Love it. It has changed our lives. This idea of the OP, it pisses me off, to no end.
- mobiplayer 11y ago
  Well, but why those don't go out and buy a flat they can rent in AirBnB instead of sub-renting someone else's? Most rental contracts explicitly forbid sub-renting and I'm pretty sure these cool people don't pay taxes on the money they get from the short-term tenants. This is a greeeeey area.
sergiotapia 11y ago
If owned a house next to these rentals, I would be PISSED. I think OP has a good idea going.
- giaour 11y ago
  I live in an apartment next door to an AirBnB in Manhattan. It seems to only get rented out for big, noisy parties.
schrodinger 11y ago
I live in an apartment building in which one of the tenants is constantly renting the apartment out on airbnb. It means we've constantly got random people coming in and out of our building, partying, making a lot of noise and not caring what anyone else thinks, since they'll never see them again. If airbnb had a policy where you could only rent out your apartment for say 3 weeks a year, I'd be all for it. i sympathize with someone renting out their place while they go on vacation to fund their trip. But instead it's abused to create essentially a hotel, that's a nuisance to neighbors and raises rents.