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Kactus.jpg's avatar

congrats on 6 months 🎈

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Jake Bell's avatar

thank you!

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Amber Nelson's avatar

I agree with the Airbnb stuff. It’s not a stunt that conveys a meaningful benefit to most people. If they want people to think “I can stay in a really cool property with Airbnb and have an experience I can’t get anywhere else” idk why this is the strategy they picked. It’s gimmicky.

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Mathias Coudert's avatar

« There is a real white space here for a service that offers rentals at architecturally significant, chic homes »

I assume you never heard of One Fine Stay by Accor… so may be there is no so much of a real space for that kind of service 😅

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Isabel's avatar

Fair point on Airbnb. I kind of liked it as a brand building lever and see it as them trying to further differentiate themselves from hotels - WHERE you stay can be the destination. Industry experts have pointed to this travel mentality as a growing trend! However, 1000% agree that this won’t get them far if they don’t fix elements of the experience - no one wants a cleaning fee that’s half the accommodation cost.

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Jake Bell's avatar

It’s definitely a decent lever and I think you’re spot on with the idea of AirBnb focusing on exclusive destinations, I just wish they were most tasteful.

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Isabel's avatar

Totally. It's definitely distasteful to launch this and not deal with the everyday experience & common customer complaints

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