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A monopoly on overnight rentals?


I 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.


I'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.


This 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


They're definitely serving a market with only partial overlap. E.g. I personally am in a market for pizza, but not for tacos.


Well, 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!


VRBO


will check it out, thanks


there is vrbo... hotel aggregators list vacation home rentals. there is couchsurfing. airbnb didn't invent homestays...


Actual bed-and-breakfasts, maybe?




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