Airbnb is in direct compatition with hotel's and motels says airbnb rep

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I just got off the phone with one of airbnb reps. The rep said that airbnb is in direct compatition with all hotels and motels. She also said that they where unwilling to accommodate my request as a markerter representing a hotel and motel chain and that airbnb did not want hotel and motel busness.

If this is true I am greatly disipointed. Even in this economy I find it disheartening that any busness would turn away clients. Especially an indestry worth an excess of 162 billion.

The more I read up on airbnb it seems like they are the uber of the hotel motel world. What's ironic is that executives of airbnb says they are not in compitition with hotels and motels. So is airbnb liying to the public so the major compatition ie hotels and otas won't take them over?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    They didn't want to run your ad - so you think they are lying to the public?

    If you go into a Mariott - do you see them advertising other hotels outside their own chain?
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    • Profile picture of the author trip3980
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      They didn't want to run your ad - so you think they are lying to the public?

      If you go into a Mariott - do you see them advertising other hotels outside their own chain?
      I'm just quoting what the rep said and I made no mention about her rejecting my ad. In fact my conversation with her had nothing to do with me inquiring on how to place an add. Of corse airbnb will take Marriott's money. Doesn't mean they are not in direct compatition with the company. Just like priceline and expedia gives 90% of their marketing budget to google yet google is in direct compatition with the both of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Originally Posted by trip3980 View Post

    Even in this economy I find it disheartening that any busness would turn away clients.

    Why is it hard to understand the principle of marketplace competition?

    Airbnb is a threat to and competitor to the established hotel/motel industry as they offer a totally different solution for traveler accommodations that could potentially cut sales of traditional overnight lodging.

    It's very understandable that they don't want their affiliate marketers playing both sides of the coin at the same time, and especially on the same web site - you shouldn't expect otherwise.

    It's like Delta Airline not wanting their affiliates to promote Greyhound bus travel at the same time in the same resource.

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    • Profile picture of the author trip3980
      Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

      Why is it hard to understand the principle of marketplace competition?

      Airbnb is a threat to and competitor to the established hotel/motel industry as they offer a totally different solution for traveler accommodations that could potentially cut sales of traditional overnight lodging.

      It's very understandable that they don't want their affiliate marketers playing both sides of the coin at the same time, and especially on the same web site - you shouldn't expect otherwise.

      It's like Delta Airline not wanting their affiliates to promote Greyhound bus travel at the same time in the same resource.

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      I can see that but why would airbnb publicly state they arnt? Is it to protect them selves from the compatition? If so how would a statement like that hold up to their share holders.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve B
        Originally Posted by trip3980 View Post

        I can see that but why would airbnb publicly state they arnt? Is it to protect them selves from the compatition? If so how would a statement like that hold up to their share holders.

        Publicly state they aren't what? In direct competition with the hotels and motels? They probably figure their target market is different than the average hotel client. From the limited knowledge I have about Airbnb, they will appeal to the vacation crowd, people staying a week to a month who want a "homey" atmosphere. That's different competition than, say, a large urban hotel catering to mostly overnight business travelers that need access to airports nearby and taxis, etc.

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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          Is this what you are thinking of:

          Airbnb exec denies competition with hotels, says an Airbnb trip 'changes you' - CNET

          Sorry I assumed an "ad" - you said
          unwilling to accommodate my request as a markerter representing a hotel and motel chain and that airbnb did not want hotel and motel busness.
          and an ad was the only potential "request" that came to my mind. Thinking about it, I can see there are other possibilities.

          An excellent on point article - and a recent one - addresses the hotel/motel issue:

          Hoteliers will lose the Airbnb war

          Ancillary service companies are springing up to service and manage Airbnb rooms for the hosts. Security is quite good, and guest satisfaction is generally excellent--better than many hotels by far.
          Smart entrepreneurs will make money with those "ancillary services"...
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Airbnb is in direct compatition with hotel's and motels says airbnb rep
    How is that not common sense?

    If I stay at an Airbnb rental instead of a Holiday Inn (lol) my money is going to Airbnb. Therefore they're both competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Chicas
    Stay away from airBnb, nobody wants them around, only those making money from them. To me hard working people, such as those that slave away at hotels come first. I rather give them my business. And ofcourse they are in competition with hotels... where else are people going to stay when they visit this city... san Francisco? The streets?

    It's not the home owner with the extra room that I'm against... it's the corporate real estate jerks that have found a loop hole to rent out their vacant houses and profit from them while driving rental prices sky high, and still writing off their real estate operations in taxes.

    My friend manages bedroom apartments in SF, 3 bedrooms each - 4 units. All of them have been empty for over 8 years... because of loop holes the owner knows on how to get over in taxes... all while screwing the hardworking middle class people in the neighborhood.

    Greed exists even in "disruptive" tech, and it hides well.
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