Maya Forstater

@MForstater @CarterPaddy @worstall that has always been true of guest houses, b&b etc. In what way is AirBNB significantly different?

@Frances_Coppola @CarterPaddy @worstall - hosts are ordinary people not dedicated b&b landladies- more like staying w a friend of a friend

@Frances_Coppola @CarterPaddy @worstall - to host u don't hv to make house like a dedicated holiday let or B&B -just tidy for a houseguest

@MForstater @CarterPaddy @worstall when I was a teenager my mother used to let rooms in our house to foreign students. Nothing new.

@Frances_Coppola @CarterPaddy @worstall Sure, why limited to students? Last time I went to DC I stayed with a young woman I didnt know

@MForstater @CarterPaddy @worstall Her choice. She had an arrangement with a local language school.

@Frances_Coppola @CarterPaddy @worstall - sure but point is, Airbnb connects people who are part of a programme.

@Frances_Coppola @CarterPaddy @worstall i.e. yr mum trusted the students because they were refered by the school.