It's a hard problem, but @airbnb's availability calendar is super frustrating. Book -> Reject -> Repeat with 24-hour turnaround is not fun.
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@avibryant@marcprecipice@Airbnb It's a hard problem -- I'm not sure how I'd solve it -- but yes, it's super frustrating. -
@patrickc@marcprecipice@Airbnb measure and expose the success rate of attempted bookings for a property, weight this heavily in search? -
@avibryant@patrickc@marcprecipice or submit bid to similar hosts bounded by price / geography--one to many in parallel. -
@cm@avibryant@patrickc yeah, I'm much more interested in just saying, "I'd take any of these" so the cycle time is much shorter. 24h/ea=:( -
@marcprecipice@avibryant@patrickc Airbnb used to have a "match" flow that they 86'd. You'd get responses from hosts way out of band. -
@cm huh, interesting, didn't know about that.
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@avibryant@marcprecipice@Airbnb yeah this drives me nuts too -
@fredbenenson@avibryant@marcprecipice@Airbnb Same, I just end up using a buckshot approach with a bunch of hosts and hope for the best! -
@jeresig@avibryant@marcprecipice@airbnb I've had luck letting@thessaly book them on the reverse-sexism angle which appears to hold true -
@fredbenenson@jeresig@marcprecipice@Airbnb@Thessaly I demand that you extend this to a formal experiment. For science.
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@avibryant@marcprecipice@Airbnb Optimistic case: imagine how much more successful/bigger Airbnb will be when it's fixed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avibryant@marcprecipice@Airbnb There should not be a Book button on the page. Contact About Dates only. Problem solved.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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