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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Oct 2020

    "On July 8, guests booked stays at the rate they were just before the pandemic brought travel and tourism to a halt."https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-airbnb-pulled-back-from-the-brink-11602520846 …

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      2. Hipster Spock‏ @Eurodude23 16 Oct 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        Not a good thing. It's because Hotels have safety and health standards and codes they must follow to be able to stay in business. This means #Covid19 stuff. @AirBnB hosts do not have such requirements. This will help spread it more.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Oct 2020
        Replying to @Eurodude23 @Airbnb

        The big danger in Covid is public spaces. I'd much rather stay in an apartment than a hotel right now.

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      1. Jens Bäckbom‏ @JensBackbom 16 Oct 2020
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        Hotels still struggling though - here some recent data from the Nordics on Revenue per available room:pic.twitter.com/vr5ca67OMN

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      1. VisualStoryCo.‏ @CoVisual 16 Oct 2020
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        Only a company like @Airbnb could have done this. Had sort of appreciated this couple of weeks back on this 👇https://twitter.com/CoVisual/status/1310081743848841217 …

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        6/N In fact, post COVID, the trend drastically shifted to travel locally. "Accommodation" shot up to first preference from being the last. @airbnb was the only one who was in a position to respond to this changing user trend. Natural Product Extension for them? pic.twitter.com/n9aUzzNMab
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      1. William Kearns‏ @William__Kearns 16 Oct 2020
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        Amazing pivot to nearby places by Airbnb. Their S-1 will be interesting.

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      1. Sporidi‏ @cryptosporidi17 16 Oct 2020
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        So Covid saved AirBNB, which would have been distracted from their core business without this shock.

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      2. mario carlomagno‏ @mariocarlomagn3 16 Oct 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        This is not related to covid. Apartments are much cheaper than hotels thats why

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      3. Marcos Polanco‏ @MarcosPolanco 16 Oct 2020
        Replying to @mariocarlomagn3 @paulg

        My @Airbnb in Puerto Rico has strong occupancy but prices are down 65%. We use @Price_Labs for automatic pricing adjustments.

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      1. Gunda Upendar Rao‏ @gundaupendarrao 18 Oct 2020
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        that's very interesting stuff....

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      1. Airbnb Whistleblower‏ @Susan17Airbnb 19 Oct 2020
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        You might also want to look at how many cancellations Airbnb had on July 8th to get the true picture. And that @WSJ article is a complete and utter fairystory #AirbnbLie-PO #Misrepresentation

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