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How He Predicted the Fall of Airbnb

from A Loud Shape | The Tim Dillon Show #370 · #370

2 min

Tim recounts warning years ago that Airbnb's outrageous cleaning fees and host paranoia would tank the platform, and claims he was proven right as people abandon Airbnb for hotels.

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  • Tim explains why he warned Airbnb years ago about the $400 cleaning fee problem that would tank the service.
  • Charging guests a cleaning fee to do work themselves while also making demands was unsustainable, he argues.
  • Airbnb has lost massive market share; people saying they're staying in an Airbnb now sounds like admitting something's wrong.
  • Tim predicted the collapse by watching how hosts got weird about their houses and increasingly strict with rules.
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