All Forum Posts by: Nick Winikoff

@Harrison Liu I think your right that government regulation will eventually slow the rapid growth. But if you look specifically at Seattle's case they are still allowing short-term rentals on the surrounding islands that have always been supported by short-term rentals. I suspect that these rules will be challenged in court, because why should some people be allowed to do it and not others. 

@Michaela G.  Ok, thank you, we are not quite there yet. But it is things like this that will help us get better.

@Michaela G.  

Could you please tell me the dates you put into the search in Atlanta? Or possibly the type of browser you are using?

@Jon Crosby : What we are trying to startup is a search engine that brings all these companies together in one convenient place. We do not handle any payments or host any properties.

@Michael Greenberg It's not necessarily market research for Vuepeer. More of a conversation starter on how people feel about the future of a growing industry. 

The reason I asked the question is because even though there are other successful companies such as VRBO, HomeAway, Flipkey. Which all have huge parent companies Expedia for the first 2 and Tripadvisor for the last, Airbnb is far and away the largest and most successful.

Most people seem to be unaware of any other companies apart from Airbnb. I am curious if anyone has any interesting perspective on when the other companies will join Airbnb in its notoriety.

@Jeff Graves  @John Underwood  @Leigh Ann Smith  @Jon Crosby

The popularity of Airbnb is not to be denied, but will it stay as the only major short-term rental company in the United States?