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Why isn't AirBnB replaced by another better company yet?? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Roweie@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Their customer service is HORRENDOUS. I Think it's also mostly because they outsource to countries were the people, even though they might mean well, have absolutely no idea what customer service means or have a very different concept of it (which is just to apologies without really practically solving the problem or making things right. Their making things right is just being polite and apologizing).

But AirBnB knows this. They make exorbitant amount of money yet offer shi**y service. Why hasn't another company taken over yet?

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[–] DonaldDoesDallas@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Vacation rental hospitality service is nearly impossible to scale. It's insanely fragmented, there are just too many particularities between customers, properties, and hosts.

Airbnb has been able to scale because they are a marketing platform, not a hospitality service. They are there to connect you with a host. It is no surprise that they would offer minimal customer service to manage the relationship beyond facilitating the initial connection. It is also no surprise that they would tend to side with the host in any dispute. That's their customer, that's their money, and having a large inventory of hosts is exactly what draws consumers in. If you leave, it does little to impact their business. If hosts leave, there isn't a business.