Rival to Airbnb “Dtravel” launches

[Joshua Strickland]

Curious of people’s thoughts on this new Dtravel platform. Think it will work or are Airbnb and Vrbo here to stay as the dominant forces? Hopefully the link posts. If not you find info about it by googling “dtravel”.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/f...

[Joe Splitrock]

@Joshua Strickland this is an interesting concept. It is a peer to peer approach, so it eliminates self interest of the platform and indicates more of a user driven approach to management. That could have major benefits as hosts continue to feel that AirBNB is only out for the guests. Of course the reason AirBNB focuses on guests is because they know that delivering guests will naturally attract hosts. As others in the thread commented, you will post your property where the guests are going. 

Looking at their website, they are not even looking for guests yet so this is still in the early launch stages. 

I like the blockchain tie in using a crypto currency to pay and win rewards for guests. Lower fees are good for hosts and guests. It is a promising concept, but I can't see wasting time on this platform until it has some user base. They will need to buy guests and hosts early on like every other platform has had to do. That means their cash burn is going to be crazy if they want to get this off the ground. With AirBNB going public, this is the perfect time for a startup to attempt disruption. Any public company focuses on share holders, so that means Airbnb will only increase fees and focus on profitability. One way to make guests and hosts mad is profit based policies, so that opens the door.