All Forum Posts by: Nick Winikoff

@Myka Artis That is very interesting. I'm going to have to look into it for sure. 

@Myka Artis good to know. Timesharing is an interesting market, I wonder how it will change with this big push to vacation rentals and away from hotels. 

@Myka Artis : So out of curiosity you wouldn't even consider using a local company for wherever you were going? 

@John Underwood  : I'm not sure how common this is in tourist destinations. But I do know that many urban centers are putting restrictions on Airbnb so that owners are not allowed to us the service unless that home is their primary residence. I believe it is in order to prevent a single person from buying up a lot of property for the sole purpose of using them as STRs. 

@Krystle Padilla : I agree with you that Airbnb has developed a very strong brand and that they have positioned themselves and probably already are the leaders of vacation accommodations (Hotels included). But I wonder if comparison services similar to Kayak will take off once the market matures a little bit more. 

@Krystle Padilla so do you believe that people are moving away from small-town companies just because of how easy it is to use the big ones?

My guess would be that it is much more advantageous for an owner to use HomeAway/Airbnb simply for the size of the customer base.

I wonder if small time companies will just evolve into management companies that buy up the properties and list them on Airbnb. 

@John Underwood

Have you thought about using a smaller rental company for your property? Or are you going to stick to HomeAway?  

Disclaimer*** I own a rental company.

I'm curious when you look into renting a vacation home in a beach or mountain town for whatever reason.

Are you more likely to look at small rental companies in the area or are you more likely to look for a vacation home with one of the big players like HomeAway, VRBO, Airbnb?

I am the co-founder of a vacation rental business, we use google trends to help us decide what city to target through advertising and how busy that particular city is during their peak season.

There are small mountain cities in Colorado like Telluride that stay pretty relevant all year round.

@Leigh Ann Smith interesting. We were considering making a push for tiny houses in our search.

Users would be able to filter for them.

@Leigh Ann Smith

How long do you think the Tiny House trend has been going on for?