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Show HN: TripBright – activities and tours for your Airbnb guests
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#12Great work and great idea!
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#13Great Idea... May be using a moving background as the banner image might add the necessary zing to the website.. Movement also kind of denotes activity.
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#14If sosh.com could expand to cities more quickly, they could easily take this market; however, I do think you have an edge in that the list is curated by the host. Either way, really cool product :)
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#15Hi HN, I built this app because my vacation rental guests always ask me what there is to do in the area! If a host's guests books a tour, the host will earn a commission. I'm really interested in working with vacation rental agencies, who I believe have lots of potential to up-sell their clients. Activities and tours are just the start - other vacation specific services will be available soon. Thanks for checking out…
Hi, I guess it could be useful. Although what I enjoy the most about Airbnb is interacting with the host in person. Would be interesting to know what the % split is between those like me and those that want to keep to themselves.
Consider me an anecdotal data point to the contrary - if I can pick up the keys from a box and put them back there when I leave, with no human interaction, I'm over the moon.
Re: Show HN: TripBright – activities and tours for your Airbnb guests
#16Hi HN, I built this app because my vacation rental guests always ask me what there is to do in the area! If a host's guests books a tour, the host will earn a commission. I'm really interested in working with vacation rental agencies, who I believe have lots of potential to up-sell their clients. Activities and tours are just the start - other vacation specific services will be available soon. Thanks for checking out…
It sounds interesting and definitely presents a much nicer form than something like TripAdvisor. Do you pull data from sites like that or just the people who run the activities/tours?
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#17From a guest's perspective, I'm not sure if I like this. If I ask for my host's recommendation about what to do or where to go, I want him to tell me what he actually think is the best idea. This product incentivizes him to instead recommend something that will make him money. But I guess if he recommends something bad, then he risks getting a negative review on AirBnB, so that helps a little bit.
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#18How can I invest in this?
Email me.
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#19From a guest's perspective, I'm not sure if I like this. If I ask for my host's recommendation about what to do or where to go, I want him to tell me what he actually think is the best idea. This product incentivizes him to instead recommend something that will make him money. But I guess if he recommends something bad, then he risks getting a negative review on AirBnB, so that helps a little bit.
In the future, hosts will be able to make their own "products" which will be free of charge - like a nearby hike or beach that they recommend. I think free activities mixed in with paid tours, combined with a host's custom recommendations per (paid) activity (which is currently implemented), should make an honest, wholesome and reliable guide.
Also keep in mind that it won't always be just touristy tours. Along the lines of crazypyro's comment, we'll be adding other services like transportation and restaurant reservations.
Re: Show HN: TripBright – activities and tours for your Airbnb guests
#20From a guest's perspective, I'm not sure if I like this. If I ask for my host's recommendation about what to do or where to go, I want him to tell me what he actually think is the best idea. This product incentivizes him to instead recommend something that will make him money. But I guess if he recommends something bad, then he risks getting a negative review on AirBnB, so that helps a little bit.
In the future, hosts will be able to make their own "products" which will be free of charge - like a nearby hike or beach that they recommend. I think free activities mixed in with paid tours, combined with a host's custom recommendations per (paid) activity (which is currently implemented), should make an honest, wholesome and reliable guide. Also keep in mind that it won't always be just touristy tours. Along the l…
I think you need this feature quickly. Let me add restaurants and other places easily by finding them on yelp, and let me add generic boxes with a url, and let me add my own notes on them AND on the tours you provide. Until then, I can't use it, it would come off as crass.