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My wife and I try to have a date night once a week. We schedule them all in advance.
No hotels have gone out of business because of Airbnb... Airbnb is not a perfect substitute for a hotel. We excel at different things.
Our interest isn't in just serving the guests and hosts. We need to serve the entire community. If that means we have to take action against the host, we will.
Part of being an entrepreneur is, like, it's just so great to run your own business, that feeling you get.
Silicon Valley is super competitive and super expensive for talent, for office space, for everything.
Some hotels are trying to dig their feet in and trying to say that Airbnb shouldn't exist - that 'illegal hotels' shouldn't exist. And, of course, illegal hotels shouldn't exist. But when they say illegal hotels, sometimes they mean anything that's not a hotel.
Talking to hosts and asking them, 'What does Airbnb mean to you?'... I get amazingly heartfelt stories about the people that they met, about the money that they earned, about the mindset of empowerment they got through this and how they then applied that to their own business.
There's a perception out there that Airbnb doesn't want there to be rules. We think rules would be fantastic. We think rules would help our community, but not necessarily the rules that have simply existed for decades.
Ultimately, what we're trying to do for our customers or our guests is create magical travel experiences.
We don't want to go starting completely separate businesses that do nothing for our user base.
We have to be careful that we don't have so much regulation that would prevent all of the people who are benefiting from Airbnb to benefit.
We make every one of our users sign a pledge when they sign up that they will not discriminate, that they will not exhibit hatred. Whenever we become aware of such an example, they're permanently banned.
We try to take a very strong stance against discrimination and hatred.
We want to strike the right balance between the governments and our users. If there are concerns, we can work together.
We're a provider of experiences, not strictly accommodation.
We're really creating a whole different kind of travel experience. One that really celebrates the different places, different cultures, the different cities and immerses you in that culture.
What we've demonstrated is there's an immense appetite to travel more authentically and immerse yourself in culture... as opposed to having a commoditised experience.
When we founded Airbnb in 2008, our dream was to help create a world where you could belong anywhere, and that vision has taken root in almost every country in the world.
When you offer consumers choice, let them vote with their wallets.
When you think about it, Airbnb is a great solution if your family is traveling with you on business and you need more space, if you're going for an extended stay, like a week plus. It's a great solution if you want close proximity to the work site and maybe there isn't a hotel across the street or whatnot.
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