I-AirBnB uthatha iphepha ngaphandle kwe- IhoteleNgokuhlwa incwadi yesandla namhlanje, evula uthungelwano lwezindlu eziqeshisayo kwimarike yomzuzu wokugqibela. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo nesinye isixhobo sokubhukisha kubahambi abazenzekelayo, le ayijolisanga kumanqaku aphantsi. Isithethi se-AirBnB, inqaku elitsha liphendula kutshintsho lwendlela yokuphila phakathi kwabahambi, abazimisele ngakumbi kunangaphambili ukucwangcisa iindlela kubhabho. Kodwa kwakhona enkosi kwinani elandayo lodweliso lwe-AirBnB olubonisa ukubhukisha kwangoko, inkqubo yokucofa okukodwa engafuniyo ukubuyela umva kunye nokuthumela umyalezo phakathi komhambi kunye nomamkeli (inkampani ithi bafikelela kuma-90,000 uluhlu olunje, ukusuka nje 30,000 kunyaka ophelileyo).

Kwi-AirBnB, utshintsho alunanto yakwenza nolawulo lwe-inventri okanye amaxabiso okhuphiswano-ababuki zindwendwe bahlala bekwazi ukuhlengahlengisa iirhafu zabo njengoko bekhetha-kodwa yonke into enxulumene nabathengi abahambahambayo. Kananjalo, uya kuyalelwa ukuba ujonge ukubhukisha ngomzuzu wokugqibela xa ungena kwi-AirBnB kwifowuni yakho ye-iPhone okanye ye-Android. Kwaye okwangoku, inqaku liya kuthi lilinganiselwe kwiimarike zaseSan Francisco kunye ne-LA (abasebenzisi abahambahambayo kwezi zixeko baya kufumana iziphakamiso ezilula apho banokuya khona ngokukhawuleza kwempelaveki, bephawula ukuqala kwenkampani kukhuthazo lohambo). Hayi kunxweme olusentshona? Khangela ukubhukishwa kwe-AirBnB ngomzuzu wokugqibela unxweme ukuya kunxweme kwiinyanga ezizayo.

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