This write up has been featured as a cross post by Kollided Travel Adventures.
We are planning a trip in October to Eugene, OR to take-in a Duck game, woot, woot!
While exciting, the dynamic of how we will travel this time changes a lot, as we will be traveling along side my dad; with five people, 3 being adults, we will need two rooms. My first thought was a two bedroom suite, but we aren’t finding anything to fit the bill.
When looking in Eugene there aren’t a lot of options hotel wise. I started searching Airbnb, hoping to get more bang for our buck, also digging the possible opportunity of having a new (to us) type travel experience. The problem here is in Eugene, much like the lack of hotel offerings, also doesn’t have a huge selection of homes to rent either. I also really didn’t come across anything in their inventory that got me any more excited than a traditional hotel stay.
Anyway, the other thing that did stick out to me was how much Airbnb is advertising pimping out your home during the eclipse. We’ve never done Airbnb before, but I have friends who have (and with tens of millions of others also traveling this way, you probably have one or two friends who are doing it too,) and have exceptional experiences. I'll admit hosting a room has even crossed my mind a time or two.
All of this very much reminded me of a podcast I listened to a couple months ago with Tony Robins. He actually interviewed co-owner Joe Gebbia, in an episode called, “Airbnb & The Art of Resilience.”
This was a really awesome and motivation podcast, certainly worth listening to, but the part that really stood out was how they got started.
Nowadays many people look to Airbnb to rent out entire houses, but it started from VERY humble beginnings, I don’t want to give it all away, but their problem and how they went about solving it is truly inspiring and Joe tells it so well in this podcast. The short version is they rented out their home by truly throwing down air mattresses for their guest to sleep on, (get it, Air B&B!?) provided pick up, bus passes, maps and breakfast, during a large convention.
Their next big moment was in 2008, during the Obama campaign. It was then that Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention, where the city ran into a unique problem. They needed to accommodate a pace to stay for 100,000 people. Denver only had 20,000 hotel rooms. Airbnb swooped in, going from zero to 800 homes in just 4 weeks!
Much like the DNC Convention, across the US we face a similar situation with the 2017 eclipse this month. The scale is even larger, as the eclipse will run through 14 US states and 100’s of cities.
And just like the city of Denver found themselves with more people than accommodations, we ar finding many small towns like Idaho Falls facing the same dilemma. This relatively small town is a perfect example of more people than places to put them and who is having to open up city parks for camping out.
All of this very much reminded me of a podcast I listened to a couple months ago with Tony Robins. He actually interviewed co-owner Joe Gebbia, in an episode called, “Airbnb & The Art of Resilience.”
This was a really awesome and motivation podcast, certainly worth listening to, but the part that really stood out was how they got started.
Nowadays many people look to Airbnb to rent out entire houses, but it started from VERY humble beginnings, I don’t want to give it all away, but their problem and how they went about solving it is truly inspiring and Joe tells it so well in this podcast. The short version is they rented out their home by truly throwing down air mattresses for their guest to sleep on, (get it, Air B&B!?) provided pick up, bus passes, maps and breakfast, during a large convention.
Their next big moment was in 2008, during the Obama campaign. It was then that Denver hosted the Democratic National Convention, where the city ran into a unique problem. They needed to accommodate a pace to stay for 100,000 people. Denver only had 20,000 hotel rooms. Airbnb swooped in, going from zero to 800 homes in just 4 weeks!
Much like the DNC Convention, across the US we face a similar situation with the 2017 eclipse this month. The scale is even larger, as the eclipse will run through 14 US states and 100’s of cities.
And just like the city of Denver found themselves with more people than accommodations, we ar finding many small towns like Idaho Falls facing the same dilemma. This relatively small town is a perfect example of more people than places to put them and who is having to open up city parks for camping out.
Similar stories continue to be told. There is a real shortage. And it leaves me wondering how many thousands of people are probably on Airbnb right this very moment, looking for a place to crash, or even to just throw up a tent.
Would you rent your home out to a stranger to earn a few bucks? I also learned recently that Airbnb is looking for host, offering sign on bonuses as well as new giving $40 credit for your next trip just for following the link they gave me! Will you respond to their call? You can sign up here for your credit
Would you rent your home out to a stranger to earn a few bucks? I also learned recently that Airbnb is looking for host, offering sign on bonuses as well as new giving $40 credit for your next trip just for following the link they gave me! Will you respond to their call? You can sign up here for your credit
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