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A programming note: I will publish my Deep Dive on Instacart tomorrow. As a reminder, I only send one email per day; therefore, on the day I publish my Deep Dive on a company, I won’t publish anything else. Airbnb typically releases product updates twice a year (May and

One of the more interesting, gradual shifts that have happened over the last five years in Airbnb is their geographic mix shift. The impact of geographic mix itself is often an underappreciated factor among investors for Airbnb’s recent operating performance. I will share some thoughts on this topic behind

I first published my Deep Dive on Airbnb three years ago. The stock has been largely flat since then whereas its closest peer Booking’s stock price tripled during the same time. Now that I have started buying Airbnb stock this year, I thought about updating the model and then

How does Airbnb make money? Let’s go through an illustrative example first assuming an individual host lists their home at $100 per night. If a host lists their home at $100/night, Airbnb charges the host ~$3 to cover the payment processing costs; hence, the host receives $97 for

A few months ago, Airbnb has made a big splash about re-launching “Airbnb Experience”. While I stayed at 17 different Airbnb homes over the last 7 years, I have never booked an Airbnb Experience before. So a few days ago, I went to the Airbnb app and looked for experiences

Brian Chesky had an interesting session at GS Communicopia last week which made me think Airbnb has quite a few untapped levers of monetization. While it’s unlikely that they will tap all these levers anytime soon, I think it’s worth thinking through these potential monetization pathways which can

Traditional travel accommodation is still quite search driven. You go to Google or an OTA website/app and insert some details from the dropdown menu (destination, travel dates, number of guests, budget etc.) to pick your accommodation. But ever since going public, Brian Chesky has been highlighting that they would