Skift Take
Happy hump day, folks – let's get into it. I was reading this latest report from Skift’s director of research Wouter Geerts: Airbnb vs Vrbo in 20 Charts, and here are a few stats I find interesting.
Happy hump day, folks – let's get into it. I was reading this latest report from Skift’s director of research Wouter Geerts: Airbnb vs Vrbo in 20 Charts, and here are a few stats I find interesting.
First, Airbnb is much bigger than Vrbo. How much bigger? 6x more listings. We won’t even consider the potential massive drop in listings in New York City. You know why? Because less than a third of listings on Airbnb are located in North America, while the region is half of all listings for Vrbo. Airbnb has been smart to diversify its destinations and rely more on Europe and Asia Pacific.
On the flipside, while “hobby hosts” provide more exclusive listings to Airbnb, both Vrbo and Booking.com work extensively with professional property managers that manage larger portfolios, and is seeing its share of instant book