Feature Creeps

Airbnb 🏩 travel & hospitality apps! What's good & what to fix!

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Today we examine one of the biggest darlings of Silicon Valley: Airbnb! It revolutionised a whole industry, it disrupted economies, and it resonated with the tech community. From its numerous false starts, to their opinionated “Airbnb-style” for Javascript, Airbnb already is a legendary product… but let’s see if we can make it even better!

— Agenda —

  • What are we doing today?
  • Why does Airbnb exist?
  • What were the initial Airbnb feature creeps?!
  • Famous competitors: Plum Guide, Booking.com, Expedia…
  • Our top 3 Airbnb features!
  • Let’s feature creep Airbnb: Crazy new features to add!
  • Should YOU build an Airbnb clone?!

    • ——⬇️ BONUS ⬇️——

    • Hunting ProductHunt for hot topics

      • — HAVE FUN —

      No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄

      — Highlighted software —

      Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/

      Expedia: https://www.expedia.com/
      Plum Guide: https://www.plumguide.com/
      Product Hunt’s best in Travel 2023: https://www.producthunt.com/topics/travel

      Joao’s website: https://jvmartins.com/

      Johnny’s website: https://magrippis.com/
      Johnny’s other channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis

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      TIMESTAMPS
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      00:00 - Sneak peeks into the episode!

      00:35 - Intro & what we’re covering today
      03:38 - What's the story with Airbnb?
      10:13 - Johnny's top Airbnb feature: Filters!
      12:33 - João’s top Airbnb feature
      26:42 - Airbnb competitors
      33:05 - First Airbnb feature creep - "AR"Bnb
      39:22 - Next to a person organic plug
      41:10 - Second feature creep
      46:06 - Why you should trust AI over humans?!
      48:35 - Ultimate Feature Creeps
      52:30 - Should people build an Airbnb competitor?
      54:52 - Hunting Product Hunt 🕵️ Hot in Travel 2023
      57:44 - Hunting Product Hunt 🕵️ OrcaPass
      01:00:41 - Hunting Product Hunt 🕵️ Offsite
      01:05:10 - Feedback, where to reach us + LIKE ❤️ SUBSCRIBE

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      Feature CreepsBy João Martins and Johnny Magrippis