Timeline for Airbnb alternative that doesn't require ID verification
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| Jan 20, 2020 at 15:35 | comment | added | MastaBaba | @OleTange If you know more about a person, you can establish a higher level of trust. If the host is renting out a property that's specifically on the market to be rented out, making sure damage is paid is probably his primary concern. If the host is renting out his own house, or a room in his own house, higher levels of trust are better, as just getting damages paid is meaningless if the renter destroys items that are of personal importance. But, either way, this might not be how you perceive things, it seems this is how many hosts perceive things. | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1219273550101729282 | ||
| Jan 20, 2020 at 12:33 | comment | added | Ole Tange | @MastaBaba Why would you be in a better position if you know who the renter is? Isn't the goal to have the renter pay for the damage? Then you really do not need to know who they are, as long as you can get money from them. | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 12:27 | comment | added | MastaBaba | @OleTange The host does not have your cc details. They have to hope that any damage you cause will be paid for by airbnb, who has the renter's cc details. Just being aware of a cc is no guarantee that the person says they are who they say they are. Also being aware, as a host, that the renter has verifiably tied themselves to an identifiable ID means the risk of a bogus renter is smaller. | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 11:17 | answer | added | Ole Tange | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 11:12 | comment | added | Ole Tange | @MastaBaba Why? They have my credit card details and can charge me for any damage or hand the details to the police if it is a criminal affair. So why do they need the ID to have trust? | |
| Jan 20, 2020 at 11:11 | comment | added | Ole Tange | @MichaelHampton Why? They have my credit card details and can charge me for any damage or hand the details to the police if it is a criminal affair. So why do they need the ID to have trust? | |
| Aug 1, 2016 at 17:46 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | "Craigslist would probably list a few places that don't require ID", and that rent by the hour. | |
| Sep 14, 2015 at 18:40 | vote | accept | Clawish | ||
| Sep 14, 2015 at 9:11 | answer | added | JonathanReez♦ | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 11:54 | comment | added | zeocrash | Craigslist would probably list a few places that don't require ID | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 11:28 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2015 at 13:26 | comment | added | helm | I think you can consider Airbnb successful and large enough that you can be pretty sure their business model of brokering lodging is far more profitable than selling your personal data and losing everyone's trust. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 3:10 | comment | added | MastaBaba | I'm surprised this needs to be said: Very few individuals will be willing to rent out their place to someone who has not been verified beforehand. If you don't want to verify yourself, you are not too likely to find a place to stay through services where the majority does verify itself. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 2:39 | comment | added | Andrey | @MichaelHampton of course, trust issues over internets are hard. | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 2:25 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | It works the other way, it is hard for Airbnb to trust you without an ID! | |
| Jul 19, 2015 at 2:23 | comment | added | Andrey | @MastaBaba I agree but it is hard for me to trust my IDs to such services as Airbnb | |
| Jul 18, 2015 at 22:24 | comment | added | MastaBaba | It doesn't sound like a good idea to run such a service. Alternatives are wimdu and 9flats. They probably also require you to identify yourself. | |
| Jul 18, 2015 at 22:15 | history | edited | JoErNanO♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2015 at 21:03 | history | asked | Clawish | CC BY-SA 3.0 |