Jack Crivici-Kramer

Four cities where Airbnb is either banned or heavily restricted.

There's now hotels on Airbnb.

And the big reason they're doing this, Jack.

The big reason they're doing it right now is soccer.

Yeah, it's soccer.

It's the World Cup in America this summer, and New York City has the finals.

People are going to be coming around the world for places to stay.

Look on Airbnb because it's the global advertiser of the World Cup.

And when no listings come up in Manhattan or Los Angeles...

you can now tap the Hotels tab and see dozens of hotels on Airbnb.

Now, Jack, let's pause the pod because based on a PFWTM person familiar with the matter, we know that Airbnb is just testing this.

Yeah, so if you open up the app, you're going to get a different version.

This is what Silicon Valley does.

They show us different things until they're 100% sure this is the perfect one, and then they'll scale it out everywhere.

But it's ironic if you think about this, right?

Hotels...

killed Airbnb in New York, and now Airbnb is becoming a hotel platform in New York.

I think Marc Andreessen calls this the old switcheroo jack.

So what's the takeaway for all our buddies over at Airbnb?

If Airbnb sells hotels, then they really need to become a good DJ.