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What it does also is it takes advantage of their scale because I bet at any given time there's four, seven, 1100 people staying in Berlin that night at an Airbnb and no one else can do that. Anyways, that was my idea, but he didn't do it. That's why he's a billionaire and I'm here stuck with you celebrating our one year anniversary.
What it does also is it takes advantage of their scale because I bet at any given time there's four, seven, 1100 people staying in Berlin that night at an Airbnb and no one else can do that. Anyways, that was my idea, but he didn't do it. That's why he's a billionaire and I'm here stuck with you celebrating our one year anniversary.
I think a lot of hotels live and die by this ancillary revenue. And that is when I stay at a hotel, I bet I spend, you know, probably 50, say the hotel costs a thousand bucks a night. I bet I spend, you know, another four or five hundred dollars on food services and stuff. Is it that much? Maybe. I don't know. Maybe not that much. But hotels, 30 percent of the revenue comes from ancillary.
I think a lot of hotels live and die by this ancillary revenue. And that is when I stay at a hotel, I bet I spend, you know, probably 50, say the hotel costs a thousand bucks a night. I bet I spend, you know, another four or five hundred dollars on food services and stuff. Is it that much? Maybe. I don't know. Maybe not that much. But hotels, 30 percent of the revenue comes from ancillary.
I think a lot of hotels live and die by this ancillary revenue. And that is when I stay at a hotel, I bet I spend, you know, probably 50, say the hotel costs a thousand bucks a night. I bet I spend, you know, another four or five hundred dollars on food services and stuff. Is it that much? Maybe. I don't know. Maybe not that much. But hotels, 30 percent of the revenue comes from ancillary.
And I bet at high end hotels, it's more than that.
And I bet at high end hotels, it's more than that.
And I bet at high end hotels, it's more than that.
Yeah, for me, I would start, I would just say, okay, are you looking to cook dinner? We have a service where we have a chef or we have someone just get your groceries. Tell us what you want and we get your groceries, right? Do you want us to make restaurant reservations for you? Actually, we should bring in, I think, Claire and Mia. Did one of these services when they were at an Airbnb.
Yeah, for me, I would start, I would just say, okay, are you looking to cook dinner? We have a service where we have a chef or we have someone just get your groceries. Tell us what you want and we get your groceries, right? Do you want us to make restaurant reservations for you? Actually, we should bring in, I think, Claire and Mia. Did one of these services when they were at an Airbnb.
Yeah, for me, I would start, I would just say, okay, are you looking to cook dinner? We have a service where we have a chef or we have someone just get your groceries. Tell us what you want and we get your groceries, right? Do you want us to make restaurant reservations for you? Actually, we should bring in, I think, Claire and Mia. Did one of these services when they were at an Airbnb.
Claire, do you want to tell us about it?
Claire, do you want to tell us about it?
Claire, do you want to tell us about it?
I'm in awe of the fact that you are literally a different species. If someone said to me, you have to go with a strange man to his apartment and see how he makes chocolates, and then he's going to take you to a cave, but you have to pay $10,000 not to do it, I'd be like, I'll pay $11,000 not to do it. Your generation is so different than mine. That's incredible.
I'm in awe of the fact that you are literally a different species. If someone said to me, you have to go with a strange man to his apartment and see how he makes chocolates, and then he's going to take you to a cave, but you have to pay $10,000 not to do it, I'd be like, I'll pay $11,000 not to do it. Your generation is so different than mine. That's incredible.
I'm in awe of the fact that you are literally a different species. If someone said to me, you have to go with a strange man to his apartment and see how he makes chocolates, and then he's going to take you to a cave, but you have to pay $10,000 not to do it, I'd be like, I'll pay $11,000 not to do it. Your generation is so different than mine. That's incredible.
I mean, it sounds very kind of hip and millennial and free to be you and me. You guys weren't doing mushroom chocolates or anything? No.
I mean, it sounds very kind of hip and millennial and free to be you and me. You guys weren't doing mushroom chocolates or anything? No.
I mean, it sounds very kind of hip and millennial and free to be you and me. You guys weren't doing mushroom chocolates or anything? No.