wthayer

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   Show HN: I've mapped 126k listings from 4500 direct booking sites(staythere.ai)

   2 points by wthayer 2mo ago|0 comments
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   by wthayer 2mo ago

   Thanks I’ll add support for those! I agree and I’m working on adding the hosts contact and socials to that sticky header to contact them. I have spoken to a few hundred PMs and none have cared that I listed them and actually loved the idea
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   I made a search engine to get rid of Airbnb fees/commission(staythere.ai)

   4 points by wthayer 2mo ago|3 comments
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   by wthayer 2mo ago

   I built a search engine that aggregates the public direct booking websites provided by property management systems (PMSs), allowing travelers to discover and book directly with hosts. There are no booking fees or commissions. StayThere is o
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   by wthayer 2mo ago

   That's a fair concern. StayThere only indexes listings from established PMSs like Guesty, Hospitable, Lodgify, and Hostaway. In many cases, those listings were originally imported from Airbnb or other OTAs when the host joined their PM
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   Show HN: StayThere.ai - Book directly at over 96k short term rentals(staythere.ai)

   3 points by wthayer 3mo ago|2 comments
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   by wthayer 3mo ago

   Depending on the security of the sites you link to you might be able to show them locally in an iframe so users are only redirected if absolutely necessary and you can give an easy way back to search results/landing page