"Pizza profitable" Airbnb now in 1,000 cities worldwide

I endorse our new food-based system of rating companies, and expect it will eventually displace Moody's and S&#38;P.<p>We're not Alinea-profitable yet, but we're definitely comfortably in Chili's territory. =)

Classic internet enabled 'butterfly' market. You have a lot of people who want to crash in a city, a lot of people with spaces and you just need someone to bring them together.

There's this place near us that sells $6 large pizzas. So by that metric, we are also pizza profitable. Can't afford the supreme, though! ;)<p>Congrats, gents!

I'd rather use couchsurfing.org. Not only is it free, but the host verification seems better.<p>That being said, Airbnb.com is a MUCH slicker website, and most consumers are more comfortable with a professional-looking site and with services they've paid for.

Congrats! How did you manage to get the WSJ to write you guys up?

This site is great. Perfect in todays economy as people look for some extra bucks (by renting out their room) and others look for cheaper places to sleep while travelling. I will probably use this site when I finally decide to go to Europe

Nice idea, since they help the renter to bill the room.<p>I'm always a bit surprised that new segment between B&#38;B, Vacation Rentals and hotels are invented. Is it that people think those existing segments are well served?

I'm not seeing dramatically different prices to a hotel or hostel, but it is a good idea. Take Paris for example: <a href="http://airbnb.com/travel/paris/fr?y=0&#38;min_price=&#38;lng=2.3509871&#38;max_price=&#38;guests=0&#38;precision=city&#38;x=0&#38;sort_by=0&#38;state=Ile-de-France&#38;location=paris&#38;checkin=06/18/2009&#38;country=FR&#38;city=Paris&#38;checkout=06/20/2009&#38;lat=48.8566667" rel="nofollow">http://airbnb.com/travel/paris/fr?y=0&#38;min_price=&#38;lng...</a>