Wildpoint

@bertie Thank you Bertie! It's very much MVP right now but we're happy with the progress we're making! Great question and one you can probably imagine we get asked a lot! There are many reasons why we believe the Wildpoint experience will be more suitable for Hosts and Guests alike than on Airbnb. The first is on the technical side. The same reason that you rarely see hotels on Airbnb is one of the same reasons you rarely see campsites. Like a hotel, with tens of rooms, campsites have vast numbers of pitches. Displaying each of the 30 available listings on a campsite as a separate listing would saturate the search results of Airbnb to the extent where if you searched for a campsite in Cornwall you would see 100 listings of the same pitch, and this is the same for campsites. One of the often understated reasons is that Airbnb aren't associated with camping, which is why competitors are still able to operate successfully in the market, because people use them out of association with camping. We are very much seeing the unravelling of Airbnb into specific niches of travel, that can offer a more tailored experience for the guests and hosts through features, search criteria and more. I think a great analogy is when you go to a restaurant and see everything on the menu, you know the food is likely to be average, but when you go to a restaurant that has crafted one small menu, you know you're likely to have a much better experience. This is something we are absolutely championing and we're already designing massive value-add features specifically designed for outdoor accommodation. A great example being our recent partnership with What 3 Words. We can now provide the entrance location as well as the pitch location to guests so when they show up to a 20 acre farm they know exactly where they're going! In the same vein, branding plays a huge part. A brand that is focused from it's very core about getting back outdoors as Wildpoint so deeply is, means that we can begin to drive hosts and guests to the site because of the brand loyalty that we can build. We have seen already seen Airbnb hosts pro-actively approach us to become a part of the platform instead of Airbnb and other sites, which we believe is a great sign! There are more reasons but I won't chew your ear off Bertie! I hope that helps, and thank you so much for the support :)

Hey @oliver_windle1 - thanks for such a great response. It's fantastic to see it targeting those points, and very exciting to be partnering with W3W (a really cool idea 👍). Really excited to see what happens next for you - congrats again on the launch! ✌️

@bertie @oliver_windle1 whoa, this was such a good pitch/explanation.

@bertie @ezzat Thank you Ezzat!

@bertie No problem at all Bertie! Thank you again for the support, we're very excited about the future :)

@footer Great suggestion Amin, thank you! :)

@theashphillips Thank you Ash. Very glad to have you aboard!

@tomludd Thank you Tom! More listings added daily so hopefully you can find your wild soon enough! :)

@pwatto Excited to have you on the journey with us Peter!!

@nainar Thank you Mohamed! I have to say you're missing a wonderful experience, just make sure you get a waterproof tent for worst-case scenarios!