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Overnight - Book a last-minute stay with local hosts

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Andrew Ettinger
This + Party with a Local ensures you have a good night out, but if you make a fool of yourself (looking at you @bentossell), you still have place to sleep.
Dan Fennessy
Great idea and a really nice looking app, well done @asherhunt & team. Digging the vision behind it, I immediately thought of @gillianim also when I read that. Spontaneous (& mobile first) travel adventures is the future of travel (I hope). Picturing my next trip already: 1. Book a spontaneous cheap flight somewhere never been before using @hitlist_app (do no other pre-planning or booking of anything, just get on flight). 2. Arrive, open up @partywithalocal and find some fun locals to party with, have epic night out somewhere you never would have found on your own. 3. Find a place to crash with locals using Overnight. 4. Uber to locals place (via kebab joint?) 5. Wake up and explore a new city - likely with a bunch of great insider tips from your host and locals you met/partied with last night - sounds pretty cool to me!
Asher Hunt
@gillianim @hitlist_app @partywithalocal Hey thanks @dan_fennessy I think we're all on the same page and I think it's a really great think that we're ALL pushing for exploration, more spontaneity, more exposure to more places and more of a human connection. Really cool world we live in right now - I could not be more excited.
Gillian Morris
I had known about this literally yesterday I would have used it, I was in LA needing a last-minute crash pad in the Arts District. It's funny reading about your vision because it's exactly the same intention we have behind @hitlist_app - inspiring and enabling people to travel more frequently. The average American travels to 2.9 times a year and we want to get it to five by making it easier to discover what airfares are available, spontaneously or even when you're planning further in advance. I will be using the app I am definitely looking you up when I'm next in LA !
Asher Hunt
@gillianim @hitlist_app Awesome. Let me know next time you're in LA! I'm a big fan of your app, and have been since it came out. I spent like 40 minutes onboarding all the places i had been.
Nicolas Alparaz
Love the idea of compelling more 'let's just do it' travelers to get out there - very cool
pinguino kolb
This looks like so much fun!
Asher Hunt
@pinguino hey you! I have a funny story to share about this. A lot of the sentiment behind why I believe spontaneous travel is so important was born when I was working with the ONZRA guys, and we took a trip to Amsterdam. That was my first time out of the country(mex/can aside), and it was on 8 hours notice. Nothing booked, nowhere to stay – I went across the world and everything was alright. Changed the way I think about everything. From travel to entrepreneurship. Being spontaneous is ok, and everything will work out.
jay_azhang
Love this concept and the app feels and looks really really good. And I'm a stickler
Asher Hunt
@jujmonster thanks man! @EthosVentures and I spent a lot of late nights in Xcode cranking this out.
Samir Doshi
I'm a last minute traveler for sure - I like the pay off for being last minute ! haha --- cool product.
Ashish Walia
Very cool - this solves the huge friction issue that happens w/ Airbnb.
Ben Crippin Taylor
Killer company from great, brilliant people! The more I learn the more I like. I hadn't considered the time sink of scrolling through places to stay only to find out they are unavailable. I've been there and it sucks. Time for a staycation in LA. And maybe now I can go to SXSW after all, even if it's last minute...
Cody
This seems like a really cool product, and something I'd definitely want to use when I'm traveling. My questions is how is this different then AirBnb's "Instant Book?" This feature also let's you book stays without having to send a request.
Asher Hunt
@codybierman77 Cody this is a really great question and I'm very glad you asked. Airbnb's Instant Book very different and nearly the opposite of how we work. Hosts don't really get to choose so much who stays at their listing, it's treated MORE like a hotel, and some people may prefer that. On the other hand, we focus on empowering the host to have a private listing, and choose exactly who they let see/book their listing – it's flipped, more personal. Also it requires constant staging to maintain an instant book, where hosts on our platform are able to host in the moment. My girlfriend and I can be watching Netflix on a Saturday night and get a push notification saying "Cody is in your area looking for a place to stay. Is your place available?" then decide then and there (knowing my listing is $90) if I feel like hosting you. $90 sounds good and "hey, look we have 2 mutual friends, and you've verified your ID – I also feel safe". It's a good incentive, people don't need to tie themselves to a calendar.
vincent galan
@asherhunt @codybierman77 great concept! congratulations ;)
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