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		paul on Dec 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YC W13 Will Be Smaller You probably heard about it post-yc. It was initially a thing for renting out airbeds (airbedandbreakfast.com)

bwilliams18 on Dec 3, 2012 | [–]

I think even that is a great idea...albeit with a much smaller market capability than what airbnb is now.

ntoshev on Dec 4, 2012 | [–]

That's pretty much what http://www.couchsurfing.org do, but for free. Clearly there is both supply and demand for such a marketplace. Were airbnbs or YC aware of couchsurfing?

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