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From a guest's perspective, I'm not sure if I like this. If I ask for my host's recommendation about what to do or where to go, I want him to tell me what he actually think is the best idea. This product incentivizes him to instead recommend something that will make him money. But I guess if he recommends something bad, then he risks getting a negative review on AirBnB, so that helps a little bit.

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In the future, hosts will be able to make their own "products" which will be free of charge - like a nearby hike or beach that they recommend. I think free activities mixed in with paid tours, combined with a host's custom recommendations per (paid) activity (which is currently implemented), should make an honest, wholesome and reliable guide.

Also keep in mind that it won't always be just touristy tours. Along the lines of crazypyro's comment, we'll be adding other services like transportation and restaurant reservations.

I think you need this feature quickly. Let me add restaurants and other places easily by finding them on yelp, and let me add generic boxes with a url, and let me add my own notes on them AND on the tours you provide. Until then, I can't use it, it would come off as crass.

Thanks for the feedback. We're working hard and will let hosts know as improvements are made.

Hi! Nice work! It would be nice to be able to rearrange the listings on the "customize" page, to group them in a way,that i, as host, prefer to show… Also,as early mentioned, it would be really nice( actually that was what i was expecting before i opened tripbright) to add some custom activities, for example to visit a certain place, eat somewhere, city bundles, etc. that would be nice. I also don't know if you consider password change/recovery important…

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