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1. Introduction.: Hello and welcome
to my course on the comparison of the three
prominent online platforms, Airbnb, booking.com,
and Expedia don't cope. In this course, we will analyze the unique
features, offerings, and advantages of each
platform in order to make informed decisions when you are going to plan your next trip. By understanding the
similarities and differences between Airbnb, booking.com
and expedia.com. You will gain valuable
insights into which platform are lines based with
your specific travel needs. My teaching experience
in the academic level has shown me that the best
way to pass information to my students in a limited amount of time and to
ensure that they are going to remember
those information is to present them
through facts. So what we're going to do is float around 20
interesting facts about each company that is
going to give you the tools for you to be able to make your
own conclusions. So if you're planning
your next vacation, or if you are interested in
general in the tourism field, or even if you are studying
a related subject, embark into this journey of
exploration and discovery. And as always, thank
you for watching
2. AirbBnb Part 1.: Hello and welcome
to the first of the three companies that we
are going to compare Airbnb. Now, we're going to see 22
interesting facts about this company that came out of nowhere and became a
synonym of Traveling, staying, and even experiencing
once-in-a-lifetime moment. So let's start with
the first fact. Airbnb was founded
in 2008 and is by far the newest of the three companies
we are going to see. The other two,
Booking and Expedia. So Airbnb is much, much younger than those two. It was founded by Brian joy
Gibeon and Nathan blood. Just kick. Obviously, I'm terribly sorry if I'm pronouncing
of those names wrong. You can see how they're written
in the left of my head. So those three friends create
this company as a way to offer affordable and
unique accommodation for other travelers. And remember those two words, because those two
words have synonyms of Airbnb, affordability,
and uniqueness. The second fact
is that initially this company used to call
Air Bed and Breakfast, and it was actually
literally what it means. So in the very beginning,
those three friends, they had some spare room
in their house renting, and they decide to get
some air matrices, flows them and end the extra space they had to travelers in order
to win some extra money. Next fact is that it
started for air mattresses. And nowadays, airbnb has a huge variety
of types of accommodation. It starts from homes,
apartments, villas, Private Islands, treehouses,
even caves, a riverboats. I'm castles. Literally, they're
not any limits. I have seen in documentaries, all aeroplanes or army sectors that they have transform
into airbnb is the only limitation is the
loss of its country and the safety restrictions
that Airbnb is requiring. Next fact is that Airbnb is operating more than 220
countries around the world, making it through
global enterprise. For me, probably the
most interesting fact, the one that follows and the
next next one they wanted follows is that Airbnb has
more than 4 million hosts. Because the size of a big
city or even a small country, the people that actually
receiving an extra income, or even the people who
literally only leave from Airbnb in the
number of millions. The next fact that
I actually cannot even comprehend is
that in the year 2021. So we are talking about the years that we still
had COVID restrictions. Airbnb from the beginning of this history
enriched the number 800 million people
who have stayed at least one night in
an Airbnb property. If you think about soon, we're going to lead to 1 billion people that
they have used Airbnb. And we're not talking that Airbnb can sell all
the competition. People still are choosing
hotels as we are going to see women compared to
the other two companies. So airbnb came out of nowhere. It became synonymous Tourist and literally revolutionized
the way we are traveling. And actually the way we're
staying in our holidays, the most booked Airbnb property, at least until the year 2021. I don't have the newer data as we're recording
now is the year 2023. In the end of the year 23, I'm going to receive the
data of the year 2022. If I have any updates, I'm going to push them out
resources to a course. So until the year 2021, the most book property was the Underground hike that
is located in Orlando, Washington is more cozy house
that is inside the ground. The next fact is that Airbnb
host Experiences me myself. I used to be Airbnb
experience provider, especially when I was
living in Madrid. The whole idea behind that
is Airbnb wanted to connect their clients with local peoples in order to for them
unique experiences. In the beginning, it
was working like that. Later, mother big companies came and they start
providing experiences. So now many clients
are complaining that is not as authentic as I used to be
in the very beginning. Those experiences can be a hot balloon trip
to a classic tool. But the vast majority of these activities are
taking place inside cities and close where many
Airbnb properties located. The next fact is that for
more loose experiences, the most popular of
all related with food, like cooking classes
or food tools. So what that show us is that it doesn't matter how you're going to put
your own culmination. It doesn't matter where
you are going to stay. As it this proof, the best immersive way to learn a new culture
is through food. Our next fact is that Airbnb has a robust reviewing system
that is very complicated. It has many questions,
many categories, in order to ensure that the people who are
hosting other people in the house is following the strict legislation
related to that. Next fact is that Airbnb
actually has super host. So they were two people who have an exceptional
highest score. And they offer unique services.
3. AirBnb Part 2.: Furthermore, in our next fact
that I'm going to see that Airbnb has now the
option of a long state. That means bookings and that
the last more than a month. And usually those are related
with business travel, but especially after the
COVID where people needed to work from home or
they needed to work. Internationally, the places
became very, very popular. Now we start losing a
little bit of popularity, but it's still very relevant. The next fact is that Airbnb
actually literally tries to promote inclusivity
and diversity through some of their programs, like open doors that
provides temporary housing for displaced individuals
during the time of crisis. The next fact has to do that. The last few years,
airbnb is not just opening a commendation
anymore or experiences, but now Airbnb has
two more categories, like Airbnb plus
and AirBnb luxury. Both of those categories are
about high-end bookings. Those are exclusive by
offered by super host. There are obviously
much more expensive. And sometimes they offer
some access services. It can be from a private
aeroplane and private safe two, whatever you can even imagine. The next fact has to do about, which is the biggest market
of Airbnb and by far the biggest market in offering and in demand is United
States of America, followed by France, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom. The next fact has to do about the tendencies
that Airbnb faced. Airbnb actually in many, many places faced
many, many issues. And it's still giving
battles almost in every city that is operating and has some
issues with Tourist. Some places open their hugs and when they were
introducing Airbnb, some other places like barcelona became infamous that the locals, now they're not respect so much the choice of
the neighbors to transform whole buildings into Airbnb accommodations
because they believe that they are
destroying their neighborhood. This kind of criticism exists. Now in every major
tourist destination. This attendance that
obviously airbnb is and company can not show. This is about the
local authorities and the people who
live in these places. But obviously this
doesn't mean that Airbnb has in face
any difficulties. Furthermore, airbnb has faced problems with the
individual taxation in some countries and
some other allegations like they're not in shooting hide standards
in all the places. There are some cases where some owners have put cameras
in South their apartments. In some other cases, the description is
not very strict, and in some cases
they're double book. But as I said, now, we saw above that 4 million
people are host of an Airbnb. So imagine in such
a shoots pool, of course, obviously they're
going to be some issues. The next fact has to do about the COVID crisis,
the COVID pandemic. Obviously it had a
huge impact in Airbnb, but also be showing
transformation. Because many people, as I said, the above shows Airbnb
in order to secure that they can work from, let's say, another environment that is not their home because they didn't want to
confuse those two things. And also, due to
the restrictions, many people choose to stay close to where they live
and they choose and airbnb. Now, the next fact also has to do about the COVID pandemic, that some people can see
it as an opportunity because the COVID
pandemic interlude use new laws and new
health guidelines and restrictions that all
the host has to follow. So now there's some
people say that it was actually a good thing for the clients of their airbnb is the next fact is not totally
related to the COVID, but we are going to see why
I consider interrelated. Airbnb went public in December of 202023 months
before the COVID strikes. And it was one of the biggest
and most anticipated there is into the stock exchange
for any Tourist Company. The next fact has to do
about the word I use, both about the word staycation. What time means with the word staycation is that
many people now are exogenous Airbnb in order to explore the places
where they're living. For example, if you leave in
a subinterval underneath, you leave a little bit
outside of London, let's say 1 h. You want to actually experience how is to live in the
center of the city. People now are
choosing airbnb is. Furthermore, they have find that many people
that they want to change the house in order to take the new neighborhood
they're going to go, they choose an
Airbnb so they can actually experience
the new neighborhood. And if they like it, then they decided to move. So obviously, this is not
exactly a new to this category, but it's an interesting
fact about Airbnb. The next fact has the longest Airbnb stain that
is more than 1,080 days, some more or less three years it took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Are less fact about
the airbnb is that Airbnb has a dedicated
team that they call trust and safety to ensure the safety and security of the platform
and the clients
4. Airbnb My thoughts.: Those were the 22 indistinct
facts we had about Airbnb. Seriously and honestly, I
wanted to share your opinion about which one you thought
was the most interesting. I'm using Airbnb from 2012. I think I'm using it every year. I used to perform
many experiences. So I have actually N
money from actual Airbnb. I have made countless of
people who are using Airbnb, the blind to test it as me. By far, my favorite fact
about airbnb is that good. Book a hotel. Sometimes you
don't want to book a hotel. So when I was looking to move eye book Airbnb in places
that I wanted to move. So the new place I'm living now, in order to discover if I
actually want to live here. I stayed in Airbnb, is there to discover how
it's actually to live. Because when you
stay in a hotel, sometimes you are in a bubble. But with Airbnb to
actually, sometimes, not always, but
sometimes you can meet actual people who
live in this area. They can give you actual advices and not something
that you read online. So to conclude, Airbnb tend to be synonym
of authenticity. Airbnb tend to make you came
out from your comfort zone, I will say because you literally have to communicate
when you book something, you have to communicate
with the person who added what
time you arriving. Where can you find the key? So it's a good thing sometimes I really
enjoyed using Airbnb. As I said, let me
know which one is your favorite fact about Airbnb. And we will continue
now with appended to most interesting facts we
have about booking.com. And as always, thank
you for watching
5. Booking Part 1.: Hello and welcome back. After we examining the 22
interesting facts about Airbnb, now, it's time to do exactly
the same for booking.com. So let's check those 20 to facts and make
our own conclusions. We will start with
our first fact. The fact that booking.com is
12 years older than AirBnb. That means that it was created
in 1996 and started as a small startup
calling booking.net. And then from Netherlands. Our second fact is that Booking
nowadays is available in 230 countries in comparison with a 220 countries of Airbnb. So here we can see we
have ten countries more. As we said, is
extremely available, but also offers a
vast selection of accommodations, rather
travel services. So it's not just a
commendation like Airbnb, but also other services
like renting a car, booking a tour like AirBnb that there have been because there have been the experiences. But we're going to say many, many similarities and
many, many differences. So let's continue
to our next fact. The platform of booking.com. The features more than
28 million listings including hotels, host status,
apartments, results, and unique properties
like lighthouses, house, birds, and the loose. Our next fact has to do that. Booking.com is available
in 40 languages, making it accessible to a
diverse global audience. For me, one of the most
important differences is the one we're
going to see now. Booking.com is part of
the Booking Holdings, which also owns or other popular travel brands
like Priceline's, Agoda, cardiac, an OpenTable. So what booking software
is much more broad, but also the data
that Booking is using to make everything more
sophisticated is bigger. Booking can use data for many, many different
websites because it's under the umbrella of
the Booking Holdings. So they can offer in
cases better prices. They know which areas are
becoming more trending. And many more
interesting facts about all this data they're collecting
for the customers are next fact is that
booking.com offers a variety of different
recommendations regarding to the budget. We have the button friendly, hostile that can start
the price of €7 per night in some big city to the most luxury suite
you can even imagine. Our next fact is about the filters that
Booking are using. And there are much, much superior that
almost any other website in this category
of the Booking category. So those filters actually leave the client the options to choose accommodation according
to the absolute units. Those needs can be the location, can be the price, it can be the amenities, and even the guest ratings. I'm going to focus a little
bit in the amenities. The reflectors go to extend
where you can choose. If you're Hotel is going
to have its accuracy. If I replace dry-year of view and see if you
Lakeview, Mountain View. And I'm saying call this from personal experience
because we didn't their book a trip
through Booking. And the things I could
choose, the reference, you can choose if with
this pet-friendly, if it is a kits ventrally Hotel, you can choose
literally everything. Many things that I didn't even know that I
want from a room. It was a great experience
to actually set up and say all the possible amenities that they're available in
the distinctive booking. Our next fact, and
again, for me, one very, very important one is the genius loyalty
program that Booking has that remains
more than the cards you have from the supermarket and provides exclusive discounts and offers to frequent bookers
who meet certain criteria. In a data, the
standard a little bit, the size of booking.com. We have our next fact that
booking.com is actually projecting that over 1.5 million roommates book daily
through their website, showcasing its popularity and trust placed in the
platform by the travelers. Our next fact is that Airbnb, I didn't mention it in the facts because for millibars
like to abuse, airbnb is offering a
free mobile application that engage users to book
recommendation on the goal, making, travel and planning and actually booking
more convenient. Next fact, similarly to Airbnb, booking.com has an extensive
review system with hundreds of millions of guest
reviews and ratings that help travelers to make informed decisions
about their bookings
6. Booking part 2.: So now we're going to
continue with our next fact. Booking.com offers a
price match guarantees. That is also very
important for many people. But that actually means, it means that for
selected accommodations and booking.com ensures their customers are getting the best available price
for their bookings. Our next fact, we
talked a bit earlier, is that booking.com now is
expanding above bookings. So not only about the
bookings of accommodation, but the offer services
like flight bookings, car rentals, airport taxes, experiences, providing
comprehensive look inexperience. Our next fact is that
Booking actually offers a 24-seven
customer support. That is also very
important for me. This about this in
multiple languages. That actually means that you have 24-seven a system
for your Booking. If something went wrong, if you have any difficulties, any emergencies, anything,
they're there to help you. I have actually used
them to book things, but I couldn't find actually my Booking and
they have mellowed. So if you have any question
about your bookings, if you wanted to do
some modifications or if you need an instant head, they have a great
customer support. Our next fact is that
the company lately has actively participate in initiatives about
sustainable tourism. So they partner with some
organizations to promote some eco-friendly
accommodations through a program they have that
is called green space. Our next fact is
that booking.com has introduced features like Booking assistant and
Booking messages in order to facilitate direct communication
between the client, the customer, and the owner
of the place there Booking. This happened in order to and says they
booking experience. But also if I say
respond to Airbnb, because in Airbnb,
you never talked with actually company of Airbnb you took with the actual owner. So they supposed to
be more personal. So with this initiatives, Booking is bringing
into the game these personal engagement with the owner of the
pleasure Booking. Obviously, if you book a small
house and boutique hotel, you're going to talk to
the owner. If you book. As I can take Hotel
with hundreds of room, you are going to talk probably
to automated machine, chat bot or a person that I guess it's not going to be their own then you never know. But I don't think someone
when he books in Hilton, Holiday Inn is going to talk to the CEO will hit on our Haldane. But anyhow, you
know what I mean by having this kind of messages supposed to
be more personal? Next fact is, by far, the reason why I'm choosing booking.com more
and more lately. And for me is extremely clever and extremely
helpful for the clients. And it looks like a nightmare
for the property owners. And that is the book now, pay me later program
that booking.com has, that this is an option for some accommodations
that the client has the ability to book it and pay later or pay when
they arrive there. That is great for you because maybe that very moment
we are talking now, you don't have the
ability to book something and you find
the great opportunity. And maybe you are going to have this money in
a couple of months. So you book it now
and you pay later. You don't have this
option without platforms. For example, in the Airbnb, you cannot do that. So I adore it, I guess. Is it a bit stressful
for the owners because someone may hold the
booking for months and in the end can
set it for free. And maybe you don't
have enough time to recover this Booking. But again, now, I'm talking from the
perspective of a client. In another video,
I'm going to talk from the perspective of anomie. Next fact is about booking.com, is about the business program. They have. This
Business Travel Program that is called is a
tailor-made program for corporate travelers offering exclusive benefits to meet
their specific needs. As we said before, this can include big
gap from the airport. This can be rented car to
take you to a conference or to take you to an exhibition and other
initiatives like that. Next time is that the
company has Metroid of criticism and legal challenges
related to mainly issue. So deceptive pricing practices
and unfair competition. Our next fact, and also one
of my favorites is that every year they booking.com have the best of Booking awards. That is likely the Oscar of
the Traveling world. We live. The words, they recognize
exceptional recommendations around the world based on
guests, ratings and reviews. And I think it's a great idea. Next fact has to do
about the markets. By far, the biggest market of
the booking.com is Europe. We saw that Airbnb is an American based company
created in the States. And the biggest amount
kidneys the states. Booking.com is a
European company and their biggest
market is Europe, following by Asia Pacific
area and then United States. But as we mentioned above, they have an extensive
global presence. Or last fact is
that booking.com in the recent years is trying to promote our tentative
recommendations, mainly promoting
vacation rentals and non-traditional
properties catered, changing travel patterns
7. Booking My thoughts.: We just saw the 22
most interesting facts about booking.com. Please let me know
which one is yours. I definitely enjoying
using booking.com. They have by far my favorite picture
that this book now pay later that I think it has revolutionized the way I
am personally booking. My recommendation is
I can actually book now and saving the money. I'm putting a goal. And that makes me enjoy it more. Because I say, okay, now I'm going to stay
somewhere or wherever, sending money, six
months or three months. For me. It feels very rewarding. So I really enjoying,
as I said above, I am using airbnb a year. And similarly, especially
lately I'm using more and more Booking
to compare in general, in total, all the years I'm using have bookmark
things with booking. That doesn't mean I
don't like Airbnb, but sometimes it's more
convenient to use booking.com. And I am enjoying the authors of the
Genius program because now I belong to genius to, if I remember when booking.com, I haven't work with Booking. So I haven't edited money
from booking.com like heaven and money from Airbnb. But I totally trust
both to the company's. Please let me know
in the comments, which is your favorite feature of booking.com, and
if you liked it. And as always, thank
you for watching
8. Expedia part 1.: Hello and welcome back. Now let's see the 22 most interesting
facts about expedia.com. Some of them are going
to be very similar with a facts we
had about Booking. Not so many, they're going
to be similar with Airbnb. So let's start. Our first fact is
that expedia.com actually created in
1996 by Microsoft. Yes. That Microsoft, one of the biggest
companies in the world. They want it to create a
website that was going to revolutionize the way that people are booking the holidays. To be honest that save that, but expedia bone of Microsoft. So it became a totally
independent company. Nowadays is not as big
obviously as Microsoft, but it's one of the biggest companies
in the travel industry. Our second fact is, for me, what differentiate expedia from the
previous two companies? Expedia is focusing more in packages and they
offer packets deals where their clients can book also for obviously
potential saving. Probably the next
fact is my favorite about expedia is one
of the reasons why I'm choosing expedia is
called the last minute deals. That they are deals for
spontaneous travelers looking obviously for discount prices
on accommodation flights, and even organize packages. Similarly to booking.com,
expedia.com, have book now pay later. We read, explain why that
is great for clients. But in my opinion, not such a great thing
for business owners. I am a big fan of
it, I choose it. I am almost booking all my recommendation
through that way. When I choose
Booking or expedia. As I said, for me, is very rewarding to book months before and not to have
to pay that moment, but to collect the
money each month, put some money aside
and when I reach my goal, finalize my payment. But I also explained why
I think is not the sets a good idea or such
a good concept for the business owners
as they have of the market room or
the property for months and maybe the client
cancer the last second. They don't have to pay anything. The the client and the business doesn't have enough time
to recover this Booking. So as I said, great for clients. I don't think it's such a great
deal for business owners. Next fact is that expedia.com
offers a wide range of travel guides and resources to help users plan their trips, featuring recommendations, destination information,
and travel tips. Similarly to
booking.com, expedia, also a special category
about corporate travels. Our next fact is
something that again differentiate expedia
from the other companies. And is the fact that
expedia has partnered with various airlines,
hotel chains, and other kinds of
businesses in order to offer exclusive prices
to their customers. We saw that Airbnb is
and American companies. So obviously and status, the biggest market, booking.com
created the Netherlands. So Europe is the biggest market. Expedia, as we said, is it is of research
of microsoft.com. So it is an American company, but that doesn't mean
that they don't have a very strong presence in
the Pacific area and Asia. And they have a
dedicated company called expedia Asia focused
in that region. Similarly to the
previous two companies, expedia is also facing
a lot of criticism. And many ligands sentences
related to issues like misleading prices and
lack of transparency in face. Our next fact is the one I think that the other
two companies, I'm going to copy from expedia. So airbnb and Booking
in the future are going to copy this
feature from expedia. And it is the virtual
agent where expedia is using artificial intelligence to provide automated
customer inquiries. We will continue with
another fact that I think that differentiate Expedia
from the other two companies. So Booking and airbnb is
going to copy from expedia. And is the fact that expedia
is offering insurance, travel insurance in
order to secure that their customers are going to be covered in a cation.
If I mentioned sea
9. Expedia Part 2.: Our next fact is also very similar to the
previous two companies, is the fact that expedia is
one of the biggest companies in the travel industry offering very similar services as
the other two companies. But as we mentioned, what makes it a little
bit more different is that they offer flights, like it is activities. I actually have work
with the expedia. I used to offer some tools, service doing through some of the companies that
belong to Expedia. That takes me to the next fact. The next fact very
similarly to booking, that Booking belongs to the Booking Holding Company,
expedia.com, homes, many other well-known
companies such as hotels.com, variable,
Travelocity, Orbitz, and Hotwire, providing obviously a diverse portfolio
of choices for the clients amass we
mentioned about Booking. And the other companies that
belong to the same group. They have a lot of data. Now, our next fact is about
the size of the company. We already mentioned that
this is one of the biggest. They operate in 75 countries, saving millions of
people aniline dyes, you can see here is much smaller than the
previous two companies, but it doesn't mean that
it's a smaller company. So my next fact is
that the company, expedia.com offers more than
half 1 million of choices. As for accommodation,
including obviously hotels, resorts, vacation
rentals and apartments. Here we see more
traditional choices. Next fact is about previous fact that you can book your flight
through expedia. And actually expedia comparison many different airline companies in order to provide you
with the best price. And that takes me
to the next fact, like Booking Expedia offers
you the best price guarantee. So that means that that very moment that you're
using this website, they guarantee you
that you're going to find the best price
possible at that moment. And that ties with a
previous fact I told you about the other
companies and they own and they a lot of
data that they can use. So they have a lot
of data and they can provide you
with better prices. For next fact is expedia.com very similarly to
booking.com offer you expedia rewards that is very similar to the
Genius program of Booking, where the participants
are collecting points that they can use in the future to achieve discounts. Next fact is that
expedia.com very similarly to Booking and
not so similarly to Airbnb. I have a huge
variety of filters. So you can choose literally whatever you
need, an accommodation, all of your requirements
are next path has to do about the fact that expedia
is suffering cruises. That is the only so far, the second we are talking of the three companies
that they offering that. As you can see, I used
this word before. Expedia's and more
traditional company. No traditional company
asked for the management. But as for their
approach to the travel, That's that they offer they
offer organized packages. They offer cruises, they offer insurance says I'm
not going to say because I don't have
statistics or data that it is for older people
than the previous two. But obviously, Airbnb tend to be associated
with younger people. Booking actually have achieved a miracle and is
associated with all ages. Expedia tend to be
associated more with families and older people. And our next fact is very similarly to the
previous two companies. They also have an
application and the also offer instant
bookings on LIGO. And last but not least, expedia.com also have
a dedicated team to offer 2047 support with bookings, modification,
and inquiries. I haven't used as a part. But I guess it has to be in the same levels but
Booking and those where that when they do more interesting facts
about expedia.com
10. Expedia My Thoughts.: As for expedia, for me, expedia and booking.com
are very, very similar. Companies. Will literally there offering almost the same things. They have, the same initiative, like the best price guarantee. So they are very, very similar. Just Booking is a little
bit more available. It has more options. And expedia is offering
more organized packages. Or expedia is working or collaborating
with more partners. So it's totally up to you. Obviously, if from those three, the two most different
Airbnb and Expedia, airbnb doesn't offer any of
the things that expedia is. So feeling like
there's enough air, flight doesn't offer
organized packet. This is supposed to
be the contrary. To promote something
more original. Booking is in the middle
of those two companies, like a combination of
Airbnb and Expedia. And Expedia, the company
we are talking now, has passed to the
mind of the majority. That is a very
reliable company that has as their main
target elderly people. I don't know what that
does this mean? For me? This again and data
this company works, offer very good prices and
everything is very organized. We are going to receive
very good service. So if someone telling to me that this company has as
the main target, older people is not
something offensive. So to conclude, expedia doesn't have any main
difference from Booking, has some difference from Airbnb, mainly in the style
of accommodation there offering and in the
fact that they're often in. Moreover, nice packages. More things like insurances and collaboration with
other main companies, like airlines or hotels. It is a great choice
if you choose the area of the Pacific, Asia, and United States,
usually in Europe, I see more the subsidiary
company hotels.com. But as I said, I have
worked for Expedia. I was offering my tools. I was providing through their website and it was a very good
company to work with. And that's always
thank you for watching
11. Conclusion.: In conclusion, we
have examined and compare three leading
online travel platforms, Airbnb, booking.com,
and expedia.com. It's platform offers
distinct advantages and features that cater to different types of
travelers and tourists. Airbnb, as we said, stamped out for it, focus too unique and
local accommodation or experiences fostering a sense of belonging and
culturally mentioned. Booking.com impresses
with this vast inventory of accommodations
and travel services, allowing for comprehensive
and convenient bookings. Expedia from the
other side, signs, through its wide range of travel options and partnerships, providing a one-stop
platform for all your needs. Ultimately, the
choice between one of these three platforms
depends on your preferences, travel style, and
specific requirements. Whether you seek
the personalized, an authentic experience
with Airbnb, comprehensive options and
competitive pricing through booking.com or a diverse range of travel services
through Expedia. It's platform offers is
strengths and weaknesses. As you navigate the world
of the travel Booking. I hope that this course has provided valuable insights and guidance to help you make informed decisions and then change your travel experiences. And remember to consider your own individual
needs, preferences, or priorities when choosing
the platform that best suits. And obviously, all the ways
we can choose more than one. So for me, the perfect
combination is to choose all of them because all of
them can offer you something unique,
happy travelers. And as always, thank
you for watching
Charalampos Petrou, Tourism/Tour creator Expert
