5 New Travel Startups Strive to Improve Hotel Booking Models


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Changing consumers' expectations of the hotel booking process will take time, no matter how ingenuous the new model may be, suggesting that most of these startups have to gain support and build awareness before seeing any meaningful growth.

[gallery ids="134365,134363,134364,134362,134361"] This week's startups all strive to improve current travel industry models, whether it be tweaking hostel booking in favor of owners or hotel bids for guests. For all of our SkiftSeedlings collection, check out our archives here. >> Outdoors is Airbnb for outdoor equipment. Users write a description and upload a photo of their gear, set a price, and then list it on the marketplace. Users must be approved by equipment owners