@Miki0,
This is an issue across businesses and populations because of the inherent bias built into the systems that have created the world as we know it, and if we look at the larger picture, how's that working for everyone, really, in terms of suvival, distribution, and human and environmental needs?
I chose airbnbn first because it seemed to fit who I am best, seemed different and more personalized than the wholesaler approach, more "grass roots" offering an alternative to the 'status quo.'
Airbnnb has joined the status quo, so the most logical choice for each of us and our businesses is to study all of these booking platforms (because that's what airbnb is) and choose the one(s) that will serve each of us best based on at least 4 criteria:
1- Safety/integrity/accountability
2- Comprehensive and consistent services (platform features, customer service/support, user-friendliness, responsivenes, exposure, ratings, access to needed information, protections, legal issues)
3- Does it work for our business and sensibilities? How comfortable is it, in which ways and why? Does it make it easier for us to do business and feel good about it in comparison to others?
3- Profit potential/actual/net/gross across each platform.
I put them in this order because that's how I view who I want to do business with and how, at all levels. If I feel good about things, business flows beautifully. If not, it's time to take a fresh look, learn, and make whatever change(s) will make it so. Everything evolves. It's working well for me, and my preferred way of doing business, and I look for good matches for that because then, it becomes a "win-win" that benefits everyone involved rather than an extraction of profit regardless of how it effetcs the whole.
Here's a question for another thread: How would we all rate Airbnb compared to other platforms in terms of the above criteria?