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Jun 20, 2019 - 04:55 AM
So it seems like you want marketplace software i.e. you want to build a marketplace between property owners looking to rent their properties and vacationers looking for a place to stay.
I suggest looking at ShareTribe, a popular option.
We wrote a review of it here:
https://capitalandgrowth.org/questions/1526/has-anyone-used-sharetribe-to-build
-a-marketplace.html
Capterra (now owned by Gartner) also has reviews on other marketplace software:
https://www.capterra.com/marketplace-software/
The software/tools required to do what you want is actually the trivial part. Cracking the "chicken-egg" problem that all marketplaces faces is several orders of magnitude harder! Vacationers won't be interested unless there are enough properties and property owners won't be interested unless there are enough vacationers.
Airbnb is said to have solved this by spamming Craigslist i.e they wrote a script that just spammed the hell out of Craiglist's listings. And Craigslist solved it by being first and being free. It was easier to do when the internet was 'virgin territory' back in 1994! It is much harder today.
And by the way Vacasa is already doing this. I attended a talk by the founder late last year and it took monumental effort to build.
Good luck to you and keep us posted on your project!
Jun 21, 2019 - 06:52 AM
Yes, you can setup the vacation rental website immediately with Airbnb clone script. There are many script in the market.
But before you buy any script, look at their demo and see their supportive measures after giving you the script.
I would suggest RentALL script. It is similar to Airbnb clone script and UI design is simple and appealing. It is scalable and is updated with all the necessary features. And it is available in web, IOS, and android.
Here is the link to the website: www.rentallscript.com
Jun 20, 2019 - 09:36 PM
Thank you, Jasper, for your answer.
Jun 24, 2019 - 03:10 AM
AFAIK, in this software 'clone' market, Rocket Internet and Agriya are pioneers. Agriya has open sourced their popular Burrow script https://github.com/agriya/burrow
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