Suiteness (YC S16) makes it easy to rent suites and connected hotel rooms
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</html>Great job on the site. Some gorgeous properties out there. I'll definitely be returning when I'm ready to live it up in Vegas again. That bungalow at the Cosmopolitan looks pretty swank...
I have two questions for you:
1. Have you faced any resistance from certain hotels for any reason?
2. What other cities do you plan on expanding to?
Keep up the great work!
1. Absolutely, we faced a lot of resistance when we first started. It took getting one big hotel to vouch for us to get more signed up. It gets easier every day since we are bringing the best customers. 2. San Francisco will be live very soon. Before demo day we anticipate that we will have the largest markets in the US online.
1. Brand Safety - The hotels we work with are high-end luxury resorts and they don't want to be seen as discounted.
2. Limited inventory - Many of the suites we sell are one of a kind like penthouses.
3. Technology limitations - This is a huge one but most hotel reservation systems max out at 4 adult occupancy. They can't just put these suites on the GDS.
4. Personal approvals - Some of the suites have decor like $50K vases that if they are broken they are out of commission for weeks.
So we had to overcome all of these issues before we could sign the first hotel. But by overcoming them and bringing great customers to the hotel the sales process has become easier (not easy, easier). I hope that helps.