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What would differentiate this from renting an AirBnB and inviting people over? Assuming I don’t want random strangers crashing my party.

I mentioned AirBnB, but a lot of them now explicitly state “no parties.” I’m sure this wasn’t without having some bad experiences. Don’t imagine people like you using the service, imagine the people who are trashing hotel rooms. What will the cleaning fees be like? If events are posted publicly, who is liable for damage when randoms show up? I’m picturing these places looking like college rentals after a short period of time. Too many rules to guard against this kind of thing and people will get too worried to have any fun.

When parties get out of hand, how would that be handled? Private security? The police?

I could see buildings, or cities banning this pretty quickly.

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I think your right - hosting parties could present various issues i.e. building restrictions, HOA rules etc. But do think it could work if the event is not necessarily a party? Say for instance your a suburban mom and your looking for a play date for your kids for Friday afternoon. You hop on the app and you can see which families are hosting a play date on Friday. Think of it as an app that tells you in real time what events are happening in either your immediate vicinity or a specific area of interest.

I’m not a parent, so I can’t speak too much to that. Though my first reaction is that a lot of parents are too protective to want play dates posted online for anyone to show up to.

If you had nicer homes signed up, I could see MLM people renting them out to host their gatherings to sell whatever it is they are selling… if it would be financially viable. I think that community has a lot of fake it till you make it attitude.

I wonder if garages or workshops would be an option. Some cities have maker spaces, for people who need some tools or space, but don’t have access to a shop or the money to buy a bunch of tool. Being able to find a nearby neighbor who has some tools and some space to build a one off thing could be interesting.

If specifically looking for things where events are posted and public, I think it then starts crossing into the Meetup space. More recently when I browse that site it seems more and more meetups require membership and are limited in the number of people that can sign up. I think this is inevitable, as few places can handle an unlimited number of people, and they want to keep out the creeps and weirdos.

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