I’m John Johnson, Co-founder of Vacationhosting Nigeria.
Vacationhosting Nigeria (Vacationhosting.com.ng) is a peer-to-peer home-sharing marketplace that allows users to list, discover and book local accommodations such as houses, apartments, villas, condominiums, vacation rentals, beach huts, cabins, treehouses, and chalets for vacation, casual or business trips within Nigeria.
We are currently in Private Beta. Help us test-drive the platform by requesting an Invite here: http://vacationhosting.com.ng. We will send you an invitation code to test-drive the platform. Please respond with your thoughts on the Radar. Your Reviews, Comments, Suggestions or Questions will be highly appreciated.
Yes. Available rooms or properties can be rented on a nightly, weekly or monthly basis. Furthermore, the platform has a built-in calender to enable hosts to block out dates that their rooms will not be available for rental.
The ‘Request Invite’ tab is at the bottom of the front page. You can’t miss it. Once you click it, it will take you to the page where you will see the field that says ‘Enter Your Email’.
Enter your email address there and click the ‘Request Invite’ button.
@obadeyemi. Furthermore, I will try to post a screenshot of it to Radar tomorrow morning. I just checked it with five different browsers. However, please let me know if you still can’t find it.
@obadeyemi, in the meantime, while I await your type of browser and device, to enable me to fix the problem, could please send your email address to customerexperience@vacationhosting.com.ng or ceo@vacationhosting.com.ng and I will request the inviite for you.
Furthermore, anyone on the Radar that is having the same issue can send me their email address too. It’s very strange. I’ve checked it with five different browsers, including Opera, on desktop and mobile devices and it was there.
Guys, we have started sending out Invitation Codes to those who have requested invites on our platform. Check your Inbox or Spam Box for your code. If you did not receive your code or unable to locate your code, please let us know on Radar or email us at customerexperience@vacationhosting.com.ng and we will generate a new code for you. Thank you.
So youre basically an Air BnB Nigerian Version… Many Vacation Seekers would need exotic places to visit hence Partnering Trip Guides, Vacation Booking Firms give you clients to push, speaking from an Operations and Marketing side, Nice idea. Execution is key n price too.
@obadeyemi. Thank you for concerns. Both Guests and Hosts will be verified. We have implemented various ways to verify our members. Social Media footprints of the members is one of the methods we have implemented to verify our members.
We created Social Media tools for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo and others within the platform to which all members will connect their profiles in order pull their Social Graph and Connections on Social Media.
Furthermore, there is the Recommendation system on the platform that we require each member to do to get verified. Also, we have Phone and Address Verification system on the platform. Also, there is a Review System too. These are what companies like Airbnb too use for verification.
Security of our members is our number one priority on the Vacationhosting Nigeria. Let me know if you have any other questions.
@obadeyemi. In addition to the above verification methods, we also have Picture ID verification method. Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Thank you.
@Freshboi_Ekundayo. Thank you for your suggestions. Vacationhosting Nigeria is like Airbnb. However, it is more than Airbnb as there are other features/services that we have or offer, which Airbnb does not have or offer presently and all these will be all be seen when we are out of Beta.
Vacationhosting is an ecosystem of Sharing Economy. Most of them are Peer to Peer offerings within the marketplaces. We have two platforms: One platform is Nigerian Only. The other platform is a Worldwide platform. On our Nigerian only platform, some of these offerings are directed towards travelers and tourists coming from overseas to Nigeria and some of them are directed Nigerian travelers and tourists. Our main offering is Room/Property Rentals like Airbnb. However, below are some of the other areas of platform:
Experiences: Tours, Sightseeing, Family, Local Tradition, Outdoors and Adventures, Events, Night Life, Shopping, Camp Sites, Training & Lessons and Massage & Spas
Food Hosting: Eat With Locals
Home Exchange and Cultural Exchange
Rides: Airport Pickup & Drop Off, Car Pooling (Ride Share), Boat Ride and Road Courier
Events: Sports, Theatre, Musical, Drama, Performances, Culture, Comedy & Film
Flights
Vacation Rentals: Car Rental, Boat Rental and RV Rental
Concierges
Shops & Vacation Packages & Deals
As you can see, we are going to have Tour Guides on the platform. These guides are going to be Nigerians themselves for our Nigerian platform and they will set up on the platform and determine their own prices. Our Nigerian platform will also feature all Tourist Attractions including Festivals and Historical Sites in Nigeria.
There are two Dashboards on the platform: One is the Property Dashboard for Travellers and Hosts for Properties. The second Dashboard if for other vacation offerings which will be available to users when we come out of Beta.
@obadeyemi. Yes, we will be working alongside other businesses in some of the areas. We welcome your suggestions as to how we can improve our platform.
We just sent out the second batch of Invitation Codes to our new testers. If you have just requested an invite within last three or four hours, please check your Inbox or Spam box for your code. If you have any questions, let us know.
