I spent the past few days living it up at the 7th Dublin Web Summit (#dws7). Lost more on that to come. One of the sites that kept coming up in conversation was Airbnb . Airbnb lets you rent out your house, apartment or living space. They handle all the cash and look after the social proof element of the service. If either the guest or the home owner doesn’t live up to their side of the bargain you wont get a look in next time. It’s rare that a web service comes along with such a great new idea. Checkout the video below if you haven’t seen the site before.

I’m thinking of using the site whilst I move back in with my parents to start my own start-up