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I’ve seen too many instances of either:
- hospitality companies making an extra buck at the expense of everyone else
- people with “I am gonna make money with no expenses, watch meh”
no, they’re in both. They may be in the hospitality industry, but they are also leeches extracting profit via the ownership of property.
That’s not “real estate” that’s rent seeking. You would still have a real estate industry even if you banned all forms of rent seeking.
I like renting apartments when I travel, but not through airbnb. And definitely not after they started offering apartments in the occupied territories.
Places like agoda also offer apartments, and AFAIK they’re not involved in this kinds of invading crap.
“What are they gonna do? Use a hotel?”
Air BnB has been straight up bad value for such a long time. Hotels have copeted on price and give much better deals… With 24 hour front desks, helpful staff, swimming pool, en suite bathroom, etc. I gave up Air BnB years ago and never looked back.
If you have kids Airbnb is still much better value though.
We recently did a road trip in central europe and hotels are crazy expensive and frankly terrible for families. You either pay 200 euros per night or get 2 rooms 100 euros each that are not even connected while Airbnb for 3-4 person family can still he done for 100 euros AND you have a little kitchen for prepping food for kids etc.
Airbnb for >2 people is still like 50% cheaper and straigh up better experience.
AND YOU DONT HAVE TO CLEAN THE FUCKING HOTEL FOR THEM!
Wanna eat extra wet chicken wings in your king sized bed? Fuck it. The bones? Just toss ‘em on the floor!
(Just to be clear, don’t do that)
Same. The only value for me is when I’m traveling with a group of friends/family and we all want to stay together. That’s the only added value to an Airbnb for me.
Place I used to work at would book AirBnBs for any overnight stays at places far away from home. It usually worked out better, since it was cheaper than getting an individual room at a hotel for each employee, especially when it was 4-5, since it was company policy that every employee is entitled to their own room (which was relevant for people who worked with family and sometimes stayed together). We did have a lot of issues with going places that would list X bedrooms when they really meant X beds. But for my personal life, I can’t typically justify an AirBnB.
I always have my wife’s dog with us and she barks a lot when left alone so we end up using them for that reason. We could use hotels, but I’m not an asshole and I don’t want some stranger having to hear that.
Just don’t leave your wife alone. Problem solved.
Do you think it’s too late to train the wife?
Never too late! Wives can always be trained except if too old, i guess
That’s a temporary fix that will certainly turn out worse in the end
When it was cheaper for nicer accommodations we used it all the time. In the last 5 years I would never consider it. Far more expensive than a nice hotel, and with worse amenities.
I only use them when I want to travel somewhere without any other accommodations to speak of or if I want to bring my bike with me. Otherwise, hotels are so much better.
I know a bunch of folks have had problems but AirBnB has never been a problem for me
TIL, thanks.
For the most part that is true, but the biggest difference I have seen in the last 15 years is a drop in bed quality. You are almost guaranteed the cheapest bed imaginable at this point.
We don’t travel that often, but same, no issues. I hate hotels because of the added on fees and treating everyone like cattle. They remind me of Planet Fitness trying to get people to just sleep there and then get the hell out. From the stories, it sounds like the airbnb types are just getting as bad in different ways, but I haven’t seen it yet.
Like most things, people only talk about the downsides or the horrible experiences. I’ve only had one issue with them and it wasn’t the company, it was the idiot ass owner who got reported hard.
I think the problem is the idiot ass owners are the majority for most people now. Maybe it depends on where you’re going or what you’re looking for. I’d do a bed and breakfast in a quaint town but I’m done with airbnb in cities or tourist locations.
Not cropping screenshots either.
Oh man I’d like a date for that. I bet it aged well
Why would this have aged poorly?
Probably pretty recent and related to
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