Something that started out to be fun and quite nice changed into a money grabbing assholery nightmare. Go to a local hotel. Google BnB in the area you want to stay and contact the BnB owner(s) directly... you'll get a good price and no b******t. Most BnB's have their own website with photos and stuff.

The host should be banned for this too

Sadly most people using Airbnb aren't too bright so they'll keep paying $500 for a stay in an apartment when the hotel across the street would charge them $300.

I tried an AirBnb once and was completely weirded out to find out that I wasn't alone in the house even though that's what I thought I was getting. The homeowner still lived there daily and treated me like a guest renting the room rather than the house and her dog was allowed to go anywhere it pleased. Got out of that pretty quick cause Fido liked the guest room bed and was allowed to sleep there - meaning, my door stayed open all night.

Who charges this much for a airbnb? In Spain at least they are much more affordable than a hotel and you usually get a kitchen.

Somehow, it's seems more chic or glamorous (for some people) to say they stayed at an Abnb instead of just another hotel. It's a fad.

I booked an Airbnb for 4 weeks with my friend because we moved here to Montreal and you get a long stay discount so it was $1200 including fees. Airbnb really depends on the place. I don't usually use it but I have in Buenos Aires both times because I found alternatives not very good.

Too much dip on their chip. I'm stealing that.

I prefer hotels. They have real people to complain to and that will achieve real results. I compared 3 hotels that I would consider staying at with 5 Airbnb properties. Two of the Airbnb properties were dude ranches trying to rent vacancies for the weekdays with a maximum 5-day stay. Two of the properties were the equivalent of Couchsurfing with no privacy, a shared bath, and kitchen and you did not get a key. One of the 5 could truly be considered but had only 1 night available of the 7 we were planning on staying.

Well, the apartment could be for 6 people...

AirBnB's WERE a nice thought, once upon a time. Staying in a location with more privacy than a hotel is a nice option. But sadly, this is why we can't have nice things.

High mortgage costs and Inflation force owners of the property to find somewhere getting extra income. Airbnb is definitely in the side of original home owners.

Their. Their is possessive. They is a pronoun.

Why is anybody still using the platform atp?

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You all are forgetting higher bed bug risks in hotels.

Yup! Old (old job, older person) coworker of mine began buying rental homes as investment in the 70s. Ended up converting 10 of 14 homes to AirBnBs in one of the leanest rental markets in the US, SF Bay Area. Makes a killing and many times more than rent, uses a rental service so no work for him. Part of the problem studio apartments go for $2500/month.

Cameras. There are real horror stories about hidden cameras in AirBnB. So many that entire YT channels dedicated to identifying them.

Super Shuttle for me.

The 1st and only time my husband and I stayed at an airbnb, we got a 1 star review because we left a day early because we were uncomfortable. We didn't ask for a refund or anything, we just cleaned up and left because we felt unwelcome.

If I wanted to use wet towels for 4 days, deal with funky smells in the sheets and have to hyper clean my space I’ll just stay home.

ha!

It’s ridiculous that they can charge a cleaning fee, especially one that large. It’s your house, either clean it yourself or factor in the price of cleaning when you decide how much to charge per night (the way hotels do).

Been saying the same thing about retail shopping. Website pop up are making it impossible. No, I don’t want to give you my personal info BEFORE I decide if I want to buy something.

The problem is nobody is fighting it considering in most places it's illegal to break a lease with intention to rent the property to someone else.

They want the money without the work.

Not if you're doing it the original way it was designed, which is renting out a spare room in your own home, or renting out your home when you're away. I stayed with a lovely lady in Vienna who had her daughter's old bedroom up on AirBnB. It was like staying with a family member.

Can confirm 😕

Exactly. That's always pissed me off

Did he make any for you?

I'm enjoying it as well. I so hope this summer everyone goes back to hotels

Ah nothing says relaxing holiday than the stares of aggrieved residents

Wouldn't it be great if his tires got slashed?

In addition to the ridiculous fees, UberEats jacks up the prices. Went to order subs the other day and compared the prices on the website vs UberEats and they were 10% more expensive and then $10 in fees

I remember one time my family stayed at an Airbnb that had a literal GARDEN HOSE as a shower

Once booked an Air BNB that did not disclose that it had NO TOILET FACILITIES

WTH

Greed-one of the 7 sins.

If it is true it is not slander. I think the word you are looking for is censure.

Criminal

The quiet times are probably because it's a residential area. I'm next door to a holiday let in a terrace house and it's a massive problem for all of us. The stupid garden of the property is set up like an outdoor dining thing so holiday makers stay up really late drinking etc. they don't give one f**k about my kids needing to go to school the next day. This is every night bbq's and parties. It's not like living next to someone who might throw a party one or two nights a week. There's no parking either and they park outside our house so I can't get the buggy down my steps. It's ridiculous

that's just-wow.