Yeah, I don’t understand why this is downvoted either… do people not think women’s rights are in jeopardy? I mean, if they don’t live in the US maybe nothing has changed in their world so this doesn’t impact them. Being American, Roe v Wade being overturned is terrifying to me.

Ikr! Like everything is 10x more expensive nowadays

Should higher! We need this to survive!

Yep. In china, everything you do once you set foot out of ur home is recorded.

Affordable home is a myth.

I am severely asthmatic and if I have to walk through some employee's cigarette smoke to enter a business, I turn around and take my business elsewhere. Not worth it.

YES PLEASE!

a 'stupid tax' if ever there was one.

Just stayed in this thing, - hotel they are calling it. Didn't have to take the garbage out, strip the room, pay a "cleaning" fee or feed anyone's cat. Hope they catch on.

Tried it once-it worked out far more expensive than a hotel. And all the 'it's the experience you're paying for, meeting new people, feeling of 'belonging' and surrounding yourself in a new culture, immersing yourself in a new environment" nonsense is utterly c**p. My "host" confined me to the tiniest space, despite access to kitchen, living room and utility room being advertised. After that I went back to hotels and B&Bs, much more comfortable and welcoming.

This business really should go away. Just read a story today about someone taking up 4 apartments so they can airbnb them. Others are buying up houses to do the same.

There will always be a market for both short term rentals and hotels. Usually I prefer staying in a house with friends, cooking meals, grilling outdoors, etc. Other people want to roll out of bed and hit the hotel buffet. There are good and bad hotels and Airbnbs.

I hope not. I love all my Airbnb experiences. Would hate to go back to hotels.

I"ve rebelled against this since before it became a "trend". I don't even stay over my friend's houses unless I need to for some reason. I don't use "ride shares" either. The lack of regulation, inspection, safety measures and security concern me. I'd rather camp in a tent, in the rain, than stay in an Airbnb.

I've stayed in several Airbnb places and 99% of them were great experiences and way less expensive than a hotel. Plus we got a kitchen, more than one bedroom, a living area, dining room, more than one bathroom, and a TV with Roku. Once we even got a billiard table. I don't get what everyone is talking about, I feel like it's a great change from hotels.

Also hotels are making it so you can't check in until later and later. A friend had to come to my place for a few hours recently because his hotel check in time was 3pm. And they make you check out by 10 or 11 the next day and still charge you for a full day's price. It's ridiculous. It's happening with a lot of hotels now.

I've had many more good experiences than bad with air bnb.

This used to be a great app for finding a safe affordable space to couch crash on a road trip, student hop or bike tour. Now it's just an tax evading sleazy hotel site contributing to housing crisises. Paris's short term rentals law needs to be adopted world wide and stomp this out.

I honestly don't see the problem. People should read the description and PATRONIZE the ones that look GOOD and AVIOD the ones that look BAD. I've stayed at airbnbs (and hotels) all over the world. I've never had a bad experience with service and cleaning fees because they're right there in the description and when I see that they're outrageous I simply skip those places. Hosts add those fees because they think they can get away with them, and they do as long as people agree. No one forces you to take a bad deal. If you do that's not airbnb's fault.

This picture is the interior of a CitizenM hotel. I just stayed in one 2 months ago and was raving to my folks about how awesome it is. If all hotels are like CitizenM, nobody will go back to Airbnb ever..

Never appealed to me. Just seems weird. And apparently it’s gotten weirder.

Does anyone realize AirBnB is not responsible for the rules at each rental? it's the individual owner? AirBnB is simply a website where owners can list their properties for rent.

AirBNB ruins neighborhoods! I have no neighbors, just transient, affluent boomer couples with gorgeous dogs. I'm a boomer. I love dogs! I will never get to know them, have drinks with them, invite them to dinner, etc. I live in a neighborhood of strangers! Oh, and none of the houses are all that well maintained...no landscaping! Welcome to Hendersonville, NC (near Asheville).

Its become quite a joke. I'll take a hotel.

This would also be nice. Everyday there's at least one article about how Airbnb screwed someone or put them in a dangerous situation.

Can't happen fast enough!

That's a Citizen hotel, they are actually quite good I find personally

My friend loves Airbnb. He uses them to shoot p*rn

those terrify me

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I disagree. I come on boardpanda on a regular basis and I find my faith in humanity restored regularly

Let me guess, this is in the US?

I still buy DVDs/BluRays. I like actually owning the thing and being able to reliably access it for the next 20-50 years. Only series and movies I've rewatched at least once and want to watch again though.

Without cash our society would be far worse off

My local op shop has two buildings, one is the usual cheap things and cheap clothes and the other is the higher end stuff like vintage clothes or collectibles. It works well.

I've heard they've installed a revolving door at #10 Downing 😉

And the amount in savings accounts

Unless absolutely required, coming to office should be optional.

I live in a 24hr city, and I feel for those who work nights and struggle to do their shopping now.

Yup, Sitcoms are fading in general. Or are already completely gone. At least good ones. Maybe because you can't have dark-humored, sarcastic content anymore. Imagine "Married with Children" going on air nowadays. My favorite Sitcom...

Yup, with the new law in 2024 these are a thing of the past in the EU. USB-C for any brand. Not just Apple.

not in africa, we have too many unemployed people. We need job creation.

Nope, I think real menus are a hill many will choose to die on.