You're also 100% less likely to contribute to the local rent markets becoming wrecked if you stay in a hotel.
I went to Rome with my wife and stayed at an Airbnb thing. The guy who rented it to us looked like a mafia boss and wanted the payment in cash.
But the apartement was actually really nice, and right in the middle of old Rome!
AirBnB may have some niche uses, but it is no replacement for hotels if you are just looking for general lodging.
I stayed at an airport bnb once. Never again.
My favorite hotel is the "C'mon inn" in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, etc. It's a small family-owned chain that charges about $100 per night and has rustic decor and always has a pool and a bunch of jacuzzis. Amazing service, tasty breakfast, low price, and I'm not feeding some gigantic corporation. It's a matter of finding the smaller outfits, I tell ya.
I'd love to try if weren't for the fact that you have Trump harassing foreigners.
I don't know what to tell ya. This country sucks and always has. I'm just hoping this is things getting worse before they get a lot better.
You think he's leaving the citizens alone? We're all fucked.
Why is the Airbnb $225? This is the point of it to be cheaper. Also, I haven't used an Airbnb in approximately seven years.
Airbnb no longer ads much value over hotels. Their pricing is frequently similar.
I’d say AirBnB’s pricing is worse since my hotel stay means I can just pack my stuff and leave. Most of the AirBnB’s I’ve stayed at have required me to cleanup after myself like I didn’t just pay a “cleaning” fee.
Airbnb used to be about renting your room for short stay, nowadays it's renting the whole unit/house, so the price reflect that. Then there's also cleaning fee that usually around 30%/40% of the total price, which then they demand you to clean the place before leaving. They also jack up the price after covid. It might worth it if you have a big group, but for 1 or 2 persons hotel is still the best option.
Ok yeah I'm remembering like renting out part of the house that was converted to an airbnb so that you can come and go without interacting much with the host, but they still live there in the other part of the house.
Or maybe they live there but they're gone this week so they rented it out.
I rent apartments a lot on booking.com for staff travel, it's never any hassle.
Used Airbnb once, never again.
Family book it often if I don't get ahead of them, apart from one time the places are always sub par and half the stuff is broken.
On the other hand, I'd pay extra to not give those cunts and their israeli buddies a cent. But it's almost impossible now. I call the hotel and they say "make a booking through booking.com (or one of its thousands of sites)"
Before I would hang up and look for another one, but I realise now that the cancer has taken total control.
Airbnb, Amazon, this shit.... Only someone insane would refuse to bend to our benevolent overlords, and I am still insane, putting up a fight I already lost.
Wasn't aware they had ties. Fuck sake
Sorry I made your life worse, because you're probably not going to escape them. They probably own whatever other website you're thinking of using too.
Perfectly sums up why I always pick a chain hotel for my vacations. I'm here to relax, not follow a cleaning checklist.
I mean, seriously, does AirBnB really not include housekeeping services as part of your stay? Why would anyone agree to stay at one of these? Daily housekeeping is a make or break amenity for me. How is that not the case for everyone?
Sometimes there’s free breakfast too. And less chance of hidden cameras.
Also zero expectation to tidy up. Not an excuse to be an animal, but a reasonably behaved adult won't have to worry about sneak attack fees.
Tbh I’m a bit surprised how quickly Airb’n’b enshitified. It’s not even a competitor anymore imo.
The early days were actually great. People renting out spare rooms for cheap was a win/win, but of course "entrepreneurs" had to turn that into a side business and AirBnB had to maximise profits so it all went to shit.
Criminal money actually have real utility for being criminal money, the only problem is it being used as an investment vehicle.
Once again, Late Stage Capitalism in the root problem in all enshittification of an otherwise innocent and slightly innovative idea.
worst, its behind the housing crisis in many countries.
Too many people who should not own and rent investment properties bought investment properties to rent as ABnBs. It broke the spirit of the thing, which was to rent space in your house, not a property used solely for that purpose.
I stayed at one AirBnB where the owner had replaced all the kitchen counters with untreated butcher block. The instructions basically said "don't use the kitchen". For bonus points, my parents got the one bedroom and I had to sleep in the kids' room ... on the bottom bunk with the actual kid's sheets because there weren't any other sheets in the house. I just felt sorry for the kid.
This makes an assumption that the Airbnb you booked actually exists. That is usually but not always a correct assumption. 🫥
And if it does exist, sometimes it's not legal. 🤡
I once had the guy tell me to enter and exit the building discreetly because the other tenants weren't supposed to know he was subleasing the apartment. I think they knew.
I've stayed at dozens of ~$80 a night motels in my day and never once has it been a negative experience. I check the room over with a UV light regardless, but I've never found anything. The service is always under paid burnouts so if you're cool they're cool. Plus the vibe is always this beautiful liminal emptyness that you can't get anywhere else.
Hostels are the best. Just give me a bed to crash and tomorrow morning I'll be off again.
I would love for the Japanese capsule hotels to become a thing here in the US. I've always hated paying $150 or whatever for a full room (or suite) during a road trip late at night when all I do is crash out on the bed and then get up and drive first thing the next morning.
Holiday Inn Express. I feel smarter already!
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