I won't use them again. It's morally questionable to support that business model during a global housing crisis.
The main Airbnb value proposition was trading some of the conveniences you get at a hotel for a significantly cheaper room.
When they are roughly the same price as staying in a hotel, why would you choose it?
The only time I’ve ever used an Airbnb was when I wanted a location that did not have a good hotel option. Which has been cabins in the woods, and beach front property. Outside of that, I would rather have the convenience of a hotel.
An extended stay hotel is predictable and more than good enough. AirBnB has a consistency problem. To include pricing and hidden fees.
It's funny - I'm often in charge of booking the stay for large family get togethers and trips, and I exclusively used AirBnb. However, after using their service for 6+ years, they ended up canceling a reservation I had had for months THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR TRIP. I didn't even realize they had canceled on me til our plane had landed.
Turns out, they suddenly had a problem with a misdemeanor I had been charged with 8 years prior when I was 20 (minor possession of marijuana). They disabled my account and said I couldn't rent through them anymore because of my criminal history. I reached out to them and offered an explanation, as well as reminding them that this was an old conviction of a minor drug possession. I don't have a criminal record beyond that, and had been an avid customer of theirs for many years with raving reviews. They still denied me, and I'm still banned to this day. So yeah, they can go fuck themselves.
How is AirBnB able to access your criminal history?
It was apparently in the ToS that they hold the right to run background checks on hosts and renters alike, when they choose to. Granted, it's not an in-depth check, but any criminal records that are accessible to the public are accessible to them.
it costs more and offers less than hotels, landlord motherfuckers are asking me to do their chores for them plus pay for electricity and tip them for cleaning their own house i am paying for, to share with four other people?
take out your own fucking trash.
and the service fee for paying airbnb directly is almost up to 15%.
no goddam way.
this message brought to you because of the assholes who sent me "so you know" messages about trash days and cleaning products.
I just stayed at a 4 star resort in Quebec City. That value could not be delivered with Airbnb. Ain't no way.
I usually travel by car and with my dogs out of necessity.
Airbnb is the most cost-effective when you need a room that allows dogs.
Airbnb in North America is awful. More expensive than hotels, often dirtier, greedy hosts try to offload their own expenses to tenants. Hotels all the way!
Oddly enough though, when my wife and I went to Japan, it was the opposite. All the Airbnbs we stayed at were much more affordable, way cleaner, and the hosts were incredibly kind and respectful. The hotels we stayed at were average. Not sure what’s keeping the service so nice over there, or if we just lucked out at 3 different places
The new requirements to be verified, even with over a decade of perfect review is astonishingly dump. I just stopped using it.
AirBnB is great for large groups, when all the hidden fees and cleaning duties can be split up between a dozen people. It actually works out to cheaper than a hotel, and it's much more intimate to be together in one place with big private common areas. Plus, those big 6+ bedroom AirBnBs aren't exactly hurting homebuyers by being off-market.
But for just a few people? Hotels all the way.
Never stayed in one and I never plan to.
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