Also fuck enshittification!
Instead of this, can we talk about how AirBnB removed regulations around tourist accommodation everywhere and now people can’t pay rent? Hotels were regulated by governments for a reason. Taxis were regulated by governments for a reason. We opened the gates for anarcho-capitalism and let criminal leeches run away with the profits. Time to kick these criminal organizations out!
I absolutely despise the social media feel of AirBnB. I already hate creating more accounts. Why the fuck do I need to make a whole ass profile and tick off a bunch of interests and whatever, and then when I see a property I want to rent, send a personal message sucking up to the property owner? Yeah, no. Lots of options out there that don’t involve that bullshit ant it baffles me that anyone finds it attractive.
Seems more like data farming than renting a room
This is the Fed’s fault.
There should have never been less than 3 percent mortgages. They basically gave away free home equity to an entire generation. And you know what they did? Bought 2nd homes and allowed VRBO/AirB&B to thrive. Now with “normal” interest rates, none of this makes any sense.
AirBnB is not for ‘cheap’ stays anymore (if it ever was), it works a lot better when you use it to find quirky/interesting places to stay (like a treehouse!). People still try to use it to replace a hotel though. $100/night can usually get you a decent room with breakfast at a hotel in most areas.
Do most people care about “quirky” places to stay, or do they just want somewhere to crash?
That being said, the only use I see for AirBnB is if you’re with a group of people and you can get a whole house and you can split the cost.
It was a cool way for my wife and I to spend a night in a treehouse for our anniversary and wasn’t very expensive (and within reasonable driving distance of our home). Maybe ‘quirky’ is the wrong word but more ‘interesting’? 🤷♂️
I know some people that have had good experiences using AirBnB for long term stays but overall I’m not a huge fan. It can be nice to have access to a kitchen instead of having to eat out, but for a place to just crash I’d definitely prefer a hotel.
The hotel can get away with it because they underpay an exploited worker to do all the cleaning. AirBnBs are so particular about cleaning because the owner is either doing it themselves or hiring an independent contractor. It’s bourgeoisie vs. petite bourgeoisie.
No… AirBNB’s are so particular because they are trying to make easy money, and, they aren’t held responsible for when they don’t meet standards
I booked a AirBNB NYE once, where the bin at the bbq was overflowing, and the freezer was full of ice (so couldn’t use it).
If they can’t be fucked cleaning, they shouldn’t be operating one.
Oh sweet summer child. None of that’s accurate.
It sounds pretty accurate to me. How would you rewrite it for accuracy?
Thats not the dumbest thing ive heard. But its very high up there.
It only took thirty minutes of looking at how AirBnb operates for me to choose a hotel, on the one occasion I considered AirBnb.
It used to be that hotels overcharged and airbnb was a way to get around that.
Now, hotels overcharged and airbnb raised the cost of rent/housing.
It gets worse.
I was just really put off by the scrutiny in renting the place. And the cost…it was not cheap, none of the options were.
In a way I understand, but if I’m renting an apartment or standalone dwelling for a weekend I’d like to at least have a couple of drinks after going out and let smokers smoke outside, which is what I was looking for. We’re not talking raging party here, just winding down after a show.
The experience just looking at the option really sucked. It didn’t take long for me to decide it wasn’t the way. That was confirmed when I went the traditional option and got a great apartment right on the river that met all the requirements for hundreds less than the AirBNB options.
Deposit at a hotel? I haven’t seen that before.
These days they just put a hold on your credit card which basically has the same effect.
It’s common for cheaper hotels, at least in the US. They don’t call it a deposit, but an extra hold they place on your card when checking in. Probably to deter people from doing dumb stuff like smoking in a smoke-free room.
actually it’s for people who are so fucking gross that they smear shit on the walls. that stuff needs specialized cleaning (expensive since it’s a biohazard)
Yeah I have a couple of times
I have, they want to get a deposit in case you use their services or something. Hotels suck too.
Edit: Airbnbs suck when they’re bought out by corporations. I’ve seen that a few times. Hotels are all owned by corporations. I try my luck more with airbnbs depending on where it is.
I’ve been enjoying watching the Internet collectively bully that one AirBnB couple, Cassie and Jon.
I’m out of the loop on that one. What happened?
They’re a couple that just go crazy with what they expect from people that stay at their place. The clip that I first saw that I think made them go viral was them upset the guests left the TV remote in a different room (on the table next to where they keep their rulebook), moved a footstool, left the bed unmade, and left a few things of food in the fridge in containers. They do charge a hefty cleaning fee and have some crazy rules with steep fines like charging I think like $50 for every minute past their early checkout time or something.
I booked a AirBNB once, and we had already driven an hour, and the owner said they never approved the booking, and “Airbnb messed up” when I called an hour into the drive
Nope, she clearly had forgotten to disable it that night. Then, after I argued, she said “oh just wait 10 mins, I’ll see if I can fix it”, and wanted me to sit there for 10mins in my car doing nothing.
Another time, its was NYE, it was $400 a night, and the bin there was overflowing at the BBQ, and, we bought ice cream but the freezer was frozen over completely, so it wouldn’t fit.
$1k deposit, but yeah
Wait how are they even able to enforce the fee?
With your credit card, which they have on file.
They just give your card credentials to random people? Ffs I didn’t know they do it like that. It’s crazy that we just allow it.
I was previously using a separate card for them specifically, and way after the trip someone made an attempt to grab some ~200€ from my card. I’ve noticed instantly so I had a convo with bank and blocked.
Now it all makes sense. Fucking hell.
Seems you need a throwaway cards every time you want to use them then.
privacy.com is great, although they only operate in the US. Not sure what the European alternative is.
You can spin up throw away and merchant locked cards, set limits per card, and pause or delete them anytime without having to deal with bank and getting a new card.
Not sure what the European alternative is.
Revolut would be the most common option for the following:
spin up throw away and merchant locked cards, set limits per card, and pause or delete them anytime
During the Plague, I had plenty of experience with both meal delivery apps (finding weird new ways how befuddled immigrants get scammed) and app scoots (it’s like public transport, but more unreliable and more expensive).
Don’t do app shit under normal circumstances, being the main lesson here. It’s going to be full of weird fucking shit.
Air bnb people definitely don’t like that their rates don’t cover property taxes and they run a deficit every month. They charge fees to stay in the black. They’re just capitalist that think you have to make money on everything
Ironically the same brown central south American cleaning crew cleans up for the hotels and airbnb, also they are disappearing because of ICE
So, higher airbnb cleaning fees are coming?
Is this like one of the most upvoted posts on lemmy?
I either camp in the wild or use a good solid well established Hotel with a decent service and restaurant, preferably near a beach with a pool. No shitty BnB bullshit fake ikea crap condo is ever going to top that. AirBnB is from stupid asses for stupid asses. Don’t tell me about the exceptions. I am talking about the rule.
