Missing the worst thing about AirBNB
Browsing AirBNB and finding a room for 30 dollars a night.
with a 400 dollar deposit
and a 500 dollar cleaning fee.
You know those motherfuckerrs don’t even do basic cleaning when a guest leaves, much less 500 dollars worth of cleaning.
I’ve never been charged a deposit for air bnb
It’s so funny how it’s all come full circle. I’m back to using hotels and taxi cabs now. How crazy I would have thought that sentence 10-15 yrs ago.
Have taxi cabs started embracing apps yet? The best thing about Uber/Lyft when they started was that you didn’t have to make an actual phone call to a company and request a cab and then be told to wait ~30 mins for one to show up.
I say this as a partier who used cabs weekly for over a decade.
That being said, agreed on the hotel. I only use Airbnbs for group trips where we’re all trying to stay together. If it’s my husband and I, I’ll rack up those Hilton Honors points while not needing to do anything pre-check out please (though we never leave the room gross. Trash is always left in the trashcans and the used towels are always in the bathroom specifically).
That I’m not sure. I think they have but it must be annoying if every different cab company has their own shitty app that is nowhere near as good as lyft. We mainly use them for airport runs, so it’s not really a big deal not having an app. Scheduling them in advance is fine with us, and they’re just waiting at the airport when we get home, so no need for an app or a call.
Don’t forget the hidden cams. That’s part of why we don’t use AirBNB.
Or the owners deciding to stay with you.
I’ve seen so many stories of this happening that it almost seems to be the norm.
Well wasn’t the whole point to temporarily rent empty rooms at first?
Pardon me, what?
I have no idea how I forgot one of the creepiest reasons, thank you.
You need to call ahead with hotels if you’re going to be late to check in, but otherwise, they’re good.
Edit: dont know why I’m being downvoted. Ever reserve a hotel room for a big convention and show up at 10pm of the check in date? They will give it to someone else because they’re betting on you being a no show. You gotta call them if you’re doing a late check in.
I’ve had fine experiences with Airbnb overall. Did have one host that wanted a copy of my driver’s license and I politely said I wouldn’t be doing that, and then a few weeks later he canceled my reservation at the last minute. Airbnb did reimburse me and I see he is no longer renting there.
Mostly it’s just staying in a house and the rare times I’ve met the hosts they’ve been nice normal people. YMMV of course but that’s true of hotels as well.
Airbnbs also encourage property owners to hold on to real estate for short-term rentals exacerbating the housing shortage in North America.
But, capitalism, right?
I read somewhere that a lot of the private equity that was used to jump start Airbnb has now been pulled back so they can generate revenue on their own.
For regular folks, this means less subsidized/cheaper rooms available now that Airbnb has to front everything versus someone propping them up.
I feel like I just read this
my provincial government finally started cracking down on Airbnb’s this summer. can’t say I’m going to miss them
So far I haven’t had any bad experiences at an Airbnb, but I only ever rented them because they were cheaper than a hotel room, and I refused to get one that shares a space with the owner.
I just recently booked a hotel room because the Airbnb prices are through the roof. I can check in to the hotel at midnight if I want, and they actually serve free breakfast unlike an AirBedNBreakfast…
I read somewhere that a lot of the private equity that was used to jump start Airbnb has now been pulled back so they can generate revenue on their own.
For regular folks, this means less subsidized/cheaper rooms available now that Airbnb has to front everything versus someone propping them up.
i feel like i read this just moments ago
I’m cool with old memes, but I’m not down with lemmy repost from last week.
If you think most the people here made the memes being posted, you must be young lol. More than one person in the world saves memes they relate too!
I’d don’t think that, nor did I imply that. I just saw this exact post here, is all.
Yeah, most of us are trying to get Lemmy user activity and get everyone we can over by helping make it look lived. Hard to know if you’re the first here as there’s a fad with old meme’s lately, last week was beans. Yep, cans of beans lol.
Ya I’m sorry. That’s understandable. And I appreciate that. I was being non serious and somewhat grumpy.
It’s alright, I know the grumpy feeling at the moment… I’m trying to stay busy at the moment with a nasty case of the flu lol. So I figured this might help migrate traffic away from Reddit. If you’ve got memes, go for it, too! As long as we up Lemmy traffic.
They have AirBnB management companies that people can use to rent their places and those are fucking AWFUL.
I will never use AirBnB again. For my friends birthday, he wanted to go to Hawaii. I booked an AirBnB at the hotel he was at. A week before I was scheduled, the management company contact ed me and said the host cancelled, but not to worry, they had an equivalent room nearby!
So I get there, and their equivalent room was across the island over fifteen miles away (it’s Hawaii, so you must travel around the big mountain, not through it). No where near the original. I left and booked at the hotel. I contact AirBnB and their response was “Sucks to be you. We’ll ask them to waive the cleaning fee.” Like ??? Yes, of fucking course you will? I just stepped in. (Narrator voice: “They did not, in fact, waive the fee”) That was it; over $900 down the drain. Should I have validated that the company and I considered “nearby” the same thing? Yes. Should me thinking “nearby” meant the same hotel or a house within walking distance cost me over $900? No.
The idea that these Mom&Pop shops are selling AirBnB isn’t strictly true, and AirBnB is incentivized to bend over backwards and fuck over guests in favor of those middlemen management companies since they represent a large chunk of renters.
Because this really annoyed me recounting this, I actually looked at my email history. They DID NOT refund the ‘cleaning fee’ in full. Instead they offered me $75 off my ‘next adventure’ This is what AirBnB sent me:
Hi me,
This is Monica again the case manager here in Airbnb. I hope this will not be a bother for you.
While I am unable to offer you a full refund for your cleaning fee, under these circumstances, I would like to offer you a coupon of $75, half of the cleaning fee that was not refunded by your host to put towards your next Airbnb adventure as a token of our appreciation and in lieu of a refund.
I have not yet created this coupon, and would kindly ask that you reply to my email to confirm if you would be agreeable to this. As soon as I hear back from you, I will be more than happy to send you a code that will deduct $75 from your next Airbnb reservation!
So, I now post this story on every social media I can find when it reference Air BnB. Fuck them.
I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb and I never will, but I’ve seen these management companies AirBnB-ing out hotel rooms in Vegas at places like the Rio. It’s the same price as going through the actual hotel. You still have to pay the resort fees. You still check in at the front desk.
I literally cannot understand wtf that’s about.
I feel like a credit card charge back would have been in order here, losing your AirBNB account be damned.
Yeah, I tried. The CC said it was in the AirBnB terms and conditions, which I accepted in using the service, so I had to deal with AirBnB.
Sounds like you need a better credit card provider.
100% charge that shit back if you didn’t even partake of the service, let alone getting it. Fuck 'em, not like you’d use that service again after an experience like that.
I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb and I never will, but I’ve seen these management companies AirBnB-ing out hotel rooms in Vegas at places like the Rio. It’s the same price as going through the actual hotel. You still have to pay the resort fees. You still check in at the front desk.
I literally cannot understand wtf that’s about.
I hate AirBnBs because they make housing less available for everyone, but are they really that or as expensive as hotels now? I feel like hotels are probably still more expensive.
I agree, if it’s not cheaper than a hotel, is there really a point to them?
I mean you get appliances. A kitchen and whatnot. I think it’s more fun to cook yourself instead of eating out for instance.
Depends. When I’m visiting another country I like to try out the local cuisine there instead of cooking the same shit I cook at home all the time.
Hotels have kitchenettes in most touristy type areas. Usually just the basics of a pan a pot and a couple utensils. But you can pick up everything you need nearby or through delivery.
We’ve always had those. They’re called “serviced apartments”.
Folks that rent an Airbnb are often wanting more than a boring room (full kitchen, yard, washer/dryer), which is still without a doubt vastly cheaper than any hotel.
Sure there are shitty hosts with ridiculous rules, but those are things you should be researching in advance to paying.
I have stayed at Airbnbs across 4 states and four countries; other than one of them being cancelled due to plumbing issues, we have not had a single problem and each time it was far cheaper (~40%) and had more options than hotels.
Same here, I’ve been to Airbnbs in about 10 countries (all in Europe) and never bad a problem. Usually cheaper and more flexible than a hotel in the same area.
I’ve never had any trouble regarding cleaning fees or whatever.
I think the most crappy expirances are in the US ans some high traffic areas.
You can usually tell by reviews and crazy rules. I once tried to book in Italy and was asked to bring my own linens. So that was a no.
In general there is deals to be had, but a little common sense goes a long way.
Never have. Never will.
