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I'm very worried AirBNB type services will replace standard renting in the same way Uber almost replaced taxis. So many reasons to avoid them.
They won't. A ton of traditional hotel business is business travel. No reputable company is sending an employee to a VRBO while they're working out of town.
This was a possibility at a time when AirBNBs were significantly cheaper than hotels but now that prices have gone way up I'm right back to going for hotels. Not worth going through the trouble of not knowing what to expect / what kind of renter you'll be dealing with when there's no price incentive anymore.
Uber is still significantly cheaper and more convenient than a cab for me.
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And if you have a dog just hand over another 350$ in cleaning fees, plus 250$ for reservation on top of the 40% fees that air bnb normally adds on.
I'd have thought you'd get a similar experience in hotels when traveling with a dog?
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I didn't actually mind abnb until they started raising prices to match hotels. I mean that's their whole point isn't it? Cheap lodging.
I don't mind cleaning after myself and following some reasonable rules as long as I can stay there for cheap (compared to a hotel anyways).
Hotels are good if you just wanna sleep in them. AirBnB is better if you wanna chill in the house with friends. We get once once a year and cook, play games and fuck about in the house. Would be shit for 8 of us to stay in 4 hotel rooms.
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I mostly agree with this. But AirBNB is helpful because it lets me take my two dogs, who benefit greatly from having fenced yards. It saves me from having to pay a boarding fee, I can bring my dogs, and let them run free in the yard. Aside from that, I much prefer hotels.
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I rarely go for airbnb if I don't find a good deal, whether in terms of price, location, architecture etc. Sometimes there are good properties on airbnb. And yes, a lot of it is just run by buisnessmen and rich landlords. But there are also decently located cheap apartments sometimes.
If I travel alone and need to be on budget and only need a bed I can always go for a good dorm.
Yeah but a $100 airbnb vs a $225 hotel is a different discussion
The days of airbnbs being cheaper than hotels are long gone. When planning a trip to NOLA I looked into Airbnbs and they were all outrageously expensive, and insane cleaning fees, and had inane pet deposits. Ended up booking Marriott room with a kitchenette, no pet deposit, and parking for $100 less per night on top of none of the weird fees Airbnb hosts have, two blocks from bourbon street. I’ll never use Airbnb or similar services again.
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I’ve never had this kind of bad experience with Airbnb
Same here.
For some reason, I trust the cleanliness of Airbnb's more than hotels. Maybe this is baseless, maybe not.
Also, the amenities: you can never get a hotel room with a washing machine and a stove, so you either need to pack a lot of clothes or go to the laundry shop (if there's any). And you cannot cook anything, you cannot even heat up leftover food. Hell, there aren't even any cutleries.
Also, most of the case Airbnb wifi worked for me better than hotel wifi. Even if slow as hell, it's still stable. But in a hotel... good luck with using the internet for anything.
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Since I work at one, I stay at hotels free (within my brand) so I can't say I have much experience with airbnb. I do feel they cater to very different markets though, I don't necessarily begrudge the existence of airbnb, even if they are kind of our competition.
OTAs on the other hand, can all get fucked.
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