In the last year been on a few trips with friends and family. The 3 times I traveled we stayed in 3 different Airbnb. The general sentiment among my family and friends is that the platform used to be great but now has gone to shit. Let me explain. If there are 12 of us staying in a large house. Mind you these properties were from 2k-5k per night. 1. Why do I need bring my own sheets and pillow cases? 2. During the stay - Music can’t be loud in the pool area - Grill must be cleaned after use 3. There is a binder of all the shit we have to do once we arrive at the property then once we leave - put dishes in dishwasher - take off all the sheets - put the towels in the washer - take out the trash and recycling What the actual fuck? 4. Being charged a $500 cleaning fee. Why do I have to clean up if I’m paying a cleaning fee? After 3 different Airbnbs. You see the pattern. I rather stay in a hotel instead of reading a binder of house rules. #tech #airbnb
+1, we never stay in Airbnb and love the consistent and hassle free experience hotels provide.
Never understood the craze to begin with Hotels are so much more convenient unless you want to cook while on vacation
Hotels are great if you’re just a couple people. If you’re going with a huge group airbnbs are way more fun.
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my airbnb experience has always been bad. hotels are better.
Only used Airbnb 2-3 times max pre and post Covid. I run out of my house so that I get a break from cleaning, cooking, changing the sheets etc. I don’t want to give extra double fees on top of the expensive charges that they already have. In hotels, I get breakfast for free in the morning.
Airbnb isn't worth it at all. Quality is inconsistent, customer service takes too long, prices are high, cleaning fees on top of it all. Stay at a hotel: get loyalty points, serviced rooms, legit front desk if plumbing is broken or some shit
Just like how robinhood destroyed real investing …
I used to own a couple of Airbnb in California during the early days. It was a fun experience and somehow i became friends with a few of my guests. Stopped doing it due to HOA and other reasons. And I won’t do it again due to the P&L don’t make sense anymore. Another reason it Airbnb also charges a ridiculous amount of fees from hosts. And I personally rather stay in hotels too when I travel.
In the last 2 years it’s become saturated with hosts. Everyone trying to make a buck not realizing the amount of work it is.
Yep. I tend to get out of a space when it gets too crowded by FOMO.
The problem is the cleaning fee is 100% passed through to the host. No rev share with Airbnb. As a result it's become a massive profit center for owners who are incentivized to max it out. As these rules are things you only see after you book. So the reality is it is the platform as they don't enforce any consistency in the experience which leads to so many folks having these issues.
Just like that “Tip Fee” is passed on to consumers. Restaurants are abusing that action to ask for a tip thanks to Uber Eats fee extravaganza. Your eatery isn’t all that and everyone doesn’t deserve a tip. Your house isn’t all that and a maid doesn’t cost that much. They are inflating prices.
Reminds me of Uber. When it started people enjoyed turning their car into a luxury experience. Then it just turned into the taxi industry.
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I've *finally* convinced my friends that Airbnb kind of sucks now. I can spend $200 less and get a very nice hotel room where I'm treated like a deity instead of a criminal. The fact that boycotting Airbnb helps the housing market is just icing on the cake.. so spread the good word. @Airbnb no hate, your product is cool, the owners on the app just suck.
Nice hotels have room service, housekeeping, brand standards. Stevens Beach Bungalow on Airbnb where I may as well be the housekeeper, pool boy, and groundskeeper. Paying him so I can clean up for him. GTFO
No this 100% on Airbnb. Airbnb gives the owners too much freedom, I've had owners scammed me bullshit cleaning fees after checkout and Airbnb did nothing about it. Renters have such terrible experiences on the app whereas owners can do whatever they want.