Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability

Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by philfrasty on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:09AM (#13498845)

I have made roughly 100 bookings through AirBnB with ZERO cancellations from the host. Funny enough my best friend booked a hotel on the Galapagos islands through booking.com and got a cancellation email while on the boat to get there....talk about other options in that situation...

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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by stevekemp on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:03AM (#13499038)

I've tried to use AirBnB twice. Both times the host accepted the booking, then cancelled. The first after a day, the second the day before I was due to arrive.

Two experiences in a row like that were sufficient to make sure I never try again.

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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by atticusfinch on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:23AM (#13498890)

This is where the Booking.com customer service shines. They have always gone above and beyond when I've had any issues.

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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by hyencomper on Friday January 27, 2017 @09:32AM (#13499976)

True. I booked a stay in Rio a couple months in advance, which was cancelled a week after booking. Hotel prices had risen by then, so Booking.com actually provided free stay at a different hotel.

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Re:Airbnb Enters the Land of Profitability by rorykoehler on Friday January 27, 2017 @10:47AM (#13500437)

I've booked a lot of stays on Airbnb too. Hosted even more. It's definitely getting worse to the point that I've moved away from using it as default.

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