Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb
by magic_beans on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:08PM
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I've stayed in that kind of generic AirBnB, and even those are way better than a hotel. You're still staying in an apartment, which feels more homey, and you still have access to a kitchen.
I've also stayed in truly fantastic AirBnB apartments in Europe that made my short stays feel like I was staying with a dear friend.
The most exquisite AirBnB I stayed in was in Croatia. The owner set up the apartment like a hotel, but offered homemade liqueurs and chocolates to his guests. He even picked us up from the train station and gave us a list of places to go and restaurants to try. The rate was insanely affordable, too.
Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb
by koolba on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:25PM
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How much was it and how much was a "nice" hotel?
Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb
by magic_beans on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:38PM
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It was 60 euros total a night, split between two people. Nice hotels were at least 200 euros per night.
Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb
by rdslw on Monday April 17, 2017 @03:49PM
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This.
Even in Murmansk I visited few months ago, airbnb 'studios' meant, a guy, who bought big apartment and divided it into three to four separate 20m studios. All ikea refurbished.
The only folklor I got, was local 'manager' who arrived in ultra old (suprise it still worked) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAZ_Zaporozhets
This might have been the case early on in AirBnB's existence. Now most of the places I've been able to find are just small-time hoteliers. The owner may have half dozen listings in Airbnb with the same generic IKEA furniture.
I've gone back to regular hotels. While I really enjoyed AirBnB in the past there were too many hit or miss experiences. I've had a few owners pull our reservation at the last minute.