Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them facing huge fines

Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by t1o5 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @05:56PM (#15158429)

I have had bad experience with AirBnB. For me, it was a rental agency posing as a family. The listing had photo of a family which I hoped to meet when I rented. After checking in, I called the phone number and it was picked by a receptionist with the usual courtesy. I asked if I could meet the family, she said "there is no family sir" we are a rental agency. After some days, talking with the next door neighbors, I found that the entire building was AirBnB.

I felt sorry for the real tenants of that locality. They wont have any affordable place to rent anymore. I deleted my AirBnB profile after this incident and another security incident in another rental and will never use this again.

Now I know, there is a reason why hotels charge more, you pay for the safety, the standards and a 24 hours reception desk.

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Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by skewart on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:58PM (#15159100)

> Now I know, there is a reason why hotels charge more, you pay for the safety, the standards and a 24 hours reception desk.

Yup. I've pretty much only ever had bad experiences with AirBnB. At this point I've just stopped using them. There's a lot to be said for the predictability, comfort and service of a good hotel.

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Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by t1o5 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:47PM (#15159255)

Agree, when I go for a vacation, its my hard earned vacation. I wont and I dont have time to deal with a myriad of AirBnB problems. Hotels are predictable and guaranteed. Another upcoming is Turo. I used it once and discontinued. The owner cancelled my reservation 4 days before my vacation. So I went back to my old faithful Enterprise. The gist of my experience is, if you value your vacation & time, do yourself a favor and go old school. Let AirBnB and Turo make money for their investors, but they can count me out. The only service that I never had a bad experience is Uber.

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Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by FICO on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:47PM (#15159071)

Some people also rent out their timeshares on AirBnB - https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/airbnb-mega-hosts

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