How Booking.com manipulates users

Re:How Booking.com manipulates users by flexie on Thursday September 21, 2017 @02:18AM (#15300978)

In Europe, I would say the opposite is happening. AirBnB is being pushed out of or held down in many cities by local authorities. In the last two years I have stayed 50 nights or so in rooms booked through Bookings.com or Hotels.com and only 2 nights in rooms booked through AirBnB, and it's now almost two years ago. I had a good stay in the ArBnB booked apartment but the only reason I used AirBnB in the first place was that I couldn't find a hotel in the city since all hotels were booked. Most people I know have never or only once used AirBnB.

AirBnB is fun to try but I wouldn't rely on someones apartment for my vacation.

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Re:How Booking.com manipulates users by anouk_anca on Thursday September 21, 2017 @06:20AM (#15302004)

This has not been my experience living in Amsterdam. Airbnb seems to be growing despite all the regulations that the municipality is trying to put in place [0]. And at least in my social group, Airbnb is vastly preferred to hotels, because of the more personal experience and getting to live in a real neighborhood.

[0] http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/08/amsterdam-airb...

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Re:How Booking.com manipulates users by sleavey on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:32AM (#15301526)

> AirBnB is fun to try but I wouldn't rely on someones apartment for my vacation.

Especially when the host might just cancel at the last minute. In that case, all the customer gets is a refund on the accommodation, but not on the full trip which might be ruined.

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Re:How Booking.com manipulates users by erikb on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:13AM (#15301741)

US, China, Germany here. I only stay in AirBnB or the Chinese competitor, after the last 3 attempts with Booking.com were too bad.

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