> To the point that I prefer booking.com again these days. I would have never expected that to happen.

Interesting. A friend and I were looking for places this weekend and I kept posting airbnb listings, while he kept posting booking.com ones. I absolutely can't stand booking.com's website and we ended up with an airbnb one.

I can't recall many listings I avoided because of reviews. I might just be lucky, but pictures and words usually match reality