Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares Go Away

Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by treis on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:05AM (#27516552)

If it's just you or a couple then hotels are generally better. AirBnBs are great for groups or families where it becomes cheaper per room and you get a common space. Also for things like remote cabins.

We've taken to using AirBnB as a search and then booking directly with the provider. AirBnB's fees are exorbitant and they cost per night is marked up as well. I think we saved $600 or so with the last stay and got more favorable terms.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by Mizza on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:09AM (#27516608)

For the group situations, I've had great success with VRBO, always seemed professional.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by voisin on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:35PM (#27535376)

Are you sure the daily night rate is marked up? I haven’t heard that anywhere else.

How do you book directly? We find that anytime we’ve tried AirBNB strips out all portions of conversations that would allow the two parties to get in contact (email addresses, phone numbers, websites, addresses)

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by treis on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:44PM (#27535422)

>Are you sure the daily night rate is marked up?

Yep:

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/48602487?check_in=2021-07-16&ch...

https://www.brett-robinson.com/search-results/?startDate=202...

>How do you book directly?

You can usually find out the building and then look to see if they have their own site.

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