Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares Go Away

Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by yojo on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @11:40AM (#27517054)

One option for saving a few bucks on fees is to try to disintermediate on booking. Especially where I tend to look (Oregon coast), most properties are run by a management company that will include their name in the listing. Once I find something I like on AirBnB, I search the property name on Google and typically save 10+%.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by voisin on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @09:05PM (#27535226)

I’ve long wondered why there isn’t a voluntary open database somewhere for hosts to register their AirBNB name and city and allow people to look up their direct contact details.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by bellyfullofbac on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:07AM (#27537592)

In Iceland, I would look at guesthouses on booking.com, and look them up on a database called Google Maps.

Airbnb tries to scare the hosts about the lack of insurance if they rent out their place directly to the guests... but I guess reading the stories about how Airbnb fights insurance claims all the way, it's not like this insurance cover is worth much after all..

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