> Of course, AirBnB misleads everyone by hiding key costs from sorted comparison views of the 'average nightly rate'.

This does not seem to be the case in Germany - the average nightly rate, for me, includes "cleaning fees" and "service fees".

Consider lobbying your Government for laws which require companies to state their prices accurately up-front. Stating the facts of how much something costs is not a place where "innovation" should exist.

IIRC it's an EU-wide thing, at least since airlines were forced to include "airport taxes" and similar in the price shown upfront.

its very rare that I find Airbnbs cheaper than hotel rooms.

Airbnbs are now exclusively for the rare trip that lasts longer than a week where I largely intend to stay inside.

In tourist places, I've also found that hotels are much better located

hoteltonight is owned by Booking.com

Edit: I was wrong