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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by rootusrootus on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:35PM (#34822024)
I met one once. Because he was renting out the bottom floor of his townhouse in DC, so he was on site anyway. Nice place, mostly, with rave reviews. Complimentary candy, soda, and even beer when we arrived (late at night after a long flight, so the snacks were very welcome. But holy crap the bed was awful. Hard as a rock, firmest mattress I've ever tried to sleep on. Ended up sleeping on the couch. And the power kept failing each day we were there, though that seemed to be a neighborhood thing, not specific to his apartment. Just bad luck.

I'm back to hotels because that was the closest I came to having the quintessential perfect AirBnB experience. Any halfway decent hotel has better service, better beds, better climate control, better everything pretty much.

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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by dangwhy on Thursday February 16, 2023 @12:45PM (#34822252)
> quintessential perfect AirBnB experience.

I don't think its the luxury you are defining it by. Its a room in somones house that comes with its pros and cons.

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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by whynaut on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:40PM (#34823502)
Not sure if you’ve never used it, but a vast number of AirBnBs are entire home/apartment rentals.
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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by dangwhy on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:19PM (#34824248)
right. I was talking about the 'quintessential' part. Entire apartments isn't quintessential airbnb, atleast for me, I've been using regularly for over a decade. Op was also talking about airbnbing someones floor in a condo not 'entire apartment'.
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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by whynaut on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:39AM (#34834505)
It’s about meeting hosts, not sure if you read the posts properly, or what the point of the needless snark is
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Re:Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years by dangwhy on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:23AM (#34835649)
> It’s about meeting hosts,

> I'm back to hotels because that was the closest I came to having the quintessential perfect AirBnB experience.

since when do hotels have 'hosts' ? I even quoted that line in my original response. Airbnb = 'air bed and breakfast' , i.e renting an air mattress in someones home, that was the original idea anyways. Renting 'whole apartments' came much later and insn't a 'quintessential' airbnb experience.

> Not sure if you’ve never used it

Also, I read that as snark too.

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