Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs

Re:Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs by wnc3141 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:03PM (#36780607)

My guess is those vacations were booked long before checking the weather. Sure maybe a sunk cost thing but the commitment and scarcity of time off is pretty understandable

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Re:Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs by pengaru on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:36PM (#36780831)

Maybe for some tourists it's the extreme heat and dryness that defines what's unique about the desert experience? Beats me.

Even that well-known search & rescue story of the "Death Valley Germans" dated their van rental from July [0]:

  > The vehicle, owned by Dollar Rent a Car, had been rented to a group of four German tourists in Los Angeles on July 8, 1996.
  > The vehicle had been due back to the rental agency in Los Angeles on July 26, but had never been returned.

[0] https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hu...

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Re:Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs by mgerdts on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @11:17PM (#36781728)

Apology accepted, and thank you for a pointer to such a great story.

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Re:Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs by scarby2 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @08:16PM (#36780694)

there's a lot of people who visit palm springs party at night and sleep through the heat of the day.

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