Re:Is the Airbnb Dream Dead?
by jareklupinski on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:36PM
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just chiming in to say that in the early days, i got an AirBnB in Tokyo, paid a reasonable sum and had a wonderful time, but have been staying in hotels since the debacles have started popping up
the sad thing is that from the very beginning, unlike many other startup businesses, they actually had a great value-prop and worked incredibly well as a product
Early AirBnb was much closer to “extra room to crash in” than “house purchased to be rented out peicemeal WeWork style”.
Re:Is the Airbnb Dream Dead?
by ericfrazier on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:05PM
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You are not the norm and loud belligerent Airbnb guests is not the norm
Strawman: no one said loud guests are the norm.
Re:Is the Airbnb Dream Dead?
by friend_and_foe on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:42PM
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Yup, all it takes is 1 out of 10 guests throwing beer cans over the fence to piss off the neighbors for good. It doesn't have to be the norm to suck ass.
From what I am reading here my experience is the norm these days.
There's a very strong selection bias for people who will talk about their experiences.. much like product review, you only hear about the bad ones
Re:Is the Airbnb Dream Dead?
by flashgordon on Friday August 11, 2023 @02:39PM
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I had one bad experience in Paris 15 years ago (ish) and that was it. No more Airbnb (unless I am travelling with other families and need kitchens etc - then the todolist is something i just put up with). Looks like ABNB is just getting worse over the years. But oh boy. Staying at a hotel - I know what I am getting. Yes it sucks for reasons - but they are all known reasons (eg small rooms, "boring" etc). Now (not a plug or anything) last three times I was with Hilton (nothing fancy) and I gotta say I got lucky all 3 times. Even other hotels - boring but dependable. No todo lists - just leave!
People who often do short stays don’t give a crap about noise, neighbors, or anything else.
Plus many got into airbnb to get rich. Have 0 business sense, 0 landlord experience and often don’t maintain the property.
Plus, every time I stayed at Airbnb I felt scammed. The pictures always lied. Some of the things were not as advertised. And before leaving I had a todo list. Absolutely pathetic way to spend vacations.