Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by mancerayder on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:57AM (#39680293)

>find it sad how Airbnb has taken a market that worked

Houses and apartments come with kitchens and back yards and balconies. Even in 2024, hotel rooms are miniscule and that stupid fridge is, at worst filled with 20 dollar boxes of cookies and liquor samples, and at best too small to fit a large bottle of water in.

I've grown to dislike Airbnb as a customer, but what you said is one-sided, and dismisses the disruption of the hotel model in a digital nomad age.

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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by ghaff on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @11:47AM (#39680925)

Houses and apartments come with a very mixed bag of amenities. You can research to a certain degree but...

I've actually be thinking about Airbnb for a fairly extended stay at one point. On the one hand, it seems like the right solution. On the other hand, it's a big commitment for essentially an unknown quantity.

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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by mancerayder on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:31PM (#39707380)

It doesn't help that the reviews are edited and removed when negative.

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Re:Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras by chgs on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @05:54PM (#39685433)

I was amazed at the type of motel I stayed in back in 2008 when I went to Canada. Kitchens and balconies or decks. Pretty much unknown in the U.K.

Of course I’d had plenty of experience of self catered accommodation on holiday - sometimes purpose built but mostly normal cottages that were simply rented out.

Airbnb and similar systems just reduced the friction of finding and transacting self catered accommodation, and the increasing trend for city breaks delivered a growing market.

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