Re:Hotel booking sites overcharge Bay Area customers
by jahewson on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:54PM
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Exactly - and it sounds harsh at first but consider that a family of four put up in a hotel for a month is going to cost a figure close to that and the insurance company is paying for it.
Plus the timescales involved go beyond “emergency” to actually effecting the market. LA is down 5000+ properties for the next 3+ years - a genuine reduction in supply that will drive prices upwards.
Price caps don’t limit demand and instead cause supply shortages, which we should expect to see in LA.
Plus the timescales involved go beyond “emergency” to actually effecting the market. LA is down 5000+ properties for the next 3+ years - a genuine reduction in supply that will drive prices upwards.
Price caps don’t limit demand and instead cause supply shortages, which we should expect to see in LA.