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Grass8989 t1_iywmgvc wrote

The Airbnb fad is over. Hotels are back “in style”

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PerkyLurkey t1_iywnxfr wrote

Nobody wants to pay $150.00 in cleaning fees for a 1 night stay, coupled with an OCD level mandatory cleaning schedule on top of the fees.

No thanks.

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Silencedewgood t1_iyyn4f8 wrote

This is it. And most of the time, you’re still the one who cleans the place…

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Therealmohb t1_iz2vepm wrote

Exactly. I’m not leaving my review as a guest up to chance lol that place has gotta be spotless

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upnflames t1_iyxif8y wrote

If you're staying in an Airbnb for one night, you're doing it wrong. They're short term rentals. Historically, you'd rent them a week at a time minimum.

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agpc t1_iyxopuc wrote

Fuck that, if they cannot facilitate one night stays then fuck em.

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FourthLife t1_iyy18ac wrote

Airbnb sucks for spending more than a week. The owner doesn’t come clean during your stay, so after a week your bed sheets are nasty and the towels are probably all used multiple times.

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sirzoop t1_iyyli5y wrote

Hate to break it to you but most people use the platform for 1-3 night stays. If the point is to rent them a week at a time they are basically saying fuck off to a majority of people who want to use the service. Why do you think we are seeing such a huge decrease in bookings recently ?

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throws_rocks_at_cars t1_iz151qr wrote

I’ve been living out of AirBnBs for the last 10 months and you are both correct.

Many people use them for 1-3 days but that is the least cost-effective way to do it. If you are using an AirBnB for any period less than 2 weeks then you are just burning money. That doesn’t stop people from doing so, and it’s because the AirBnB UI is “software company” level, and, like Robinhood to other banking apps, Coinbase to a local wallet, a good UI goes a LONG way. Hotels aren’t clustered this well and they are typically spread among their various apps and websites, all of which are worse than AirBnBs user experience.

Then you get there and realize the $200 cleaning fee that the previous tenant paid was obviously NOT used for anything because every single corner is full of spiderwebs and dead bugs and for $110 a night they didnt even both refilling the crusted-over hand soap dispenser in the bathroom..

Very sick of AirBnBs in America. In Mexico (urban areas and beach towns), it’s still great, and if you’re looking for a really unique (and expensive) architectural find, AirBnB is still the way to go in the US, especially around national parks. The real move is to follow travel nurse advice if you want to do month-long traveling engagements. But most of these places list through AirBnB anyway and once you find the place you can do some research and find their website and book directly through their own site instead of letting AirBnB take a cut.

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TheBeesBestKnees t1_iyxzcrg wrote

This one and two night stay idiocy is exactly right. Stupid on both the hosts and guests part.

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Round-Good-8204 t1_iyzil9w wrote

So your basically saying "have enough money for a week long vacation or don't vacation at all", are you fucking stupid? Some of us only stay for one or two nights because that's all we can afford, vacation-wise. Should I not be accommodated simply because I have less money to spend?

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robxburninator t1_iz00n9m wrote

I think they're saying that airbnb is good for longer stays, but hotels are good for shorter.

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sundaysarelikethat t1_iywnxt7 wrote

Exactly. When i’m on vacation i want to feel pampered, served, relaxed. I’d rather be in an immaculate hotel room thats cleaned daily and has a concierge than pay the exact same price to be at the mercy of some shitty landlord that will charge me $50 for leaving dishes in the sink

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femaiden t1_iywr977 wrote

Or even a shitty motel room that I just throw my stuff in the corner, piss, sleep and then in the morning, get my shit and go.

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accidentalchai t1_iyxp1qm wrote

Sometimes I'm also too tired to do small talk and banter with the host (if they are living on another floor or nearby). Like sometimes I just want to be left alone.

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asian_identifier t1_iyxlu8s wrote

there are a lot more use cases between vacationing and long term living

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NKR1978 t1_iz34q6r wrote

And when you arrive early at a hotel you can leave your bags, probably take a shower, use the pool. You arrive early at an AirBnB you stand on the street waiting for the guy to arrive with the key.

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Marlsfarp t1_iywtn7g wrote

Whereas I would prefer to have quiet, privacy and access to a kitchen, laundry, etc and stay in an actual neighborhood instead of a central business district, and I see having servants coming in to clean unnecessarily twice a day as an expensive annoyance. And that’s okay too. Neither of us is right, it’s just preferences.

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sundaysarelikethat t1_iyxaf4i wrote

Yeah i get how entertaining it is to “stay with the locals” to really immerse yourself in the culture but perhaps look into how airbnbs actively displace people in the communities and apartments that you’re staying in during your fun little safari

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Awkward-Painter-2024 t1_iyxlqwl wrote

Exactly, that comment is by an Airbnb operative. Airbnb actively fucks up neighborhoods.

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TheBeesBestKnees t1_iyxzo4n wrote

The same people that love "living like locals" in airbnbs when they travel are the same people that will bitch about their Brooklyn rent being too high.

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Marlsfarp t1_iyy1373 wrote

>that comment is by an airbnb operative

🙄

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Awkward-Painter-2024 t1_iyy1xeh wrote

I hope they paying you at least $15/hr. But knowing Airbnb, prob what, a dollar for every 60 "pro Airbnb" comment?

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Marlsfarp t1_iyxeua3 wrote

Could you phrase that a little bitchier?

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DeathPercept10n t1_iyxuoyl wrote

I will. Anyone that uses air bnb can get fucked. Past neighbours used to do it all the time and one time some idiots got drunk and passed out with gas coming out of the unlit stove. If my gf didn't come home late that night and smell the gas, the apartment could've blown up. The fire department had to come and break down the door. So screw anyone that condones the unsafe practices of air bnb. I don't need random dumbasses frequenting where I live and jeopardizing my home.

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Marlsfarp t1_iyxw06h wrote

That story doesn’t seem to have anything to do with airbnb?

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DeathPercept10n t1_iyxx1f4 wrote

I'll clarify it for you since the context of this whole post seems to elude you... The morons that let the gas leak out were staying at the air bnb my former neighbours used to rent out all the time. I'm glad those guys moved out, cuz I have much more peace of mind from them letting any old idiot stay there and burn down the building.

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Marlsfarp t1_iyxx9rb wrote

Okay? I have a neighbor who leaves the gas on sometimes too.

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DeathPercept10n t1_iyxzox8 wrote

People tend to be more careless with stuff that isn't their own. This obviously heightens the chances of something going wrong when some new person is staying next to you every week.

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NYKyle610 t1_iyxpng3 wrote

FYI, cleaning staff only comes to hotel rooms once per day, and if you’d rather them not come every day (like me), just hang the “do not disturb” sign on your door and they won’t come.

I’ve spent many days at a hotel and don’t need cleaning service every day. I can make my own bed like an adult.

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briggsd514 t1_iz044ur wrote

At some high end hotels, housekeeping or cleaning staff do come twice a day - second time is turn down service. But that’s hardly a common thing. More common are hotels having more green practices like not fully changing all linens everyday unless specifically requested.

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sirzoop t1_iyylqxw wrote

Same I only have them come by if I need more towels or the garbage taken out

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BiblioPhil t1_iz0dqzt wrote

I think most people staying at hotels can clean up after themselves. That's not really the point though.

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TarumK t1_iyx4vn9 wrote

Eh airbnb is way cheaper than hotels and there are way more of them available outside midtown manhattan.

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WickershamBrotha t1_iyxbro6 wrote

You’d be surprised on how fair some of the hotels in midtown are priced. If you’re a tourist, you’ll have a better time in a midtown hotel central to everything instead of an Airbnb far away

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Cosmic-Warper t1_iyxrvm5 wrote

Not anymore. Hotels got competitive and lowered their prices to match

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wh7y t1_iyww6u6 wrote

If you're good with credit cards and Google, you can get so many good deals on hotels and flights. Airbnb has none of those programs. Coupled with terrible fees I wouldn't bother with Airbnb in any American city.

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ctindel t1_iyyud72 wrote

I was so pissed that Uber got rid of the rewards program with the earning free rides. I used to take it all the time and then when it was gone it was like... well might as well take lyft more often.

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NKR1978 t1_iz348cz wrote

Chase Sapphire Reserve with 10x Lyft points and free Lyft Pink (which also includes Seamless +) is the best part of that card. No delivery fees and 15% off every Lyft ride plus the points. If you don’t have, it’s a great card for living here.

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spicytoastaficionado t1_iz23e0n wrote

>If you're good with credit cards and Google, you can get so many good deals on hotels and flights.

This is why I never got into the Airbnb fad.

Between credit card points and direct incentive programs from hotels, you can get some great deals and savings, esp. if you travel somewhat regularly.

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jeffsayno t1_iz0d11h wrote

i only use airbnb out of habit. google hotels is usually fine for me

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RedditSkippy t1_iywq4uf wrote

The last time I traveled, I didn’t find Air BnB to be any cheaper than a hotel. We went with the Air BnB because it was located more conveniently to where we needed to be.

Plus there have been so many stories of bad hosts coupled with terrible responses from Air BnB (basically non-responses,) that I’m no longer sure if I would even bother taking the chance. We’re going away next month and chose a hotel. Didn’t even occur to us to look at Air BnB.

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ironichaos t1_iyx9u5b wrote

Or a big group.

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solo-ran t1_iyxw2cf wrote

I have four kids and we like to go on family trips- Airbnb is usually the best choice.

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accidentalchai t1_iyz4bli wrote

The one positive about Airbnb is that it oftentimes has a kitchen...and if you have four kids, eating out is super expensive and adds up. I don't blame you!

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accidentalchai t1_iyxovp6 wrote

They are still okayish in Europe (but still way more expensive than in the past, obviously). I stayed in one in the US in the summer and I was surprised to find a long laundry list of rules, including how I should clean the apartment and bring out the trash (which I would have done anyway) but on top of that a sign saying I should tip (and they were already charging me a $100 cleaning fee). On top of that, they left me a message as soon as I left asking me to leave a review but only if it was for 5 stars and if there was an issue to just please message them privately.

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PM_ME_YOUR_WAIFU t1_iyx9nwi wrote

More like people don't want to pay the same price and receive less service.

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyx7knp wrote

The city should probably re-legalize the building of hotels.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxncln wrote

Did the city make building hotels illegal?

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxoc37 wrote

A law passed last year made new hotels require a special permit; so while not explicitly, in practice they are effectively banned.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxog34 wrote

One is under construction in my neighborhood.

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxokoy wrote

When was it started? It has a date after which it takes effect so a lot of projects filed/permitted in the past year or more are still being built.

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ZweitenMal t1_iyxsd6g wrote

I don't know, haven't been paying attention that closely.

Making a special permit a requirement doesn't mean it's impossible. But perhaps it's an effort to protect the existing hotels since they've had such a hard time during COVID.

My neighborhood (Astoria) is completely underserved, so that might have something to do with it. Obviously we don't need more hotels in Midtown.

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JuniorAct7 t1_iyxya6g wrote

Special permits (which exist for a number of other things) are extremely unlikely to be granted by city planning in practice. I agree with you that it was passed due to rent seeking by current hotels.

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NecessaryMistake9754 OP t1_iywouob wrote

please support r/noairbnb if this is something you agree with. Only we normal regular joes banding together can we stop the greedy landlords from taking advantage of us.

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most_humblest_ever t1_iyy7inl wrote

Has anyone here actually stayed at a hotel in Manhattan? They suck complete ass. Incredibly tiny and expensive.

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jaj-io t1_iz0b5z0 wrote

For me, it was never about being "in style." Airbnb was more affordable than hotels for the longest time. Now the pricing no longer makes sense. I've seen some absolutely absurd charges from Airbnb owners in the past year or so. No thanks, I'll stick with Marriott for now.

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DrewFlan t1_iz26dgw wrote

Not really. They posted record high number of bookings last quarter. It's still a really convenient option in a lot of places.

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