>more people that want to stay in SF than there are hotels available at prices people want to pay The price discrepancy is enormous. Last time I looked, I coul

>more people that want to stay in SF than there are hotels available at prices people want to pay The price discrepancy is enormous. Last time I looked, I could generally find a room on Airbnb in the neighborhood of $90-100/night. The shittiest national chain at the airport (I'm deliberately excluding the Tenderloin) was going to be at least $200/night. "Hotel taxes" is an intellectually lazy explanation. If you actually price out a hotel stay in SF, you'll see "taxes and fees" are around 10%.