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See, I normally prefer booking.com to Airbnb in Europe because airbnb is full of crappy apartments whereas booking.com tends to mostly list professional Bnb's w
by te_chris 10y ago
See, I normally prefer booking.com to Airbnb in Europe because airbnb is full of crappy apartments whereas booking.com tends to mostly list professional Bnb's where you get breakfast etc, less hassle with keys, someone on site. YMMV.
Maybe I'm just blind because I have a good income and can afford it, but I much prefer the experience of bnb's and hotels. Airbnb is fine if you're with a group and partying, but is a sub par way to stay in a city imo. Also, in Paris, e.g., the airbnbs tend to be booked out way in advance and often much more expensive than hotels.
- saiya-jin 10y agoOK then we have different experiences, but from different positions and places too. My comment was from the point of host (sorry if not clarified before) - dealing with booking.com is ridiculous, their charges are way above any other service, yet you have to do the payment yourself for example (major hassle). If hosts have to pay up to 30% booking fee for sub-par services (just because, you know, we are booking.com, so f__k you), guess who ends up paying for it? Not the owners, that's for sure... I agree that airbnb may end up being more pain in some places, if hosts are too restrictive (ie requiring passport scans, 24h pre-approvals etc.) - but this is optional, non-default setup that they chose for whatever reason. I don't do this for my place, instant booking without prejudice :)