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Somehow Airbnb mostly doesnt work for me. You find a nice/cheap place to stay, message the host and wait for 24 hours for a revert. Fairly often, the host decli

by sonink 10y ago

Somehow Airbnb mostly doesnt work for me. You find a nice/cheap place to stay, message the host and wait for 24 hours for a revert. Fairly often, the host declines for seemingly specious reasons. The bigger problem is the wait than the refusal. An Indian startup called OyoRooms has a much better solution to this problem.

DINKDINK 10y ago
>message the host and wait for 24 hours for a revert. Airbnb has an instant book feature that obviates this process
mungoman2 10y ago
I am not familiar with OyoRooms. What is their solution?
- sonink 10y ago
  OyoRooms is the real Uber for hotel rooms. They take over cheap hotels, brand it and sell on their app.
  - calbear81 10y ago
    That's not Uber for hotel rooms. Oyorooms is a budget hotel brand that emphasizes a set standard that hotels that use their brand have to abide by.
netsharc 10y ago
Are you of a non-preferred race? The few times I've tried it, the host was either non Internet-savvy or seemed to have regretted the too low a price they set, cancelling and putting the place back in the market for a higher price.
- calbear81 10y ago
  When hosts cancel on you, their calendar gets blocked for those dates and a notice is automatically posted to their reviews that they cancelled on a guest. These are there to prevent this sort of behavior you are describing. Hosts that violate these rules frequently will get banned.
randycupertino 10y ago
I just hate Airbnb because of all he stupid rules. I go on vacation to relax and don't want to have to feed your cat or make a curfew. Especially when I can stay in a mid-range hotel for the same price without all the rules and the bs $200 cleaning fee!
- tdkl 10y ago
  But the community feelings ! /s As someone who lived in socialism it's hilarious to see how socialist values are now being marketed and sold as a business, without wanting to be responsible for it by the company who sells the idea.
  - dominotw 10y ago
    I don't think its socialism though. Modern life has isolated us eg: I am a single guy and I can't go to the park and hang out there and hope to talk to people because I am scared to be branded a weirdo/pedophile. I don't like going to bars which are usually the spot 'for adults'. I use airbnb to see how locals live, when they wake up, how they get to work, what kind of breakfast they eat ect.
Overtonwindow 10y ago
I hate this too so I only look for hosts who InstaBook. That way I dont have to wait, it confirms automatically.
ryuker16 10y ago
Instabook

by sonink 10y ago

DINKDINK 10y ago

>message the host and wait for 24 hours for a revert. Airbnb has an instant book feature that obviates this process

mungoman2 10y ago

I am not familiar with OyoRooms. What is their solution?

sonink 10y ago
OyoRooms is the real Uber for hotel rooms. They take over cheap hotels, brand it and sell on their app.
- calbear81 10y ago
  That's not Uber for hotel rooms. Oyorooms is a budget hotel brand that emphasizes a set standard that hotels that use their brand have to abide by.

netsharc 10y ago

Are you of a non-preferred race? The few times I've tried it, the host was either non Internet-savvy or seemed to have regretted the too low a price they set, cancelling and putting the place back in the market for a higher price.

calbear81 10y ago
When hosts cancel on you, their calendar gets blocked for those dates and a notice is automatically posted to their reviews that they cancelled on a guest. These are there to prevent this sort of behavior you are describing. Hosts that violate these rules frequently will get banned.

randycupertino 10y ago

I just hate Airbnb because of all he stupid rules. I go on vacation to relax and don't want to have to feed your cat or make a curfew. Especially when I can stay in a mid-range hotel for the same price without all the rules and the bs $200 cleaning fee!

tdkl 10y ago
But the community feelings ! /s As someone who lived in socialism it's hilarious to see how socialist values are now being marketed and sold as a business, without wanting to be responsible for it by the company who sells the idea.
- dominotw 10y ago
  I don't think its socialism though. Modern life has isolated us eg: I am a single guy and I can't go to the park and hang out there and hope to talk to people because I am scared to be branded a weirdo/pedophile. I don't like going to bars which are usually the spot 'for adults'. I use airbnb to see how locals live, when they wake up, how they get to work, what kind of breakfast they eat ect.

Overtonwindow 10y ago

I hate this too so I only look for hosts who InstaBook. That way I dont have to wait, it confirms automatically.

ryuker16 10y ago

Instabook