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I consider Airbnb to be a menace to society. The hotel industry exists for a reason. I've been lucky and never had a truly bad experience with Airbnb, but I've

by city41 8y ago

I consider Airbnb to be a menace to society. The hotel industry exists for a reason. I've been lucky and never had a truly bad experience with Airbnb, but I've had some lousy ones and never a top notch or even good one. Conversely hotels usually provide at least decent service and usually are great in my experience. What I really dislike about Airbnb is the feeling of being an invader in a neighborhood. Doing something I shouldn't be doing, because, well I am. No one wants the house next door to them to become an Airbnb, so why do we support its practice by using them? (I no longer use Airbnb btw)

gamma-male 8y ago
Airbnb is great if you want to feel at home when you travel. A hotel room is so impersonal.
- vosper 8y ago
  Or if you want to have a home when you travel. A kitchen, living room, etc... I'd almost always prefer having these things to a hotel room.
  - seppin 8y ago
    exactly, so much of traveling being unhealthy comes down to not having access to a kitchen to cook your own food.
nicolas_t 8y ago
> No one wants the house next door to them to become an Airbnb, so why do we support its practice by using them? Well, my next door neighbor in my building rents his apartment on Airbnb about 8 months a year (he travels a lot for business so is not often there). Honestly, I don't really mind. There's been a few noisy guests but those are few and far between and apart from that I've talked to and met some nice guests of his. That said, his apartment is a great apartment since he actually lives there part of the year. It's totally different from apartments that were built for airbnb and tend to be really bad with crappy furniture. And, since the guests are happy, they are more likely to be respectful I think.
woolvalley 8y ago
For vacation homes beside things like ski resorts, something like airbnb makes a lot of sense.
sumedh 8y ago
> The hotel industry exists for a reason. Didnt Airbnb start because the founder could not get a hotel because of some conference in the city and so all the rooms were booked.

by city41 8y ago

gamma-male 8y ago

Airbnb is great if you want to feel at home when you travel. A hotel room is so impersonal.

vosper 8y ago
Or if you want to have a home when you travel. A kitchen, living room, etc... I'd almost always prefer having these things to a hotel room.
- seppin 8y ago
  exactly, so much of traveling being unhealthy comes down to not having access to a kitchen to cook your own food.

nicolas_t 8y ago

> No one wants the house next door to them to become an Airbnb, so why do we support its practice by using them? Well, my next door neighbor in my building rents his apartment on Airbnb about 8 months a year (he travels a lot for business so is not often there). Honestly, I don't really mind. There's been a few noisy guests but those are few and far between and apart from that I've talked to and met some nice guests of his. That said, his apartment is a great apartment since he actually lives there part of the year. It's totally different from apartments that were built for airbnb and tend to be really bad with crappy furniture. And, since the guests are happy, they are more likely to be respectful I think.

woolvalley 8y ago

For vacation homes beside things like ski resorts, something like airbnb makes a lot of sense.

sumedh 8y ago

> The hotel industry exists for a reason. Didnt Airbnb start because the founder could not get a hotel because of some conference in the city and so all the rooms were booked.