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I do not like to be negative and YC with PG are brilliant at what they do, but AirBnb and this self praising rubs me the wrong way. I had only bad experiences
by trymas 6y ago
I do not like to be negative and YC with PG are brilliant at what they do, but AirBnb and this self praising rubs me the wrong way.
I had only bad experiences with AirBnb and after couple attempts will never use it again. Arguably it was long time ago and maybe the company changed, but I do not think I will ever use it, because there's plenty of sites which fulfil my needs.
Problems for me with AirBnb (and their hosts) are:
- Pricing dark patterns. Fees balloon the price above the price of proper hotels.
- You can avoid cleaning fees, but then you will get filthy apartment for outrageous money. Even proper hostel would be better thing for your money then.
- No where to complain other than to airbnb itself, as hosts usually are not registered businesses.
All in all what I got from AirBnb is what they were creating - couchsurfing for money, but shittier. You pay price of a hotel, but get someones shitty couch, without socialisation, experience sharing, etc.