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It's crazy how hidden fees quickly blow up a $99 property to $328... $159 cleaning fee? $60 mysterious service charge? I just go with Hotels...much more consist

• encryptluks2 4y ago
  Agreed. I stopped using the service when I realized the prices listed don't reflect what you're actually paying. A price may look great until you read the fine print and see that you'll be paying $100 more. If they had transparent pricing I doubt as many people would use the platform. There is also a more reliable source of reviews for most hotels. You could stay at a descent rated host on AirBnb and then go look at the reviews and see things like... "Dirty bathrooms and the bed was soiled. 5 out of 5 for the authentic homely experience."
• Phlogistique 4y ago
  AirBnB makes that worse by refusing to show you the full cost for the trip - so the prices it displays are actually meaningless. Booking.com has many dark patterns but at least it allows you to actually display and sort by full price!
• dzhiurgis 4y ago
  Hotels for short term or travelling alone. Airbnb for long term and for families.
  • devoutsalsa 4y ago
    It's also good to figure out how to negotiate with locals. I was recently in Macedonia. I was looking at one listing for an apartment that was around 1000 euros/month for 3 months on Airbnb. My friend, a local, was able to find & contact the owner directly. The owner's price for my friend was 300 euros/month.
    • dzhiurgis 4y ago
      A place I stayed just a week ago in Fiji is listed for $1500 a day while we got same place randomly for $400… That said Fiji is still recovering from Covid - in places like Hawaii you’d struggle to get anything!