Stopped using them years ago. As a European I expect to pay the price that is advertised in the beginning, nothing more. No taxes and fees added later, that's j

Stopped using them years ago. As a European I expect to pay the price that is advertised in the beginning, nothing more. No taxes and fees added later, that's just illegal. Of course there are also shady European businesses that break the rules, but Airbnb was a clear, systematic offender. Additionally I remember when travelling to non-Euro countries they insisted that I have to pay in Euro "for my convenience", of course the conversion rate was significantly worse than what my bank would have offered. (I checked by visiting the site in local currency of the host.) I don't need the convenience of being cheated. If I couldn't handle different currencies, I would stop travelling there. Edit: Obviously for the Australian customers mentioned in the article they were less concerned about convenience. But the pattern of doing business unfavorable for the customer is the same.