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Meh, what a weak response. This is a maximum fee. It would be more effective if it was a minimum fee, with the maximum equaling the total cost of the stay. So i
by y-c-o-m-b 4y ago
Meh, what a weak response. This is a maximum fee. It would be more effective if it was a minimum fee, with the maximum equaling the total cost of the stay. So if you book a week-long vacation at 3k and it gets cancelled last minute, the fee should equal 3k.
FWIW I haven't had a bad experience with AirBNB yet over the years and handful of stays I've been in. The one in Iceland smelled slightly like piss and dog odor, but it was tolerable. Aside from that, the other experiences like in Hawaii or some random off-grid cabin in Oregon were pretty good and much cheaper than the alternative.
That said, I believe AirBNB is another "too big to fail, too big to care" tech company like Amazon, Google, etc. They continue making billions while screwing over thousands if not millions of people all the time, so why invest in improving the customer experience? They have no incentive to do so until their profits take a beating.
- distances 4y agoJust interested, what kind of a place is 3k/week? In Europe with somewhat good planning that gives you a two-week vacation in Southern Europe for two including flights, hotel stays, all food and drinks, public transport tickets, and entrance tickets to museums etc.
- biztos 4y agoLarger houses; popular tourist destinations; and America. Any two of these things can get you over 3K/week pretty quickly, all three pretty much guarantees it. I have a friend with a gorgeous six-bedroom that he fills for $7800 per week all summer long.
- brewdad 4y agoIt's usually a whole house that can accommodate large groups. My family stayed in a house in the Ozarks a couple months ago. The place slept up to 30 and most nights there were only 2 empty beds. It worked great for our needs but had anything gone wrong, my sister in law, the only person who lived within 5 hours of the house, would have had a nightmare on her hands helping us find a place to stay.
- golergka 4y agoI'm looking for accommodation in Barcelona for this October right now, and all decent Airbnbs start at $200 per night, and hotels are much more expensive.
- distances 4y agoI'm not sure of your requirements, but with a quick look there are a lot of perfectly fine looking 2 person hotel rooms available in the 100€-120€/night range in a random weekend in October at Booking. Also acceptable looking ones in the 50€-100€ range for a budget traveler, even if I wouldn't necessarily pick any of those.
- golergka 4y agoI'm not a tourist but a digital nomad who works remotely and spends most of the week inside, so a typical hotel room, unlike an Airbnb, is too small to be comfortable.
- distances 4y agoWell that's then a wholly different situation. I would assume it's hard to find any hotel room that is suitable for working as they aren't designed for that.
- y-c-o-m-b 4y agoJust as an example, a 1 bedroom/1 bath condo near Jackson, Wyoming in the USA can run about that price in the summer. $400/night x 7 days + fees.