Yeah - the fee should always be quite punitive. I’ve only had one host cancel on me last minute and it was very disrupting to our trip because nothing was avail

Yeah - the fee should always be quite punitive. I’ve only had one host cancel on me last minute and it was very disrupting to our trip because nothing was available. We had to book a horror story of a place on VRBO (which I would say is much worse than Airbnb!) and then caved and spent 3-4x what I planned by stating in a hotel. I find Airbnb while not perfect allows travelers who are on a budget to find places. If you’re looking for whole houses or apartments then it’s usually not cheaper than a hotel but I’m usually booking rooms in an apartment or house - and in those instances it’s usually cheaper.