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I also swore off Airbnb after a couple bad experiences. Then went back to hotels, which are better in their own way, but still couldn’t shake the feeling that I

I also swore off Airbnb after a couple bad experiences. Then went back to hotels, which are better in their own way, but still couldn’t shake the feeling that I’m getting swindled every time I check into one, between resort fees, $30/day slow wifi, rooms that look nothing like the pics, etc. Then I realized that the entire travel industry just tries to rip everyone off as much as possible since they know you’re probably only coming to that one destination one time anyway, so they might as well slaughter the cow instead of milking it. Once the pandemic hit and I couldn’t travel, I realized how much I actually don’t need to travel to have a relaxing vacation. Between airlines packing you in like cattle (if you can even get on a flight on time that hasn’t been delayed/cancelled 7 times first), the TSA, being treated like a drug lord at every border crossing, tourist trap shitty restaurants and hotels manipulating their reviews and every other business in the tourism industry trying to swindle you as much as possible, no thank you. I would need to take additional time off just to recover from the stress of that “vacation.” Now I just spend travel money on home projects to make my house so good I never want to leave, and couldn’t be happier.

rjh29 4y ago
That is a fair opinion but probably not an accurate representation of travel for most people. I've never paid for hotel wifi ever for example. It might be because you're using resorts, where they know you're going to be stuck in that place for a long time and can exploit that to charge more for everything.
- ghaff 4y ago
  I'm admittedly a member of pretty much all the chain loyalty clubs. But, for the most part, paying for WiFi access is mostly a thing of the past. Other than mandatory resort fees that include WiFi in some places (e.g. Vegas and actual resorts), I don't know the last time I specifically made for WiFi either.
motoxpro 4y ago
I travel for work 6 months or so out of the year and your experiences are definitely not representative of mine. "between resort fees, $30/day slow wifi, rooms that look nothing like the pics" This is 100% because you are staying in "luxury" hotels. Less expensive hotels don't have any of these. https://www.marketplace.org/2014/01/27/why-do-luxury-hotels-charge-wi-fi-cheap-hotels-dont/ https://www.marketplace.org/2014/01/27/why-do-luxury-hotels-...
- noirbot 4y ago
  I feel like that entirely depends on where you're traveling to. NYC or SF that feels highly normal even in "cheap" hotels.

rjh29 4y ago

That is a fair opinion but probably not an accurate representation of travel for most people. I've never paid for hotel wifi ever for example. It might be because you're using resorts, where they know you're going to be stuck in that place for a long time and can exploit that to charge more for everything.

ghaff 4y ago
I'm admittedly a member of pretty much all the chain loyalty clubs. But, for the most part, paying for WiFi access is mostly a thing of the past. Other than mandatory resort fees that include WiFi in some places (e.g. Vegas and actual resorts), I don't know the last time I specifically made for WiFi either.

motoxpro 4y ago

I travel for work 6 months or so out of the year and your experiences are definitely not representative of mine. "between resort fees, $30/day slow wifi, rooms that look nothing like the pics" This is 100% because you are staying in "luxury" hotels. Less expensive hotels don't have any of these. https://www.marketplace.org/2014/01/27/why-do-luxury-hotels-charge-wi-fi-cheap-hotels-dont/ https://www.marketplace.org/2014/01/27/why-do-luxury-hotels-...

noirbot 4y ago
I feel like that entirely depends on where you're traveling to. NYC or SF that feels highly normal even in "cheap" hotels.