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AirBNB is now almost as expensive as a hotel in the city centre. There are some very nice properties, but increasingly a lot of crappy properties - flats conver
by rjh29 4y ago
AirBNB is now almost as expensive as a hotel in the city centre. There are some very nice properties, but increasingly a lot of crappy properties - flats converted into multiple airbnb 'apartments', bare minimum furniture, often in dodgy areas, and your neighbours are also airbnb tenants so expect lots of noise.
For this reason I also have gone back to hotels unless I'm booking a place for more than 2 weeks. Airbnb often has a monthly discount so remains a decent place for long stays, although if you put in the work (and pay cash) you can usually find cheaper options.
- rmbyrro 4y agoThe only reason I use Airbnb is because I like to have a full featured kitchen when I'm traveling to cook my own food a few times. Otherwise, I'd pick hotels without even blinking.
- devmunchies 4y agoI wonder how hotels could do this effectively and safely. Include a mini-kitchen with 2 burners and a small counter. Burners are disabled but could be enabled by request, or some keypad on the wall (child proofed). You can pick up a box of kitchen supplies (pots, knives, etc) from the front desk or request room service to cart them up. Put the supplies back in the box before you leave (box is lined with a rubbermaid dish bin). This would offset the cost of furnishing each room with supplies, while also killing one of airbnb's value props.
- whycombinetor 4y agoExtended Stay America locations have a "fully equipped kitchen" in every room so it's certainly possible and already happening.
- ghaff 4y agoThe place I've stayed at in London a fair number of times calls itself a "serviced apartment" and includes a kitchenette. I don't really use it much other than the refrigerator but it's there and I've stayed there with a friend who would cook eggs in the morning. I'm pretty sure some of the suite-style chains in the US do as well.
- 14 4y agoLots of places have a mini kitchen suite.
- spaniard89277 4y agoThis exist in Spain, it's called apartahotel. It's basically an hotel made of apartments.
- cmroanirgo 4y agoIn Oz, you can often and easily find rooms in an ordinary motel that has pots and pans, a little 2 element cooktop/oven combo & a sink. They're more expensive to rent of course, but they're very widely available. We also have serviced apartments, designed for the longer stays, but are generally only to be found on the cities.
- the_gipsy 4y agoHere in spain there are a lot of "apart-hotels" with kitchens equipped like a summer apartment.
- spaniard89277 4y agoThis. IDK if this exists in other countries. In Spain, at least in my experience, it doesn't make much sense to get an AirBnB. Prices are higher most of the time, and hotels can and do have better location and service. AirBnB was supposed to be a mean for people to rent spare rooms temporarily.
- bogomipz 4y agoI was curious about these. Is there brand of aparthotels in Spain that has a good reputation or that you or someone else would recommend?
- spookthesunset 4y agoHawaii is like that too. Most of the hotels have a full kitchen and washer and dryer. Or at least the places I've stayed.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoYep, that's why more and more countries or cities are banning short-term rentals. Imagime living in an avrage apartment building, and your neighbor decides to rent out the apartment to airbnbers, every few days, a new group of people, partying all day and night long, not caring about neighbors, and in the meantime, the property prices are rising sky high, becuase every apartment in remotly touristy areas is bought up immediatly to serve as an airbnb rental property.
- vineyardmike 4y agoI was looking for long term stays in an Airbnb while waiting for my apartment to be ready in a cross state move. I was baffled at the amount of listing that looked like duplicates - until I realized that they were massive houses carved up into multiple “rent a room” offers. I can’t imagine traveling and renting just a room and finding a bunch of travelers living there too. Renting out just a room in your house seems ok. My cousin did this when she bought a house to help cover the expenses after she lost a job, but to book out the whole house as some sort of crappy hostel seems unbearable.
- jmspring 4y agoMy girlfriend went to Italy a couple of years back with her kid, kid's friend and kid's friend's mom. They rented something they thought would be nice (according to reviews) in Italy. Two women, two girls - it was worse than a hostel. I ended up having to use booking.com to find them somewhere reasonable yet nice because they didn't feel safe. Airbnb ended up crediting them back the stay.