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Airbnb 2022 Winter Release

30 points by talhof8 4y ago

emadda 4y ago
I recently released https://stay100.app/ https://stay100.app/ which allows you to find a stay faster by listing search results in a large grid of images without pagination. Works well on large screens.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
  Does this utilize scraping? Every airbnb scraper I find on the internet seems to be out of date and no longer maintained after 3 months or so
rexreed 4y ago
Anyone have a listing of Chesky's AirBnB? It's probably booked up for years.
- cube00 4y ago
  I'll bet the "cleaning fee" is epic.
- zucked 4y ago
  Just scrolled through the dates (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/756639798240652690 https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/756639798240652690) and it doesn't appear available for a single night through 2024. So... yeah, calling bullshit on ya, Brian.
sdfhbdf 4y ago
At first I thought it's a parody, that makes a stab at airbnb by adding functions from Tinder - matching. Then I realized I'm browsing Airbnb CEO's twitter. You never know with checkmarks on twitter these days.
- WastingMyTime89 4y ago
  It has the vibe of a parody to be fair. Took me a while to realise I was actually watching a real Airbnb commercial (and bail).
TheWoodsy 4y ago
I rarely watch TV, adblock and pihole everything so I'm not exposed to many adverts. I honestly thought this was going to be satire and was waiting for the onion-esque creepy guy to announce his camera setup and onlyfans or something. Guess it just hits differently in Australia.
ajmurmann 4y ago
To me one of the biggest surprises around the pandemic and remote work has been how Airbnb did practically nothing to cater to it and nobody else did either. Cool that I can look for a monthly stay, but I need a filter for places that are actually set up for real remote work. I want minimum, verified internet speed, a real desk with a real desk chair, a external monitor I can plug in to. I don't want to book a place for a month and then have to leave because I cannot work. The only way I was able to make extended remote work while traveling possible was by staying with family whom I shipped almost $500 worth of equipment beforehand that's just sunk cost. I can see that the market for tires is relatively small, but probably quite lucrative.
- wilde 4y ago
  In theory that’s what Wander is up to. https://www.wander.com/ https://www.wander.com/
- raybb 4y ago
  They added speed tests last year but afaik it's still not too widely used by hosts https://news.airbnb.com/new-tool-check-the-wifi-speed-in-your-airbnb-listing-before-you-book/ https://news.airbnb.com/new-tool-check-the-wifi-speed-in-you...
- flanbiscuit 4y ago
  > I want minimum, verified internet speed, I would check the reviews hoping that a previous guest would mention anything about the internet. Sometimes we took a leap of faith and it worked out. Sometimes a host would include a speed test screenshot in their images and that was great. I spent a lot of 2021 and this year staying at AirBnBs for weeks, or a month, while working remotely. It does take a lot of energy to find the right place but we managed to barely have internet issues anywhere we went and we found that even places with about 15Mbps download (and even less upload) was still good enough for the 2 of us to work (and she was on video calls all day long) > a real deal with a real deal chair, a external monitor I can plug in to. We actually traveled with our own equipment so this wasn't an issue for us. We brought monitors, folding card tables to use a desks, and had standing desk converters[1] so chairs weren't needed. This relieved us of having to find places that had suitable workspaces. I can only imagine how much harder it would have been to search for places that had desks and chairs for 2 people to work One thing I found annoying in AirBnB searches is that studios would show up when you put "1+ bedroom" and we definitely needed 2 separate rooms so that we could both be on calls at the same time. So if you needed a true 1 bedroom you would need to put 2. Seems like either AirBnb, or hosts trying to get their places in wider search results, conflate "room" with "bedroom" 1. This is the standing desk converter that I traveled with and that I'm still currently using: https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Converter-Workstation-DESK-V000KW/dp/B07SHZ35HG/ https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Converter-Workstation... I really like it but it was a pretty bulky item to travel with. My girlfriend's was a bit lower profile, having only one level (no separate keyboard tray). I probably could have made that work as well
tacker2000 4y ago
I was a hardcore Airbnb user back in the day, but now I’ve reverted back to using hotels when travelling. The prices are now pretty much the same, the discovery process is better when using hotel search engines such as booking.com and the overall quality and ratings can be easily cross-checked on multiple websites. Compare that to the risk of having a crappy airbnb, whose ratings are of course skewed upwards, since they are the only ones in control. Also, the airbnb website has become a slow unusable mess nowadays. The map takes ages to load and scroll, it hides cheaper places by default and also doesnt include the fees that get tacked on in the end.
- jghn 4y ago
  Same. I use AirBnB/VRBO when looking for an actual vacation home or the rare cases where I want something a bit quirkier/authentic/whatever. But if I just want a roof over my head? Hotel it is.
- gooseyman 4y ago
  This. Airbnb previously had a lot of character & "true" shares (people renting our THEIR space). Now, they seem to all look and feel the same... like a hotel. Except they come with the risk that something is off and there is no front desk.

30 points by talhof8 4y ago

I recently released https://stay100.app/ https://stay100.app/ which allows you to find a stay faster by listing search results in a large grid of images without pagination. Works well on large screens.

SOLAR_FIELDS 4y ago
Does this utilize scraping? Every airbnb scraper I find on the internet seems to be out of date and no longer maintained after 3 months or so

rexreed 4y ago

Anyone have a listing of Chesky's AirBnB? It's probably booked up for years.

cube00 4y ago
I'll bet the "cleaning fee" is epic.
zucked 4y ago
Just scrolled through the dates (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/756639798240652690 https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/756639798240652690) and it doesn't appear available for a single night through 2024. So... yeah, calling bullshit on ya, Brian.

sdfhbdf 4y ago

At first I thought it's a parody, that makes a stab at airbnb by adding functions from Tinder - matching. Then I realized I'm browsing Airbnb CEO's twitter. You never know with checkmarks on twitter these days.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago
It has the vibe of a parody to be fair. Took me a while to realise I was actually watching a real Airbnb commercial (and bail).

TheWoodsy 4y ago

I rarely watch TV, adblock and pihole everything so I'm not exposed to many adverts. I honestly thought this was going to be satire and was waiting for the onion-esque creepy guy to announce his camera setup and onlyfans or something. Guess it just hits differently in Australia.

ajmurmann 4y ago

To me one of the biggest surprises around the pandemic and remote work has been how Airbnb did practically nothing to cater to it and nobody else did either. Cool that I can look for a monthly stay, but I need a filter for places that are actually set up for real remote work. I want minimum, verified internet speed, a real desk with a real desk chair, a external monitor I can plug in to. I don't want to book a place for a month and then have to leave because I cannot work. The only way I was able to make extended remote work while traveling possible was by staying with family whom I shipped almost $500 worth of equipment beforehand that's just sunk cost. I can see that the market for tires is relatively small, but probably quite lucrative.

wilde 4y ago
In theory that’s what Wander is up to. https://www.wander.com/ https://www.wander.com/
raybb 4y ago
They added speed tests last year but afaik it's still not too widely used by hosts https://news.airbnb.com/new-tool-check-the-wifi-speed-in-your-airbnb-listing-before-you-book/ https://news.airbnb.com/new-tool-check-the-wifi-speed-in-you...
flanbiscuit 4y ago
> I want minimum, verified internet speed, I would check the reviews hoping that a previous guest would mention anything about the internet. Sometimes we took a leap of faith and it worked out. Sometimes a host would include a speed test screenshot in their images and that was great. I spent a lot of 2021 and this year staying at AirBnBs for weeks, or a month, while working remotely. It does take a lot of energy to find the right place but we managed to barely have internet issues anywhere we went and we found that even places with about 15Mbps download (and even less upload) was still good enough for the 2 of us to work (and she was on video calls all day long) > a real deal with a real deal chair, a external monitor I can plug in to. We actually traveled with our own equipment so this wasn't an issue for us. We brought monitors, folding card tables to use a desks, and had standing desk converters[1] so chairs weren't needed. This relieved us of having to find places that had suitable workspaces. I can only imagine how much harder it would have been to search for places that had desks and chairs for 2 people to work One thing I found annoying in AirBnB searches is that studios would show up when you put "1+ bedroom" and we definitely needed 2 separate rooms so that we could both be on calls at the same time. So if you needed a true 1 bedroom you would need to put 2. Seems like either AirBnb, or hosts trying to get their places in wider search results, conflate "room" with "bedroom" 1. This is the standing desk converter that I traveled with and that I'm still currently using: https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Converter-Workstation-DESK-V000KW/dp/B07SHZ35HG/ https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Converter-Workstation... I really like it but it was a pretty bulky item to travel with. My girlfriend's was a bit lower profile, having only one level (no separate keyboard tray). I probably could have made that work as well

tacker2000 4y ago

I was a hardcore Airbnb user back in the day, but now I’ve reverted back to using hotels when travelling. The prices are now pretty much the same, the discovery process is better when using hotel search engines such as booking.com and the overall quality and ratings can be easily cross-checked on multiple websites. Compare that to the risk of having a crappy airbnb, whose ratings are of course skewed upwards, since they are the only ones in control. Also, the airbnb website has become a slow unusable mess nowadays. The map takes ages to load and scroll, it hides cheaper places by default and also doesnt include the fees that get tacked on in the end.

jghn 4y ago
Same. I use AirBnB/VRBO when looking for an actual vacation home or the rare cases where I want something a bit quirkier/authentic/whatever. But if I just want a roof over my head? Hotel it is.
gooseyman 4y ago
This. Airbnb previously had a lot of character & "true" shares (people renting our THEIR space). Now, they seem to all look and feel the same... like a hotel. Except they come with the risk that something is off and there is no front desk.