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> If someone tried to add random fees like AirBnB does in the US, you would not have to pay them. Airbnb adds fees that goes to airbnb ( vs the host). How does

> If someone tried to add random fees like AirBnB does in the US, you would not have to pay them. Airbnb adds fees that goes to airbnb ( vs the host). How does that look in germany, its added to the price host sets. Host sees a different price/night on the listing than what she set ? also, Airbnb lets you see cleaning price in the listing, so its not a hidden fee.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago
It's listed in the checkout / payment thing I'm sure - it means they cannot bolt additional cost onto things after you've agreed to something.
nicbou 4y ago
In Germany it's listed as part of the price on every page. There's no bait and switch as you click through. It's always possible to pay the price you initially see.
wongarsu 4y ago
Not sure how it looks in the US, but [1] is how a typical AirBnB listing looks on the German website. Right on the listing it just has line items for the nightly cost, cleaning fee, service fee, taxes, and a total (though this is an Italian place, AirBnB listings for places in Germany typically only charge price per day and service fee). The price that's advertised in the overview includes all fees, so you can't appear more attractive by shifting costs to the cleaning fee. 1: https://i.imgur.com/qm7vij3.png https://i.imgur.com/qm7vij3.png
- dangwhy 4y ago
  thats more fees than usa :D this is usa https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS
chucksmash 4y ago
But it is not taken into account when sorting by lowest price, so you see egregious tricks like "$50/night" AirBnB rooms with a $200 cleaning fee. Hotels do the same thing on HotelTonight. When the amount of the resort fee/cleaning fee ends up doubling the price, that's just dishonesty - even if the truth does eventually come out.
- dangwhy 4y ago
  > But it is not taken into account when sorting by lowest price It is though. both in sorting and filtering.
yamtaddle 4y ago
> Airbnb adds fees that goes to airbnb ( vs the host). How does that look in germany, its added to the price host sets. Host sees a different price/night on the listing than what she set ? Australia makes them put that in the price. It's why using the Australian AirBnB site to find an AirBnB is so much nicer. > also, Airbnb lets you see cleaning price in the listing, so its not a hidden fee. They make it hard to compare listings based on total price, though. Which is especially bullshit when a bunch of listings are clearly using the cleaning fee to boost profit, not to cover cleaning.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

It's listed in the checkout / payment thing I'm sure - it means they cannot bolt additional cost onto things after you've agreed to something.

nicbou 4y ago

In Germany it's listed as part of the price on every page. There's no bait and switch as you click through. It's always possible to pay the price you initially see.

wongarsu 4y ago

Not sure how it looks in the US, but [1] is how a typical AirBnB listing looks on the German website. Right on the listing it just has line items for the nightly cost, cleaning fee, service fee, taxes, and a total (though this is an Italian place, AirBnB listings for places in Germany typically only charge price per day and service fee). The price that's advertised in the overview includes all fees, so you can't appear more attractive by shifting costs to the cleaning fee. 1: https://i.imgur.com/qm7vij3.png https://i.imgur.com/qm7vij3.png

dangwhy 4y ago
thats more fees than usa :D this is usa https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS

chucksmash 4y ago

But it is not taken into account when sorting by lowest price, so you see egregious tricks like "$50/night" AirBnB rooms with a $200 cleaning fee. Hotels do the same thing on HotelTonight. When the amount of the resort fee/cleaning fee ends up doubling the price, that's just dishonesty - even if the truth does eventually come out.

dangwhy 4y ago
> But it is not taken into account when sorting by lowest price It is though. both in sorting and filtering.

yamtaddle 4y ago

> Airbnb adds fees that goes to airbnb ( vs the host). How does that look in germany, its added to the price host sets. Host sees a different price/night on the listing than what she set ? Australia makes them put that in the price. It's why using the Australian AirBnB site to find an AirBnB is so much nicer. > also, Airbnb lets you see cleaning price in the listing, so its not a hidden fee. They make it hard to compare listings based on total price, though. Which is especially bullshit when a bunch of listings are clearly using the cleaning fee to boost profit, not to cover cleaning.