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Every single thread on airbnb seems to be dominated by this comment. I really don't understand the FUD. It is "solved" in usa airbnb too , infact german one se
by dangwhy 4y ago
Every single thread on airbnb seems to be dominated by this comment. I really don't understand the FUD.
It is "solved" in usa airbnb too , infact german one seems to have more fees/line items, not less.
example: https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS https://imgur.com/a/FJaKHvS
https://imgur.com/a/1JJLpI0 https://imgur.com/a/1JJLpI0
can someone make a PSA to all the people making this "hosts pulling shit" comment on every single airbnb thread.
And yes you can also filter by total price.
- nextaccountic 4y agoDoes the US version show the total price while browsing search results or only when checking out?
- dangwhy 4y agoyes while searching also https://imgur.com/a/1JJLpI0 https://imgur.com/a/1JJLpI0
- foo92691 4y agoBut it's not really the "total price". It doesn't include taxes.
- dangwhy 4y agowhich site includes taxes though? I don't see it on amazon.com, even physical stores don't have taxes included. Why do you have such spl expectation for just airbnb?
- toomuchtodo 4y agoAirlines are required to do it [1], it's time to force lodging to do it with legislation. These sites will not do it otherwise. "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else.” -- Winston Churchill [1] https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/buying-ticket https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer...
- scarface74 4y agoYes because AirBnb hosts will surely follow the law and local ordinances this time…
- toomuchtodo 4y agoYour recourse is against Airbnb proper if they do not abide by federal statute or FTC rules. Hosts will have no choice in the matter.
- scarface74 4y agoHow has that recourse worked on the local and state levels so far?
- toomuchtodo 4y agoNo, because they’re not the federal government?
- propogandist 4y agothe airbnb.com.au version does because AU law requires it. I use it to search in the US as it’s the only way to know all in cost, which the US version always tries to obfuscate
- tylermac1 4y agoTo be fair, on the US site it's an "Early Access" feature that is in no way the default. On airbnb.com.au, the full cost is the default view, and you can change the pricing to USD very easily in the bottom floating footer.
- enraged_camel 4y agoNo, this is an early access thing that they have been rolling out slowly. I went to Airbnb.com just now, and got this banner: https://i.imgur.com/zasryfr.png https://i.imgur.com/zasryfr.png So it's a new thing.
- foo92691 4y agoIt includes the cleaning fee and Airbnb service fee, but inexplicably, excludes taxes.
- dangwhy 4y agonothing in USA includes taxes in the list price, except airlines.
- ghaff 4y agoIn general, hotel and rental car sites will let you display whether they do so by default or not.
- smelendez 4y agoI would think it matters more with hotels/Airbnbs than many other goods because hotel taxes can vary a lot when you cross city lines
- ballenf 4y agoFWIW, before Amazon started collecting taxes on 3rd party seller sales you could sort by total including tax when listing all seller options of a product. The reason it makes more sense to do it for hotels is that many cities have 15+% or $$/night taxes. The highest rate is 20%. https://hvs.com/article/8911-2020-HVS-Lodging-Tax-Report-USA https://hvs.com/article/8911-2020-HVS-Lodging-Tax-Report-USA
- mariosisters 4y agoJust tried booking in the AirBnB app. The price shown on the map is the bullshit price, not the total including fees divided by the number of nights. So, the PSA is “don’t listen to this bozo, it’s still shit”.
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- scarface74 4y agoCan I filter by: “don’t have to deal with a long list of shit the host expects me to do before I leave?” Guess how long the list is when I check out of a hotel: 1. Press the check out button on the app and leave 2. There is no number #2
- dangwhy 4y agosure you can just book hotels if you expect that experience. I don't understand 'airbnb should exactly be like a hotel' expectation.
- scarface74 4y agoIt shouldn’t be worse
- dangwhy 4y agowhy not ?
- sokoloff 4y agoAirbnb is a different thing; it will be better in some ways and worse in others.
- scarface74 4y agoHow is AirBnb in anyway better?