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FTA, $500 per day to rent an historic mansion overlooking the bay (i.e. before the bridge obstruction) I have a family wedding to attend back east this autumn
by virtualwhys 3y ago
FTA, $500 per day to rent an historic mansion overlooking the bay (i.e. before the bridge obstruction)
I have a family wedding to attend back east this autumn and we're looking at around that (before "service fees" and taxes) to sleep 5 out in the sticks of New Hampshire -- short-term housing has truly gotten out of hand, basically everywhere.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoYeah Airbnb has become so outrageously expensive and is so much less convenient than a hotel that it's almost never worth it anymore, it's crazy.
- r00fus 3y agoIt's sad because AirBnB has also similarly shrunk the "suite" class of room that we as a 5 person family need. So we're forced into using AirBnB/VRBO because hotels only offer 2+2 (and most rental sites don't let you even look for 5 person rooms). Ugh.
- bastardoperator 3y agoI'm trying to book multiple(4) rooms for 9 people and most places I've searched just don't seem to support the idea of a group traveling. I don't want to call every place, I'm just trying to shop.
- dylan604 3y agoSometimes, letting professionals help is the only way. They already know the places that can accommodate your party's size, and can often get very competitive rates.
- whitemary 3y agoHiring this type of professional does not come at a "competitive rate"
- t-writescode 3y agoTravel Agents tend to be free (for the traveler), what are you talking about?
- WJW 3y agoUnless they are also free for the person renting out the place, wouldn't they simply raise the price by the cost of the travel agent?
- dylan604 3y agoSimilar to apartment locators, the "agent" is often paid by a commission from the apartment rather than by the person using the service. So this is one of those cases where you are the product.
- aetherson 3y agoNo doubt. But probably not specifically for this stay, so basically all the people who also rent this place without using a travel agent are subsidizing your use of the travel agent.
- perfmode 3y agowhere does one find a travel agent?
- t-writescode 3y agoI'm looking for one right now xD Using BBB and Yelp xD
- ptudan 3y agoJust search for 4. You're almost never going to get in trouble for sleeping 2 adults and 3 kids in a hotel room for 4.
- mc32 3y agoOften you can find that they will charge $xx per additional person, if you go over the listed figure (if you choose to declare the overage).
- itsmartapuntocm 3y agoCruise ships do this too, even if the extra person is an infant.
- late2part 3y agoMore often they will declare >N persons a 'fire safety hazard' and refuse for your safety and security. And to help them make more revenue.
- ahi 3y agoFrom personal experience, just stick the youngest on the floor
- tomcam 3y agoThat’s outrageous. You could trip over one and sprain your ankle. We just tied ours outside and told people the kids identified as dogs.
- greenhorn360 3y agoThere's an active genocide going on but you just had to go there. This would have still been funny without this tired, old, cliche of a "joke"
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- kaiwen1 3y agoNegotiate if you’re staying for a month or more. I frequently get prices that are less than half the asking price.
- herbst 3y agoYou can always negotiate. When I did nomading I regularly only booked on or two days with booking and then asked for a deal for one or two more weeks if I liked the place. At least the 15% or so fee from booking portals are easily waved. If you are off season and the hotel is empty anyway they often are happy to go even further.
- switchbak 3y agoThings must be different here (BC, Canada). I can't think of why I'd ever rent a hotel room when AirBnB's are usually a similar price and way more comfortable (usually). Unless I had a worry about cancellations I suppose.
- iLoveOncall 3y agoThey are comfortable during the stay, but not when you arrive or leave and waste so much time there. I never know if that Airbnb will have toilet paper, towels, shampoo, dishwashing liquid, etc. and for everything that they don't I have to do a supermarket trip and buy a quantity that would last 2 months when I'm staying 2 days. Then when you leave, despite paying 20% of cleaning fees, you may be asked to do the dishes, vaccum the floor, etc. All of that together has an extremely high cost, especially on a vacation.
- prmoustache 3y agoIn europe my experience is kind of the oposite. Airbnbs have been incrementally more expensive over the years. Thet are now as expensive as hotels, but without the quality of service. Only times I enjoy airbnb are when I am travelling alone, don't need more than a room, and want to actually have the opportunity to chat and get tips from the host.
- bombcar 3y agoAirBnB is like the proverbial curléd girl: When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid.
- switchbak 3y agoThis comment is Google's first hit for "curléd girl". I don't know what that is, but it made me laugh!
- kelnos 3y agoI live in the US, and for most places I travel in-country, my experience is similar to yours. There are exceptions, of course.
- dmd 3y agoI have the exact opposite experience -- as someone who always wants two adjoining rooms (for kids). Doing that in a hotel tends to cost as much as 3 times what an Airbnb would cost, and the airbnb is more comfortable. You just need to actually read reviews.
- casenmgreen 3y agoI'm hearing AirBnB have for a little while now been playing fast and loose with reviews - genuine and fair negative reviews are being blocked, and it looks like this is to prevent (short-term) loss of revenue to AirBnB.
- extr 3y agoYeah what I've found with Airbnb is these days you need to optimize way harder for host quality/reviews and less for your actual preference in terms of location, price, furnishings. If the place has a 4.95, you will get what you pay for. 4.5-4.8 = there many be some hiccups. < 4.5 you might as well go to Vegas and put the money on black.
- culopatin 3y agoWell you have a very particular scenario, but in most cases, having to clean up everything, take the trash out, doing dishes, cleaning grill, taking linens out, collecting towels and starting the washer while still getting kicked out at 10? And paying hundreds for cleaning on top of that? You can’t enjoy the last day and you’re paying for it.
- madaxe_again 3y agoYou choose poorly, I’m afraid to say. I ask my guests to do nothing but lock the door behind them, and I don’t charge a cleaning fee.
- culopatin 3y agoYeah blame me all you want but you’re an exception, not the rule. Good for you though and I hope to find more hosts like you.
- stdbrouw 3y agoThey mention this was before the Loma Prieta earthquake which was in 1989; if we take inflation from 1980 to now into account that'd be $1600-1900 today. Probably still good value, esp. given the view, but I guess it does depend on how it was furnished at the time.
- smeej 3y agoNew Hampshirite here: Wherever you're trying to stay, it sounds like you're doing it wrong... Unless you're trying to be in, like, Lancaster during PorcFest or something.
- cdchn 3y agoFunny I had never heard about PorcFest until just now and drove by Roger's Campground less than an hour ago.
- smeej 3y agoIt's not that PorcFest is especially widely known. It's just that Lancaster doesn't have much in the way of inventory, and it books up for that one week, even though the event is at a campground.
- fsckboy 3y agoyou got me so excited!... till I could find no mention of pork and porcfest in the same sentence tl;dr Porc refers to porcupines, which is their mascot for libertarians
- ClimaxGravely 3y agoPardon the sidebar. What does FTA stand for? Googling the term doesn't seem to yield results that make sense to me.
- deodar 3y agoFrom The Article, I assume.
- coolsunglasses 3y agoFrom the article
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- AtNightWeCode 3y agoHotels in SF are affordable for some reason.
- tomcam 3y agoWell, you’re obviously not looking for abandoned navy mansions. Don’t worry, I’m not charging for this valuable tip.
- samstave 3y agoI, too, choose this man's Dead Wedding.