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I’m currently living this lifestyle for the past 5 years and I can say I’m exhausted from it. It’s fun and rewarding but it can also be very annoying and atroc

I’m currently living this lifestyle for the past 5 years and I can say I’m exhausted from it. It’s fun and rewarding but it can also be very annoying and atrocious quick. Airbnb support was always good to me at getting refunds but nothing else. I’ve had all levels of hosts and such. You really need To be ready to move with the punches and book farther ahead to get the best deals. Even a 2 week out reservation helps tons from filtering the last minute bad places that no one else wants. Photography on Airbnb is everything. I’ve seen horrid pictures and the place was amazing and then it worked for me because of poor forecast I could book with the host cheaply, direct with no worry about guests booking. I’ve also been fooled with amazing photos and “fantastic” reviews but the place was absolutely meh. The reviews on Airbnb are pretty worthless, people protect their rating at all cost and will not write bad things. I actually get better insight from new guests writing their first reviews vs “experienced” ones and fearfully I’ve just write reviews good and above - if I had a bad experience I won’t document it, the chilling effect is to strong and future hosts can see what reviews you leave. I also use it as a host so that works a lot too - I’ve had many host say they had competing reservation requests and chose me because of more reviews and also being a “host.” It is conflicting. But to reiterate it is exhausting - you do live out of a suitcase or two and that can be freeing or exhausting

sshine 3y ago
> The reviews on Airbnb are pretty worthless, people protect their rating at all cost and will not write bad things. I actually get better insight from new guests writing their first reviews vs “experienced” ones Lack of honest reviews is a real problem. I cannot write the small things because it will doom a host, and if I write the big things, I risk that the host reports my account and I can’t use Airbnb again. The last time I used Airbnb renting a room, I wrote a five-star review containing words that said the host probably needed to update the pictures, since they don’t showcase the wood workshop he had installed into the room. So yeah, slightly less cozy way to show your wife your work city living in a wood workshop.
quickthrower2 3y ago
Thanks. I think some of us (well me) are more suited to holidays than travelling as a lifestyle. It is the contrast from the normal that makes it exciting.

sshine 3y ago

> The reviews on Airbnb are pretty worthless, people protect their rating at all cost and will not write bad things. I actually get better insight from new guests writing their first reviews vs “experienced” ones Lack of honest reviews is a real problem. I cannot write the small things because it will doom a host, and if I write the big things, I risk that the host reports my account and I can’t use Airbnb again. The last time I used Airbnb renting a room, I wrote a five-star review containing words that said the host probably needed to update the pictures, since they don’t showcase the wood workshop he had installed into the room. So yeah, slightly less cozy way to show your wife your work city living in a wood workshop.

quickthrower2 3y ago

Thanks. I think some of us (well me) are more suited to holidays than travelling as a lifestyle. It is the contrast from the normal that makes it exciting.