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Right! Because travel is for the rich who can afford expensive hotels! NYC example shows what banning AirBnB decreased the price dramatically. Add /s on your ta

• objektif 3y ago
  In my experience hotels are almost always cheaper than a similar quality Airbnb. So this is certainly a move in the right direction.
  • skybrian 3y ago
    If you want to stay somewhere local (without a car) there often aren't any hotels.
    • objektif 3y ago
      Why should there be a hotel in every town? May be we were not supposed to vacation in a remote town in the middle of nowhere. If locals love the idea of having their houses as short term rental so be it. If they dont, it is not for us to decide for them honestly.
      • skybrian 3y ago
        Because you are visiting someone, and they don't have room at their place for you to stay. Not all travel is business or tourism.
    • foogazi 3y ago
      Every town has a hotel/motel - people traveled before AirBnB
• rtkwe 3y ago
  I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say in the second half but AirBnBs and other STRs are barely cheaper than hotels in most cases now after you factor in the fees most places tack on at checkout.
  • max_ 3y ago
    I don't think you have looked at hotel prices
    • rtkwe 3y ago
      Not for Hawaii but I'm not homebody I do travel and look at AirBnB vs Hotels on most trips.
  • tarr11 3y ago
    I think this depends on the size of the group you are traveling with and how long you are traveling. If you have a family of 4 or more, AirBnb tends for be more cost effective. A lot of the costs tend to spread out as you get more square footage or spend longer periods of time.
    • rtkwe 3y ago
      My wife and I travelling together will still sometimes use an AirBnB over a hotel but mostly when we're staying more than a few days and don't want to deal with eating at a restaurant every day or there's a very nice location. It's still easier to find comparable out of the way places on AirBnB's in quite a few spots, especially when you're far enough out of town that your next closest competitor tends to be more traditional vacation rental cabins etc.
  • vitorbaptistaa 3y ago
    I wonder if this is the result of hotels having to compete with Airbnbs and dropping their prices. I'd love to read a study on this.
• skhunted 3y ago
  It is for the rich. Is there any other way to see it? Obviously a large majority of the world’s 8 billion people can’t afford to travel. Maybe it bothers you that the amount of wealth required to stay in Hawaii puts it out of reach for you but it’s worthwhile to reflect on the fact that you are rich by the word’s standards.
  • bsimpson 3y ago
    > a large majority of the world’s 8 billion people can’t afford to travel Total tangent, but I don't think most people have considered the ramifications of this changing. Increasing travel demand only takes a small increase in the amount of disposable income of people at the margins - people who want to travel but can't afford it. Increasing travel supply is approximately impossible at the first derivative - the places that people want to travel are places that have hundreds/thousands of years of history drawing them in. You can't simply make another Florence because the first one is too busy. Same problem re: national parks (which are moving to a reservation system to try to cope). I suspect we'll continue to see places that haven't historically been interesting to/developed for travelers try to stake their claims as alternatives. There are some small cities in Italy that are fantastic destinations at the moment - accentuating themselves with travel amenities but not yet mobbed by travelers. This is only going to get worse over time (more people able to afford travel than there are places worth traveling) unless there's a major shock like having the concept of travel canceled by climate change activists. I wonder what cool opportunities there are in trying to solve this.
• bongodongobob 3y ago
  It's not 2018. Most airbnbs I've looked at are twice the cost of a local hotel unless they're a tiny shithole. In which case I'd still pick the hotel.