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I mostly agree. But I have a couple of horror stories about staying in hotels too. The main thing about hotels is that you rarely book them for a week or a mon

I mostly agree. But I have a couple of horror stories about staying in hotels too. The main thing about hotels is that you rarely book them for a week or a month. So if it's bad, it's usually easy to leave. Also, it's a business, so sometimes they care about their reputation. Airbnb used to be good, but it's been awful for a while now. I'm not saying it's all bad, but it's mostly bad. If property rating is plummeting, they can simply reset and relist the property - Airbnb doesn't punish such behaviour. Unfortunately, if you need to stay somewhere long term, there are no global alternatives to Airbnb.

busterarm 1y ago
I view a horror story as a situation where I have no recourse. Like a prepaid non-refundable booking. In most hotel booking situations the most that you can lose is a day. If it's truly the hotel's fault they will either comp this or you can easily claw it back via chargeback. I pretty commonly book week stays in hotels and the only real friction I've found there is that I can't book some places online and have to call to make the reservation. I know how difficult that is for recent generations. The thing about the long-term bookings that people don't understand is that there's risk on the property side. No-shows for bookings are unfortunately more common than you think and having a room locked out and not making money for multiple days is a major problem. Calling helps and sometimes I do it anyway because they'll give me a better rate than online...