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That's a wide mischaracterization. There's a very continuous spectrum from eight room highway roach motels to $8,000+/night vegas penthouse suites. It's not e

• bjterry 13y ago
  I believe his point about 'meh' style business is that there is a wide range of prices, but that hotels are largely similar at every given price range. They lack real differentiation that might make any of them particularly compelling for a particular type of consumer at a given price level (hence don't match modern lifestyle).
• guard-of-terra 13y ago
  Most hotels are an expensive overkill when you want to get somewhere fast and for cheap, do some sighseeing/do some job/visit some event and leave. That's the modern lifestyle: fast, cheap, in bulk yet personalized. Why have one long and expensive trip in a year when you can have five short inexpensive ones? They are also misguided: I don't need somebody to sneak into my room each day in order to "clean" it (I'm staying three days, is's not that I produce much dirt during stay) but I would appreciate having a small kitchen and a fridge (not minibar, those are like the stupidest thing ever). Well, AirBNB supports your local populace directly by letting them rent out their propety to support their family/drug habit/whatnot. And the fun thing, it's not even a job.
  • seiji 13y ago
    supports your local populace That's the operative thought. I'd rather support Rosaria The Housekeeper and Brent The High School Junior Front Desk Clerk helping at a hotel rather than have everything go to Overextended Hipster Douche who bought more apartment than he can afford and now rents it out to cover his high lifestyle (plus, as we've teased out, the Overlay Country of AirBnB fee/taxes go back to a single company for stays all over the world. Convert your thinking into scorn for exploitative capture, not praise for "omg amazeballs sky high rocket local social mobile viral growth!"). At least we agree sneaky daily room cleaning is bizarre and completely unnecessary. (and this is hilarious: Why have one long and expensive trip in a year when you can have five short inexpensive ones? -- have you seen my profile?)
    • guard-of-terra 13y ago
      I would choose supporting Hipster over Rosaria The Housekeeper every time. Rosaria The Housekeeper consistently votes for scary people every time who then do abominable things. I'll surely try to starve The Housekeeper demographics for cash every time I can. Or she is an illegal immigrant whose job I do not want to help create. Overextended Hipster Douche is my Class friend, of course I'll back him. WRT taxes, it's job of the state to regulate and tax markets. Why don't they do that? Regulate != destroy if they wonder. P. S. Your travel log is impressive but makes you not representative of general trends. That is, casual travel.
      • rdouble 13y ago
        Rosaria The Housekeeper consistently votes for scary people every time who then do abominable things. Neither the Rosarias or Hipsters in this country vote much at all, and when they do it's for the same guy.
        • guard-of-terra 13y ago
          I wasn't talking about USA specifically and I predict even in USA it's bound to change.
          • rdouble 13y ago
            Your comments don't make any sense if you weren't talking about the USA.
            • guard-of-terra 13y ago
              Why? I wrote them, they make sense to me, I've never been near USA.
  • rdouble 13y ago
    I've found that cheap hotels are usually cheaper than AirBNB if I want the whole place to myself.