Also fuck enshittification!
$1k deposit, but yeah
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Don't forget having to find the cameras watching you, and text messages every 38 minutes telling you to leave 5 star reviews.
I like hitting my vape a few times around the AirBnB.
I want them to hit me with a cleaning fee and them explain how they knew I was vaping unflavored eliquid.
It still stinks. You’ve just blown out your ability to smell it. Don’t vape indoors in shared spaces, it’s gross.
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For sure, people think they know where to put the cameras for the best show, but they really don’t. Gotta help them out with that.
If you’re a party of 4 or fewer and are only staying for a couple of nights, a hotel with breakfast included is the better choice. Chain hotels also have a minimum baseline of quality so you at least have some expectation of consistency anywhere you go. Less chances of hidden cameras too.
Unless the point of your travel is the accommodation itself, you’ll likely only be in there for less than 12 hours a day, so all you really need is a secure room with a clean bed and bathroom.
Separate bedrooms and a kitchen have a pretty high value for a lot of travelers. You are making a big generalization here.
Idk my airbnb had a heat alarm fitted on the ceiling directly above the stove, so when we decided to cook we discovered that it sets off above 45°C, is not a smoke alarm, and we were already overwhelmed with stress before that cataclysmic screech. I smashed it off the ceiling (because I can't think through the noise to find the latch), told them "fuck you, hated the stay," and I never got a fine. Left the pieces of alarm where they lay.
Those are supposed to be an improvement for small spaces where smoke alarms can be too sensitive and go off all the time. Of course, they're supposed to be on the ceiling.
To be frank it was a very small space aha - kitchen was just round a corner from the living space, almost 3 walls of a square, and about 1.5 metres wide. Nowhere for the heat to go but up
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I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb, and after everything I’ve read online, I can’t think of a compelling reason to.
Edit: my goodness, such evangelism! Perhaps I should reconsider my position
I've had good luck, but most of the time for a 1 night stay a hotel is better.
If it's multiple nights or a group that's where airbnb is more appealing. You have to put in the work to read everything the owner posts and the reviews to figure out if they are they type to engage in shenanigans. It's worked so far, but ridiculous to have to check for it
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They're good for big groups and certain locations.
My wife has a big online friend group that likes to get together a couple times a year in various places around the US. For 15ish people, AirBnB is cheaper than hotels and lets everyone stay together in one place with room to congregate and cook real meals. It's also easier to find cabins and stuff in remote nature areas than hotels.
We're also planning a weeklong trip to NYC, and even with rewards points AirBnB was cheaper than a hotel.
Outside those specific circumstances, if it's just us and we're only spending a night or two in a less expensive location, hotels are basically always better
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Hotels suck ass too. We stayed in a "luxury" hilton and it was shit. It looked nice at first, but then
- Everything was falling apart.
- You got a "complimentary" water bottle (like a kirkland style) if you were a member, but it was $2.50 (maybe even $3.50 which I think I would have remembered cuz it's funny) if you weren't.
- They charged you a $60 deposit in case you use that bottle of water or something? We got that back, but it was stupid that we had to check.
- We didn't use the parking pass for 2 days and they refused to give that money back.
They're only being a little nicer right now because they're losing business. They'll go back to huge shits if they get the market share back.
Maybe I misunderstand the parking pass thing, but I'm not sure why you would get the money back just because you didn't use it. My assumption (which may be wrong!) is that while you had that pass, capacity was allocated to you and could not be sold to someone else. Like buying a seat ticket for a show and not showing up.
That said, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that isn't quite the case. I should probably give you the benefit of the doubt.
We asked and they said they would, then wouldn't, multiple times. We were so annoyed at that point that we were going to annoy them back.
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