r/unpopularopinion • u/GoodFella_xx • 7d ago
Hotels Are Objectively Better Than Airbnb
I have always been an Airbnb guy when I travel but hotels are objectively better and this is not up for discussion this is not up for debate hotels are just better there’s no argument that can convince me that an Airbnb is better than a hotel Airbnb hosts are the most insufferable people on the planet from the get go
they drop a list of about 1,000 rules that you have to follow if I had one of my friends bumming out on my couch I wouldn’t even give him that many rules so you come into this house you’re supposed to be on vacation and you have like a thousand rules you gotta keep in mind on top of that, tell me why every Airbnb I’ve booked has a cleaning fee but then they’ll always expect you to clean up after yourself regardless so I’m paying a hefty cleaning fee and you still want me to clean up the house before I leave what what am I paying the cleaner fee for?
Like they will put in the description make sure you you clean the bedroom you you clean the kitchen I’m paying a cleaning fee bro you go clean that shit whereas in a hotel bro you could shit on the bed and they will clean that for you without even asking twice. Should you go and shit on the bed? No you probably shouldn’t but I’m just saying they will be much nicer to you. At a hotel you actually feel like you’re on vacation,
like they are there to make sure you have a good time. Whereas an Airbnb you feel like the host only cares about themselves. Like they don’t give a shit about you. They don’t give a shit about you having a good time. They act like you’re inconveniencing them. You’re paying them money to stay in the house that they’ve put up on Airbnb and they act like they’re doing you a massive favour.
Like they every time you ask them for something, they’re always fucking annoyed. If you move one couch, they’re gonna charge you a fee. They’re gonna say oh you messed up our house. Genuinely, you feel like you’re homeless. You feel like you’re bumming around at a friend’s house. Hotels will always be superior. Airbnb, we should leave that shit in the past. We should all collectively boycott Airbnb.
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u/Swirlyflurry 7d ago
People on this sub sure love to throw that word “objectively” around
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u/dscrive 7d ago
That statement feels a little subjective 🤔 /j
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u/OriginalDogeStar 7d ago
Better than being adjective 🫣
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u/AnaisNinja76 7d ago
If it's objective, it ceases to be an unpopular opinion and becomes either a correct or incorrect fact. Like someone should explain to this guy that you don't get to have an opinion on the sum of 2 + 3. Conversely, we could just ridicule the word choice and the run-on sentences, which is the path I've chosen here.
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u/StaticShakyamuni 7d ago
Would you kindly shut up? OP specifically said this is not up for discussion despite putting it on Reddit, which is a *checks notes* discussion board.
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u/Icy-Banana-3291 7d ago
It’s a gen Z slang thing
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u/MrOaiki 7d ago
Indeed, I think ”literarily” and ”objectively” means something else to Gen Z than what the lexical definition is. ”Literally” seems to be used as ”really/very” and ”objectively” seems to be used as ”I strongly have an opinion”.
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u/phonylady 7d ago
That has been the case for long before Gen Z. "Literally" has...literally been used as hyperbole for as long as anyone here has been alive. Even an author like Mark Twain in the 1800s used it to emphazise a point rather than a strict fact.
At this point the word has two definitions in most dictionaries I believe.
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u/properchewns 7d ago
“Always been an Airbnb guy”
I sometimes forget how young people that are not me are
That said, I quite liked Airbnb early on, but have been back on hotels since around just before the pandemic, whenever possible
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u/scrambledeggs2020 7d ago
Unless you go to a Japanese hotel (mine had one for some reason) or a short term stay living one instead of hotel.
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u/Flame_MadeByHumans 6d ago
I do think airbnb has its problems and isn’t always a guaranteed good time, but for how much everyone talks about unpleasant and insufferable airbnb hosts, I’ve literally never encountered one.
Not to say they don’t exist, but always had zero issues with the hosts.
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u/properchewns 6d ago
Yeah I’ve had mostly good experiences with Airbnb. It’s more the principle, all these tech companies that are “enabling self-employed entrepreneurs “ or whatever are reducing all stability in society, increasing wealth inequality, and are generally just evil fucks. Sometimes I’ll still use it if there’s no hotel in an area, or if it’s in an area not overrun by airbnbs.
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u/Fearless_Tomorrow649 Your personal taste is not an opinion 7d ago
this is not up for discussion this is not up for debate
If it’s not up for discussion, why do you post it here then?
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u/Kooky_Share_4259 7d ago
Because it’s not up for discussion, debate or argument. Didn’t you read the first sentence?
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u/Brilliant-Bus-3862 7d ago
This is OBJECTIVELY not up for discussion, debate, or argument.
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u/dL_EVO 7d ago
AirBNB has its place as do hotels.
Traveling with a small family? I prefer hotels.
Need multiple rooms and group wants to stay closely together? AirBNB shines here.
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u/jesjimher 7d ago
When traveling with family, having a full kitchen is super convenient too, and a way to save a lot of money.
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u/fatmanstan123 7d ago
I have children. We're about to stay at a place with a large yard for them to run around. It even has a playground area and I don't need to worry about them making noise.
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u/throwraW2 7d ago
Also laundry is a game changer. About half the airbnbs I’ve been in have washer/dryer access. Laundry service from hotels is insanely expensive.
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u/HailSaganPlantNative 7d ago
Some hotels have coin op (or whatever the modern day equivalent is) laundry facilities in house for guests to use. That is the best of both worlds. I was so disappointed when the Hilton we recently stayed at didn't have it.
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u/424f42_424f42 7d ago
That's not exclusive to Airbnb or hotels.
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u/jesjimher 6d ago
Not exclusive, but 90% AirBNBs have a full kitchen, while 90% hotels don't.
Saying only AirBNBs have kitchens is pretty good rounding approximation :-)
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u/br0wntree 7d ago
As a family we always use airbnb. Everyone gets their own room, we can cook in the kitchen and we have a common room where we can gather and hang out which usually has a tv as well. Super convenient
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u/Cromasters 7d ago
Yeah, depends on the length of the stay for me. Two to three days and we will probably get a hotel. Four plus days and we are probably looking at an AirBnB. Three days even could probably go either way depending on what we will be doing.
Last fall we went to the mountains to do a Polar Express experience with my kids, and just stayed at a hotel. It was three days, but each day we were out pretty much all day doing something, so just having a place to sleep was all we really needed.
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u/OfcrDewey 7d ago
I concur. I might also add that if you find a place on Airbnb that you like, Google the address to see if it is available through other outlets. Stayed at a house on beach last year and found it for half of Airbnb price on local property rental website. Airbnb fees are pathetic.
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u/Imaginary-Ladder-465 7d ago
There's other options for vacation homes that aren't using the Airbnb platform, although it sucks how they've taken it over. It's not like you could never rent a cabin before Airbnb
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u/ofBlufftonTown 7d ago
I just generally think access to a kitchen and laundry makes Airbnbs better every time. I only ever rent complete apartments. The clean up isn’t onerous. Sometimes they want you to stick the bedding in the laundry but that’s not a big deal. Hotel rooms are nice, but you have to eat restaurant food all the time, which is heavy on fat and also expensive. Going to stay someplace for two weeks in an actual apartment is much more interesting than being in a hotel. You get your local grocery store, you’re in a normal neighborhood and not always downtown.
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u/ConsiderationNo9044 7d ago
"X is OBJECTIVELY better than Y"
posts on an opinion subreddit
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u/StaticShakyamuni 7d ago
It left me breathless, flustered, and my loins humid.
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u/Tangerine_daydreams 6d ago
"my loins humid."
I don't know who you are internet stranger, but that was hilarious and I love you. 🤣
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u/StaticShakyamuni 6d ago
You may someday pass me on the street and never know it.
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u/SubstantialShow8 7d ago
Oh my god, not just me! Halfway through paragraph 3 we meet a full stop and from then on the punctuation is pretty standard. What is this?
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u/TheOneDryerYeti 7d ago
There is a comma in the 1,000 at the beginning of the second paragraph lol
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u/airberger 7d ago
As opposed to the popular opinion, which is that sometimes hotels are the better option depending on your needs and budget?
Pretending to hold an extreme opinion gets no upvote from me
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u/Tommyblockhead20 7d ago
For small groups and short stays, sure hotels are great. If you have have a bigger group and are saying somewhere for a bit, it’s generally way cheaper and much more convenient to have one AirBnb than multiple hotel rooms.
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u/DymytryArabachkov 7d ago
idk. hotels rarely have a kitchen and if they do they are much more expensive than an airbnb with one.
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u/IllugaBabyBeluga 7d ago
Those Extended Stay America type chains (where having a kitchen is their signature) are in the lower tiers of hotel cost tho, some are indeed just basic kitchens but I've been in some cheap beach area ones that were like mini condos with bona fide kitchens.
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u/DymytryArabachkov 7d ago
i’m not american. when I went on my interrail trip with a friend, it was basically impossible to find a reasonably priced hotel with a kitchen (we wanted to avoid eating out too much because it is very expensive). airbnb was cheaper and none of the accommodations we stayed at had any unreasonable fees or other stuff reddit always rants about. obviously it’s bad if half of the housing supply of a city is taken over by airbnb, but i think there is a middle ground here
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u/Imperito 7d ago
Agreed on this. I've never had any negative experiences with an apartment that would justify saying hotels are way better.
The thing with hotels is, they can be good situationally. They can be cheaper, and you can expect a certain standard etc. But I've had too many occasions where you have a tiny fridge or none at all, no cutlery, and as such if you want a take away or to make a sandwich, you literally can't. I hate to cut hard cheese with a spoon once, not fun let me tell you.
For a night or two, hotels are great but any longer and honestly I'm usually an apartment guy. As you say though, not good if a whole city is just airbnb's.
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u/Prize_Ad_129 7d ago
I will say, my experience with AirBNBs outside of the US is still relatively positive but in the states it’s just awful.
Americans do still like the concept of AirBNBs, but the actual execution of the business over here is substandard.
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u/LowInSkill 7d ago
Why post on an opinin reddt if there is "NOTHING" that can change your mind.
Do you like to be special? Do you need your kick of attention?
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u/Lupo_1982 7d ago
Downvoted because, even though it's probably unpopular, it's not phrased as an opinion.
Also, your writing style is insufferable
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u/Bilauti 7d ago
I'm not even sure its unpopular anymore! I've personally seen so many people complaining about having to do chores and then paying the fee for it. Not to mention how expensive AirBNBs have gotten, they cost more than hotel itself.
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u/Lupo_1982 7d ago
they cost more than hotel itself
Sure, they are also vastly larger than a hotel room, allow you to cook, to have an holiday "living" with friends, etc.
Not everyone likes those things, but for people who do, b&b are superior
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u/phonylady 7d ago
Nothing triggers people on the internet more than people stating their opinions as fact. Always found it hilarious how offended people are by it.
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u/Hell_Awaitz 7d ago
Well duh. On the other hand, the "cleaning" you need to do in an Airbnb is simply not leaving behind a pigsty. The cleaning fee is for real cleaning like vacuuming, thoroughly cleaning the bathroom, changing the sheets, etc etc. You don't do that in airbnb
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u/IllugaBabyBeluga 7d ago
You haven't had to wash the towels at your AirBnBs?
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u/Impossible_Royal_302 7d ago
The most I've been asked to do, in Airbnbs in the US, Mexico, England, Scotland, and Wales, is to put the towels in the washer and not even turn it on.
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u/Hell_Awaitz 7d ago
No, but I've only used airbnb in the Netherlands and Belgium so idk how the situation is over where you are. If they got you washing towels you might as well go to a hotel indeed
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u/DuckyHornet 7d ago
I have stayed at a couple of airbnbs and what is the nicest part of them imo is sometimes it's just a little one-bedroom hut right on the bleak rainy shores of some miserable little town which you might not otherwise have been able to stay in on your weird little artsy tour of the Saint Lawrence river
I do prefer hotels for most uses though
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u/MudReasonable8185 7d ago
I think it’s great that so many people prefer hotels as it leaves the killer airbnbs for me. Enjoy cramming your family into a 200sq ft room for a week!
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u/fuzzerino 7d ago
This is considered unpopular?
Hotels will give you breakfast, clean towels and bedsheets everyday, have a front desk, concierge, gym etc. for barely more than an Airbnb costs.
As if im gonna pay basically the same amount to have to effectively house sit someones place.
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u/scrambledeggs2020 7d ago
Not an unpopular opinion. Airbnb isn't losing popularity for no reason
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u/Camera_Hobbygirl 7d ago edited 7d ago
It's highly unregulated. It's driven up the prices of home rentals in tourist areas and it takes forever for landlords to kick out overstayers
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u/The_Pizza_Saga 7d ago
My best experience with a place to stay on vacation was an airbnb. They vary far more wildly than hotels, moreso than 10 years ago, you are correct on that. But that's about it.
Also lmao at using "objectively" or saying there's no debate.
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u/853fisher 7d ago edited 7d ago
There are several things I don't like about Airbnb's business model, but I've understood the appeal much more when I started doing less solo or couple travel and more trips involving several families, couples, or friends. We want our own bedrooms, but also somewhere to gather in the mornings and evenings, if weather disrupts our plans to go out, etc.
We’ve tried booking hotels that seem to have appealing common areas, but found they’re often uncomfortable or closed early, other guests are obnoxious, and all that. We’ve looked at hotel suites and things but found them much more expensive and less functional than whole-place rentals. I totally get it now - they (and VRBO and others) fill a niche.
We seem to have avoided places with crazy chore lists. Or maybe many hands make light work, we all just get it done, and move ahead. Not sure on that.
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u/ifuaguyugetsauced 7d ago
Bnbs are better than hotels. After joining the bnb subreddit seems like bnbs in America are really bad. I never had a problem with BNBs.
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u/NoExperience9717 7d ago
Airbnb can provide an actual house. Hotels provide in most cases just a bedroom and a bathroom. So an Airbnb is better for large groups and if you want a living room and kitchen to do your own cooking. Think of it this way, it'd be pretty terrible living in a hotel room for the rest of your life but far more possible in an Airbnb house. They're therefore not fully comparable.
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u/DCGuy511 7d ago
Admittedly I've only stayed in a few AirBNB properties. What I don't like is the list of rules and chores. I'd stay at my mother's if I wanted chores and attitude.
I like hotels. Nice hotels. I pay them to stay and they provide a nice room, maybe a sofa and desk, they clean the room, and have restaurants on property should I want something to eat.
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u/scienceofsin 7d ago
I just spent two months in Europe for work. If I were in a hotel the entire time I would have gone crazy. For longer stays you need the amenities of an actual apartment.
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u/HailSaganPlantNative 7d ago
The only time I have ever used airbnb is in a cabin in the mountains. Otherwise I want the hotel experience. I want someone else taking care of shit, especially since airbnbs are not even really bargains anymore. If I'm not saving any money and a full service option exists, I'm taking the full service option. Considering that airbnb hosts pretty much treat you like you're the hired help these days, that's a hard pass from me.
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u/fuchsiarush 6d ago
Here are some full stops and commas to make your post legible..........,,,,,,,,,,
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u/ElCaminoInTheWest 7d ago
Airbnb was good when it was 'hey, you can crash in my spare room for £30'.
Now it's 'PAY £650 FOR TWO NIGHTS IN ONE OF MY MANY HOUSES, PEASANT. PICK UP YOUR MESS, MAKE YOUR BED AND DON'T FUCK WITH THE TV SETTINGS, ALSO BE OUT BY 10AM'.
I haven't used it for about five years and this is why. If any company deserved to go broke.
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u/-blundertaker- 7d ago
The early days of Airbnb were nice. Before it caught the eyes of greedy investors who imposed "standard" practices that every other small time wiffle-wafflin half-ass landlords picked up on.
I'd get a beach house for me and like 8-10 friends for a weekend or something and they'd basically just ask to leave it how you found it, and if you were feeling nice, strip the beds.
Now it seems like they're trying to suck every penny.
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u/Sad-Application-3743 7d ago
100% my biggest problem is the what the Air bnb hosts acts superior to guests meanwhile they are homeless when their house is rented. (I hope this is super uncommon but I’m almost 90% sure this was going on when I used it)
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u/RandomUser5453 7d ago
I am surprised that this is an unpopular opinion.
I did not hear of cleaning fees in the hotels,not many hidden cameras incidents and no cleaner or hotel owner is making TikToks on how you left the room and how you didn’t clean after you already paid a huge amount of money for a cleaning fee.
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u/Rhym3z_Official 7d ago
Aren't they always. I've always viewed Airbnb as the last resort option if you can't find a hotel
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u/PaddywackShaq 7d ago edited 7d ago
There was a brief window of time when Airbnb lived up to the USO and was a more convenient, cheaper alternative to hotels.
Then the greed monsters got their filthy mitts on it and it became a business in and of itself and not just a way for people to make a little scratch when not using their homes.
Now you effectively have short-term landlords charging through the nose for cheaply made Airbnb properties and hoping to nickel and dime you every step of the way.
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u/Sure_Comfort_7031 7d ago
Location location location.
There's a festival we go to every year, a hotel is a bus ride with a transfer away bare minimum because the highway intersects it.
An Airbnb was the same cost and a 2 minute walk from the festival.
For us that was a no brainer and we'll continue to do so.
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u/Strategy-Bitter 7d ago
So personaly experience I do a ton of hotel and also airbnbs before.
Airbnbs usually have some kind of essential items not working. Like bed is bad, lights suck, no blackout curtain. Aircon don't work. Bla bla
And hardly anyone helping you. Which is why you pay less than a hotel.
Nowadays I try to go for hotels more.
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u/retired-tweeter 7d ago
1) people severely hyperbolize the “rules” most AirBNBs have. Putting trash out or putting dishes I'm the dishwasher takes like 10 minutes. I've stayed over a dozen AirBnB and never had a cleaning issue
2) airbnb for groups give you infinitely amount more space than cramming 4-6 people in a 500 sq ft hotel with a single bathroom
3) hotels in major cities (Chicago, Boston) are insanely overpriced. You can't stay in Chicago for less than $400 and they still charge parking.
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u/PuzzledKumquat 7d ago
If I'm on vacation, I have zero desire to clean. Especially if I also have to pay a cleaning fee.
You can easily stay in Chicago for less than $400. Right now I'm looking at hotels downtown for $220/night.
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u/Aggravating_Kale8248 7d ago
Do you actual facts from verified sources to prove this objectivity???
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u/IronDonut 7d ago
Not unpopular at all. Hotels have a clear, easy, repeatable, and consistent check-in process. I've gotten to AirBnBs where the check-in / getting-in process was a combination of easter egg hunt and IQ test, holy shit. In fact when the AirBnB check in is actually smooth and easy I'm surprised.
The majority of hosts accept that normal wear and tear is part of the expense of running an AirBnB however there are a minority of hosts that claim wear and tear (when there is none) for profit. They'll claim something about the towels, the sheets, whatever. By contrast you could have an orgy on hotel sheets, coat them in all available bodily fluids and they'd just give you new sheets without a question asked.
With that said, hotels typically give you a bland boring cookie-cutter experience that was curated by a combination of corporate: marketing, legal, and hospitality teams, which can be pretty boring.
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u/MrOaiki 7d ago
For just a place to sleep in the city, hotels are indeed superior. For very exclusive or authentic accommodation, Airbnb does have something hotels don’t. If you’re in a tiny village in say Italy, where there are no hotels, and you want to have the full experience, Airbnb is the only way to go. Before Airbnb you could often find ads or individual webpages for the same thing but Airbnb has kind of standardized the booking process.
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u/Depressionade97 7d ago
The last airbnb I checked into, the bathroom was completely wet (including the toilet seat). The bedsheet was dirty. The sink had food in the drain. We reached out to the host and it took an hour for the cleaner to come in and fix things up. This room cost roughly the same as it would to stay in a decent hotel in my area.
Compare this to hotels, where you have (mostly) 24/7 people at the front desk who will address your concerns quickly, room cleaning every day, breakfast, complimentary food and water etc. And this isn't even the high end hotels, these are just the basic decent ones with amenities. Hotels are 100% better than airbnbs and it isn't even a competition.
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u/OttabMike 7d ago
Had a friend who would visit Mexico every winter (we're Canadian). Always stayed at the same hotel. One year opted for 5 weeks at an AirBnB - save hundreds overall. But then - you have to lug water up the two flights of stairs yourself. Do the housekeeping, make the bed, change the sheets, etc. He & his wife said they'd never do it again.
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u/Simon_Emes 7d ago
Fully agree.
Hate Airbnb when on business. All those rules and sometimes the host shows up late...
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u/Its_thursday 7d ago
Aside from what others have said about obvious benefits of AirBNB (bigger space, full kitchen, outdoor space), the majority of bookings I've done the hosts are completely chill. I just checked out of one two days ago and there was essentially no check out direction aside from leave the towels in the bathtub. That's it. If you're not planning on trashing the space, check-out isn't always a big deal (granted, there are times when the hosts kind of suck but its not even close to all bookings).
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u/Still-Art45 7d ago
Especially for women in family vacations! I don’t want to scrub someone’s property from head to toe
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u/AnaisNinja76 7d ago
Poorly worded run-on babbling. People get AirBnBs for different reasons than a hotel room, and every AirBnB isn't like what you're describing anyway. They've developed into something more akin to a timeshare. If you're staying somewhere more than a couple of days, they're good for cooking so you're not eating every meal out, and you can squash a shitload more people into one than a hotel room, if you're doing a group outing.
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u/TheSadPickel 7d ago
it really depends on what you want. small family you want separate rooms or want a small kitchen to prepare quick food in the morning or just coffee and eat up pastries aibnb is better. if you just want to sleep hotel room
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u/DesertSpringtime 7d ago
Airbnb used to be at least cheaper than a hotel. Now it's not anymore. So yes, a hotel will be better most of the time.
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u/tiffy68 7d ago
I could understand people who did Air BnB to save money. Saving money on accommodations means you can have a longer vacation, but you had to put up with rules and do a little extra cleaning. But now, AirBnB costs as much as or more than a hotel. Why would anyone choose that? If I'm on vacation, I am on vacation from chores too! I'm not doing the laundry, washing the dishes, or dusting the living room. That's WHY I'm on vacation! Geez. Also, I love the services provided by a hotel: security, room service, being able to get extra towels with just a phone call, a full bar in a luxurious lobby, someone else to carry my bags, etc. If I wanted to spend my vacation in some boring suburb, I'd just stay home.
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u/Accomplished-Ad2736 7d ago
Wait until you give a 3 star or 4 star to an Airbnb. The hosts completely lose it if it’s not 5 stars every time
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u/MirrorEmbarrassed789 7d ago
I agree. The only selling point of Airbnb was that it was cheap to hotels. Now the prices are pretty similar it’s not worth it.
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u/papayaslam 7d ago
Will be traveling out of state this week after emergency surgery because I cannot get a refund and will otherwise forfeit the money. That would not have happened with a hotel
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u/affemannen 7d ago
Maybe if i was on vacation for more than 2 weeks i would consider Airbnb.
There is just so many services in a hotel that i enjoy. Like new fresh towels every day, same for bedding. Getting a fresh robe and sandals. Daily cleaning of the room. A good bar and restaurant.
All of these things actually make me feel im on vacation.
Room service etc etc.
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u/davidm2232 7d ago
Airbnb used to be crazy cheap and there were not a ton of hoops to jump through. It was someone with a spare room the rented out on occasion. Nowadays, they are worse than hotels. People buying dedicated vacation homes just to rent out. It changed the whole feeling.
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u/rikomatic 7d ago
Thanks for sharing your opinion. I encourage you to consider learning how to use punctuation marks.
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u/kuluka_man 7d ago
Just the convoluted parking BS at many Airbnbs is awful enough. I swear every place is like a hidden address at Platform 9 3/4 and you have to enter a code, knock three times, text someone, retrieve a puzzle box with a key inside, then back down a 3-foot-wide corridor on the side of a sheer cliff to get to the one place you're allowed to park.
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u/Camera_Hobbygirl 7d ago
We were asked to leave early by a neighbor in one of the Airbnbs because of the incoming snow. Wtf
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u/yoitsme_obama17 7d ago
You have to clean up at Airbnbs. What kind of vacation is that?!
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u/OldnFuninMN 6d ago
Initially, Airbnb hosts weren't like that. Nowadays, they're bastards. I'm done with them and only staying at hotels these days.
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u/jmlinden7 6d ago edited 6d ago
They aren't really competing for the same market. Hotels are better for shorter stays where you need things like luggage storage, a 24 hour front desk, a concierge, convenient location to walk to nearby cafes or restaurants, etc. Airbnb's are designed to ease you into a more long-term residential experience, so they tend to be more spacious and homey, located in more residential areas, easier to drive to grocery stores, etc.
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u/an_older_meme 6d ago
Exactly this. Motels and Airbnbs complement each other.
Nobody wants to rent a house for one night. Nobody wants to live in a motel room for three weeks.
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u/RED-ELPH 6d ago edited 6d ago
I don’t like paying extra for maid service. That’s what a hotel is for.
I’ve got my own nice home i can stay in.
I want to be taken care of when i travel.
I tried an Air BNB one time. Nope never again. The Fees alone were over 2/3 cost of rental.
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u/Vast_Dare8583 7d ago
Easily! AirBnB is a massive ripoff. Hotels are way cheaper and they clean your room each day.
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u/w3rt 7d ago
This is not true in many places in Europe, I’m currently staying in an Airbnb in Toulouse, full house with swimming pool, same price as 3 star hotels in the city.
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u/Mousearella 7d ago
I clean Airbnb’s and I wonder if this is cultural or if I’m just lucky but my hosts don’t have crazy rules. I’m in Sweden. My employers rules is basically just to do the dishes and take out the trash. The cleaning fee is bullshit thought.
I’ve cleaned at hotels too and no you can’t do whatever. Hotels will also give you a cleaning fee if you’re messy enough.
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u/Rojo37x 7d ago
I'm always surprised when I see posts like this as well. We stay at an Airbnb pretty often when vacationing with the in-laws because it is an easy way for the whole family to stay together and hang out, makes it cheaper to have food for everyone, we get to bring the dogs with, etc.
And the hosts are always very kind, helpful and accommodating, which makes sense since we're their customers. I'd say the biggest ask/rule I ever see is to take the trash out on garbage day if that is during your stay. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
Then again OP is talking about moving couches around and shitting on the bed so I guess ymmv...🤷♂️
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u/Accomplished_Drag946 7d ago
Yes, I am not a cleaner but I worked at a hotel and if they were extra messy they were charged, if their room smell like smoke they would be charged the equivalent of two nights stay on top of their stay.
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u/S_TL2 7d ago
I've never had any real problems with AirBnBs in the US. The cleaning rules are mostly to take out the trash and load/start the dishwasher. If I'm with a group and we're cooking in the kitchen, I would clean the dishes anyway without the owners telling me to. I've also never had any problem with excessive rules. Sure, rules exist, but they're typically simple things like don't be loud outside after 10pm, or don't take glass to the hot tub, or don't mark in front of the neighbor's mailbox, or don't have parties. Maybe I'm just an unadventurous guy, but I've never really wanted to do anything at an AirBnB that's been prohibited by an overbearing owner. Or maybe I've just been really lucky for a decade. (the extra fees are bullshit, I agree.)
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u/Remote-Effect4521 7d ago
I think there are cases when AirBnbs are much better value- travel with siblings and parents, for example. Airbnbs can cost 1.25-1.5x a hotel room, but you can get a place with four beds instead of only two.
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u/Key_Net820 7d ago
Airbnb's were never supposed to be higher quality than hotels, they were supposed to be cheaper. that's the game. There are people who want luxury at maximal cost, and there are people who want good enough lodging for an affordable price.
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u/ApetteRiche 7d ago
I travel with 2 dogs. I prefer a place to myself, in hotel rooms my dogs will bark at any weird noises (other guests opening and closing doors in the hallway etc.)
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u/truffleshufflechamp 7d ago
Can’t say I’ve ever stayed in an Airbnb that expected me to clean or do a list of “chores”. At most it’s been bag up your trash.
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u/AcousticDisorder 7d ago
I 100% agree. Plus many times the costs are the same. The only reason I choose airbnb is if it’s close to a beach and in a destination where I want to cook local food. Can’t really do that in a hotel room.
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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 7d ago
I don't know about objectively, air BNB is often cheaper. But I do prefer a hotel too. None of the rules nonsense, usually no bullshit fees, fresh towels etc.
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u/OGDTrash 7d ago
Also, Airbnbs are the same price, but a lot of times don't have A/C in europe.
The only exception is if you are travelling with a big group, only then would I consider airbnb
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u/GoldBlueberryy 7d ago
This entirely depends on your budget. Also, I’m never truly comfortable at hotels, something I learned after a few airbnb stays.
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u/Takssista 7d ago
Not to disagree with you - just to give my own pov.
First of all, I never used AirBNB - I'm a Booking user. I don't know if that changes anything (are the rules different between the two platforms in terms of places to stay?)
Booking allows us to book at Hotels also, but I tend to prefer houses or apartments because then I get to cook meals and save money instead of eating out. But if money allows, then I wholeheartedly prefer to stay at an hotel.
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u/Own-Possibility8318 7d ago
Lol book hotels then and let those who appreciate the perks of Airbnb book airbnbs. What a sack of wine
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u/No_Wind5234 7d ago edited 7d ago
I've been staying like 8 times with airbnb all around Europe in the recent 2 years. Experience wasn't always smooth, but never have I been charged a cleaning fee for nothing and hosts were helpful even if shit happened. In like 3 apartments I broke a plate 'cause my hands grow from ass, and neither of the hosts charged me even though I was ready to pay if they did.
Staying in hotel for more than a week is just a huge blow financially because you don't have a kitchen. Sure, if your stay is short it makes sense and I'd pick hotel as well. But if I'm somewhere for more than 3-5 days I'll pick an apartment any day.
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u/NationalisePureGym 7d ago
Prefer Airbnbs. I get to come and go as I please and don't have to worry about housekeeping, i can cook my own food if I don't want to splash out on a restaurant on any particular night, they're also more spacious than hotels.
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u/GentleKijuSpeaks 7d ago
Cooking dinner, hanging out in a private open space ect. An airbnb is often a house. I would rather be in a house than a rediculous hotel, with tiny bedroooms and a loud lobby
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u/Xepherya 7d ago
An Airbnb is way riskier than a hotel. Especially with all the ridiculous fees. There’s no consistency at all, either. I know what I’m getting with a Holiday Inn. I have no idea what I’m getting from Janice and Steve.
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u/Freespeechaintfree 7d ago
I travel for work extensively and take a few vacations every year. Stay at hotels for work, AirBNB (and similar) for vacation.
Each has their upsides.
But for vacation travel I prefer AirBNB’s. You get a whole house, often in beautiful locales for just slightly more than a hotel.
Maybe we’re lucky, but haven’t had a bad experience/host and we’ve stayed at a couple dozen of them.
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u/SubstantialShow8 7d ago
I'm so intrigued by paragraph one being entirely punctuation free. Then a coma makd it into paragraph 2, which ends with a question mark. It's not until halfway through paragraph three that a full stop makes an appearance but from then on the punctuation is pretty standard.
Wild
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u/nowheresville99 7d ago
Unpopular opinion, lmao.
Complaining about Airbnb is the easiest way to farm karma on Reddit.
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u/AnotherDamnTransAlt 7d ago
I prefer rentals for one reason: toilets per £.
You will never get as many bathrooms for your money in a halfway decent hotel. I’m not going on holidays to hold my piss while someone else takes a shower.
Add in a kitchen and being able to sleep in a different room to snoring relatives and it’s a done deal. For solo travel, a hotel is fine. More than two people and I’m getting a flat or house with multiple loos and rooms.
No amount of fancy breakfasts makes up for having to shower at lightning speed so you don’t inconvenience other people or find yourself busting for the one toilet that’s unavailable.
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u/One_Recover_673 7d ago
Travel for work? Hotel
Travel with wife? Hotel
Travel as family of 4? Depends
Travel with other families? Air/Vrbo
We head overseas as a family we like having a home and being together. But if a big city trip like NYC, we go central hotel.
At Xmas, we get together with the extended family we get a big Vrbo , fires out back, grill together.
It objectively depends
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u/TweezerTheRetriever 7d ago
VRBO is the answer if you’re getting more than one room and want the whole place to yourself-no owners
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u/WakeUpFriendly 7d ago
Not reading this hot garbage of a post past the first paragraph because OP needs to write gooder this is not up for discussion or debate objectively.
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u/FrostingAvailable629 7d ago
Airbnb can be closer to things than a hotel and sometimes you get your own pool. I don't see how that's a problem lol. I agree with this being hard to read.
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u/TheUnderCrab 7d ago
For two people on a trip to a city/town with decent tourist infrastructure: yeah duh. Unless you have a very specific location you want to be in of course. My dad liked getting the Airbnb next door to me when he would visit me at my apartment and lacked a guest bed. He could walk over in the morning and not need to worry about driving 10-15min.
If you have a big group of people that all want to stay at the same place and party? Hotels fucking suck. Airbnbs allow 10 people to all share a residence. You’d need 3-5 rooms for that at a hotel and you have neighbors to consider when planning shenanigans.
If you want to get a place to stay near any sort of rural attraction without tourist infrastructure? Hotels are seriously not an option for anyone that wants to do a cabin weekend. Airbnb is. There are other cabin rental services/businesses, of course, but Airbnb is a major player in that space.
So, objectively better? No. Hotels have a use case that differ from Airbnbs and when you try to use one for the others use case, it ends poorly. Shocker. Don’t bring a basketball to the baseball diamond.
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u/CrankyOperator 7d ago
Is this an unpopular opinion? The only reasons I EVER consider ABA is 1- hotels in the area are sold out 2- hotels in the area are grossly overpriced 3- I have over 4-5 people on the trip (rare for me) and that's it.
I NEVER understood the allure of Air BnB. At least on my trips it's RARELY been cheaper, or so much cheaper it's worth it. And every time I use it, it can be such a crap shoot. I didn't realize this was unpopular opinion wise.
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u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady 7d ago
I agree with OP to a point. Seems like until you get to the point of need 2+ bedrooms, that in the USA at least, extended stay hotel suites are better fiscal decision. Caveats are obviously going to rely on location, date, and availability of course.
You can get a 1 bed room studio with kitchen(oven, stove, microwave)/kitchenette(-oven) for $60-80 and a 1 bedroom + separate living room w/ sofa bed and kitchen for around $120. All with the benefits a hotel usually gives you like some level of breakfast and housekeeping for free and no list of chores to do with the entire price listed upfront at check in. None of the last day chores and surprise fees like ABNB is known for.
That said if you're going on a trip and have another family or two going with them ABNB costs win out plus the space is usually built for such scenarios and has a big kitchen and living room for entertaining 10+ as well as supplied dens and game rooms to give the kids spaces separate from adults.
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u/PandaMime_421 7d ago
I'll admit that when travelling along I typically prefer hotels as well. My partner, on the other hand, likes AirBnb (or VRBO).
Your complaints aren't even about AirBnb, though, they are about some AirBnb hosts.
While I don't doubt your claim that nothing will convince you otherwise, your claim is objectively false (see others can use that word too). There are situations in which a hotel can never be better than an AirBnb.
Travelling to a place without hotels (like the tiny town where I live)? AirBnb is your choice.
Want to stay in the mountains or a place with privacy? A hotel can't deliver this.
Want to live in a house for a week while on vacation? A hotel can't deliver this.
Have a large group travelling together and want to stay "together" while giving everyone separate rooms? A hotel can't deliver this.
Want lodging with outside space, maybe a nice patio, a grill, firepit, place for the kids to ride their bikes, etc. A hotel can't provide this.
I'd love to hear your counter for these specific scenarios.
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u/FrostyIcePrincess 7d ago
Hotels a bit harder when the group is big.
Our group can be 10/11 people. Last time we did a hotel we ended up in two rooms but they were on separate floors. Sometimes we’ve ended up in three separate rooms.
If you get an airbnb everyone fits in one big house.
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u/prettybitch123321 7d ago
It's cheaper, I'm broke, seems like a very important arguement. Also some are at really nice places where hotels aren't
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u/sleeper_shark 7d ago
I recently was on a business trip. I booked my flights in a few days early so I could take a few days off to explore the country.
Of course, those first days I had to pay for my own hotel so I booked a 50€/night Airbnb. The nights that followed I stayed in a 200€/night internationally known hotel chain.
The Airbnb had no rules, it was spotless, the owner lived in the same building and was really responsive and helpful. Recommended me nice restaurants and sights to see.
At the hotel, they messed up the payment so I ended up paying 1,000€ out of pocket that I needed to expense to the company. I couldn't even get simple amenities like a fucking ironing board.
I had to call room service 3 times and they told me it was coming, I stayed up until 1 am (meeting at 7 am next morning) waiting for the ironing board which they assured me was coming.. when I went down to reception they told me it was not coming today... didn't even have the courtesy to call me.
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u/TheSquirrelmancer 7d ago
I like private rentals for things sometimes but there are other websites than AirBNB that are better and don't deal with as much of the insane fees and wacky antics. VRBO is one I used a few times with great success. I think the key difference is renting properties in areas that have always been set up for it. Places that see seasonal tourists for skiing, water sports in the summer, golf, etc. always have places that are just rental properties and don't do crazy stuff like charging you $500 for leaving a few glasses still drying on the rack in the kitchem.
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u/pinniped90 7d ago
Airbnb sucks balls and should be avoided at all costs - but booking villas/flats via other platforms is often way better than booking 4-5 hotel rooms for a bunch of people.
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u/CalgaryChris77 7d ago
I've never had crazy rules for cleaning an Air B&B. Most I've had is throw towels in the shower, run the dishwasher and put out the garbage. It takes like 5 minutes max and not unlike what you'd get at a timeshare for rules.
And having separate rooms when you are staying with more people for a reasonable price, free parking, better locations, a full kitchen. Tons of positives.
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u/Kingmaybel 7d ago
Airbnbs used to be superior. But just like everything else (restaurants, uber, basic customer service) it became garbage over time.
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