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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading (www.businessinsider.com)
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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading::Airbnb's CEO said that he's heard guests "loud and clear" that pricing on the platform isn't transparent and "checkout tasks are a pain."

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Here AirBnB just isn't really comparable to a hotel.

In a hotel you get a bed, bathroom, a tiny desk, tv chair, and microwave. When you pay more the room is functionally the same, just maybe in a better location or nicer lobby.

With short stay accommodation you get an actual dwelling. Even in a tiny studio apartment you have a full kitchen and an actual table.

Obviously if hotels & short stay were like for like then you would stay in a hotel if that were cheaper - but that's just not the reality here. Short stay accom is dramatically more comfortable.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

With short stay accommodation you get an actual dwelling. Even in a tiny studio apartment you have a full kitchen and an actual table.

That's not always the case. In many places short stay accommodations have become like hotels. Many also have what's more like half-kitchens - a small electric stove, a sink, microwave and kettle. That's better than no kitchen at all, but it's not like you can cook anything you want there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well yeah, but you can look at the listing and see what kitchen facilities are available?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In a hotel? Of course. There's all those "extended stay" hotels and in some places they have weeklies, which you can rent for a night or a week or a month. But the point is, all the rooms are the same so you know exactly what you're getting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

all the rooms are the same so you know exactly what you’re getting

You don't know what you're getting when you stay in privately owned short stay accommodation ?

I've always found listings are far more descriptive than hotels.

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