Comment on Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away

0x01@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Richard Wolf had a very good take on all of these Silicon Valley “disruptors”. It’s basically been the neoliberal US american MO for the past quarter century:

  Step 1: get a bunch VC money by promising the moon Step 2: “disrupt” by undercutting the established moon due to lack of regulation. Even though it’s an inferior product, it’s VC subsidised, so it’s cheaper than the established businesses. Step 3: due to lack of regulation, your business drives established operators to bankruptcy. Step 4: become the monopoly and suck as much money as possible from your customers to generate “shareholder value”

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  • Coyote_sly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    American business practices summed up for pretty much my entire lifetime right here. No wonder we live in such a shit hole - society as a whole has mortgaged and undercut for an entire generation.

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  • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s almost like capitalism is an inherently broken system or something

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• criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been the weird one in my friend group because I’ve refused to use Airbnb. Why would I want a less guaranteed place to stay that doesn’t have amenities and now costs more?

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  • mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yep, the one time I’ve tried to use AirBnB I had booked a nice place way in advance only to get it cancelled a few weeks later b/c the owner apparently needed it for something else. Or realised there was an event during that time where he could get more money.

    Contrary to that, when the hotel we had booked for some time during Covid realised they weren’t open for the public yet, they moved our booking to a nearby higher tier partner hotel and they then even upgraded us. You won’t get this with AirBnB, I guess.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  hotels have been cheaper and better for a while now

  Strongly disagree. Here’s stuff I hate about hotels:

  • housekeeping - just leave me alone and clean up when I leave
  • rarely have separate bedrooms - I have young kids, so we can’t use the room once they go to sleep
  • parking lot is a crime magnet
  • more expensive for larger groups - we often travel w/ friends, so there’s often 10 or so of us
  • minimal included entertainment - usually just TV and maybe pool; airbnbs often have kids toys, private hot tub, etc

  Airbnbs are essentially the inverse of all of that.

  We occasionally go to hotels, but if we can find an airbnb that’s a similar price for the scale we need, we go for that every time.

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  • 0x01@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For large groups I suppose airbnbs are more reasonable, though it’s honestly not that big of a difference in pricing for vacation rentals.

    Housekeeping is easy, just put the little do not disturb sign up, they won’t bug you.

    I don’t have an opinion on the other stuff though.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I also didn’t mention a massive difference here: full kitchen. That goes into the cost as well, since now I can cook at the rental instead of eating out.

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      • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Long term/ extended stay hotels exist that will provide these things. But the vast majority of people don’t even consider those. They rely on what they can search up on Google for the area and algorithms don’t take into account that you need to bring your dog, want a separate set of bedrooms in the same suite, or that you’re looking for a kitchen.

        I see this Everytime AirBnB is mentioned and every time I wonder if people even know extended stay hotels exist.

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