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

x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  HomeExchange looks good and is European.

  It naturally lacks the depth of listings that Airbnb does but will grow if people use them

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  VRBO. Idk if it’s European.

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  • SamHoppers@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s American.

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    • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And it does all the same bullshit airbnb does. Even if they have different policies (spoiler: they’re the same) they cause the same problems related to using homes as profit machines for assholes.

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• cotlovan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Booking.com they also have private hosts on their platform

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  • Sighpolice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Never book flights through booking.com, they use a third party company called GoToGate who have the worst customer service possible and do not refund, and only try to charge for more.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They tried to not refund my whole flight so I talked to customer support which refused so I charged back with my credit card and they reversed the original refund and gave me the whole refund

      Never book with that site or any of its affiliates

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• FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  hotels/hostels?

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  • acchariya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you are looking for a permanent place somewhere in Europe, it’s very difficult to quickly find monthly or weekly rentals with the appropriate monthly or weekly discount you will find on Airbnb. I don’t discount it’s négatives, but with the paperwork burden to find a medium or long term place in many areas in Europe Airbnb does the best job of cutting through all of that and getting you a place now

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  • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Without airbnb more hotels would be built instead of apartment buildings. The tourists will get a place to sleep eventually, you just have to decide whether it’s in an apartment or a hotel. That will determine future construction projects

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    • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      hotels are controlled by laws and zoning, airbnb gets around that and turns planned living space into hotel space.

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This is not a good thing, zoning laws often lead to higher rents because they constrain construction. They also lead to having to drive everywhere because your house is too far from anything that’s not another house

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    • friendlymessage@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You can’t just build a hotel in a residential area, that usually goes against zoning laws which Airbnb circumvents

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, that’s why we should have mixed use zoning. I stayed in a hotel in a residential area in Seoul, it was great. There’s convenience stores everywhere and little restaurants and cafes next to residential houses

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  • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Great point. Hostels seem very fun.

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  • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not quite hotel space as I have yet to find a hotel that can accommodate several families traveling together with a shared space, including a fully stocked kitchen, washer and dryer, parking, etc. There’s definitely a demand for something like this that isn’t filled in any other way.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just rent a villa, they offer those in a lot of places

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    • llii@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In Germany it’s called “Ferienwohnung” where you can rent a whole house if you need it. This is going for decades before AirBNB, I’m sure there’s something comparable in other countries.

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    • sykaster@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s group accommodations all over Europe, we use them frequently with my family

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    • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Appartment hotels maybe?

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