Booking.com they also have private hosts on their platform
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x00z@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Any alternatives? Especially European?
cotlovan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Sighpolice@lemmy.world 3 months 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.
iopq@lemmy.world 3 months 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
NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 3 months ago
HomeExchange looks good and is European.
It naturally lacks the depth of listings that Airbnb does but will grow if people use them
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 months ago
VRBO. Idk if it’s European.
SamHoppers@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It’s American.
WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world 3 months 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.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
hotels/hostels?
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 3 months 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.
llii@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months 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.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
Appartment hotels maybe?
iopq@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Just rent a villa, they offer those in a lot of places
sykaster@feddit.nl 3 months ago
There’s group accommodations all over Europe, we use them frequently with my family
acchariya@lemmy.world 3 months 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
iopq@lemmy.world 3 months 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
friendlymessage@feddit.org 3 months ago
You can’t just build a hotel in a residential area, that usually goes against zoning laws which Airbnb circumvents
iopq@lemmy.world 3 months 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
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
hotels are controlled by laws and zoning, airbnb gets around that and turns planned living space into hotel space.
iopq@lemmy.world 3 months 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
x00z@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Great point. Hostels seem very fun.