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This 100%.
AirBnB used to be cheaper than a hotel. Then it got so easy to tack on fees and ridiculous requirements that you’re basically paying more than a hotel to housekeep your own room. Mix in lots of shady hosts and most of the time I’d rather just stay at the Hilton for the same price.

It can still be useful as a novelty, like book a party house somewhere or as easily cheaper way to house an awful lot of people. But for the most part, I’ll pass.

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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Airbnb was started to offer up your free space to someone for a night for a bit of cash, and that was it. Then the morons found out and bought whole ass houses specifically to rent out on Airbnb.

People ruin everything.

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- coolmojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yes. This is the origin. Airbed and Breakfast.
  
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  - lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    TIL what “Air” means in the brand name.
    
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fritobugger2017@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yup. I used AirBnB when they first started and it wasn’t terrible but then it became a huge hassle. Don’t give me a list of chores and then I might get penalty fees if I don’t do them right. Plus all the other damn fees. I don’t even bother to look at ABnB any more

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- SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah exactly. I’m on vacation, if I wanted to do chores I would have stayed home. Plenty of choice to do right here.
  
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- Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  those happened all the later in its years airbnb, yea airbnb probably saw a way to gouge people more money
  
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  - fritobugger2017@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    the enshittification of a decent thing
    
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