The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
Good. That was kinda the whole fucking point of Airbnb in the first place. If you want to own property for the sole purpose of short term rentals buy a hotel.
gcheliotis@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A blessing, really, for cities experiencing housing shortage.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 9 months ago
A bummer though for anyone visiting as hotels become the only option, and prices go way up, beholden to moneyed corporate interests who lobby politicians in their favor and pockets.
dragontamer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
AirBnB is just as corporate and lobbyist bullshit as any other company. Arguably worse, in that AirBNB breaks the laws and then tries to get laws changed.
Hotel chains at least try to lobby to change the laws before breaking the rules.
GreyDalcenti@lemmy.world 9 months ago
In my experience over the last two years hotels are either same price OR less expensive due to AirBnBs bait and switch pricing. The taxes, cleaning fees, and random add ons are absurd.
In a recent example, staying at some Yurt for three days was $248. After taxes and fees it was around $515. Like wtf?!
I’m at the point where even if the pricing was flat, a hotel is 10X less hassle to deal with than AirBnB.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The last few times I’ve tried to book an AirBnB the price difference from a standard hotel room was almost nothing. AirBnB has been trash for awhile.
Snapz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I think it’s been too long since you’ve looked at Airbnb. Prices are no longer a deal in contrast to hotels. It’s all inflated trash and no longer accessible for regular people.
Taleya@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Oh no prople forced to use the same highly regulated service as millions of forebears. Tragic.
lnsfw3@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Airbnb prices are approaching that of hotel rooms. You typically get a kitchen at an Airbnb, but the price argument doesn’t seem accurate from the listings I’ve looked at.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 9 months ago
People downvoting either aren’t old enough to remember how bad hotels were, or are wearing rose colored glasses.
When airbnbs came to my city, after a few years, hotels finally lowered prices and made a effort to give a shit. I hope it doesn’t fall back to that.
But then again, the past few years, Airbnb rentals seem to be run by shady companies instead of by homeowners with an extra room.
Player2@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Rather hotels be inaccessible than housing. You only need one of those to live.
wagoner@infosec.pub 9 months ago
Then what are you lamenting exactly?
Apollo@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Good? Homes should be homes, not holiday lets for tourists.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Have you considered building more housing?
finnie@lemmy.world 9 months ago
True! Getting rid of these AirBnBs probably doesn’t hurt things though. Now they might actually get a long-term resident.