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 1 year ago
A blessing, really, for cities experiencing housing shortage.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Oh no prople forced to use the same highly regulated service as millions of forebears. Tragic.
lnsfw3@lemmynsfw.com 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Rather hotels be inaccessible than housing. You only need one of those to live.
wagoner@infosec.pub 1 year ago
Then what are you lamenting exactly?
Apollo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Good? Homes should be homes, not holiday lets for tourists.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have you considered building more housing?
finnie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True! Getting rid of these AirBnBs probably doesn’t hurt things though. Now they might actually get a long-term resident.