800
still true
$225 can get you a fairly decent hotel room too, with all the amenities
Many hotels now allow larger dogs too, which was the only reason I had used Airbnb previously
I honestly don't get the appeal of AirBNB. Like, what do they offer that a hotel doesn't? I could see a use case where you're in the middle of nowhere.
The greatest advantage is a kitchen, I can save so much money by cooking most of the meals
When it was just people renting out spare bedrooms for cheaper than a hotel it was fine.
When people started making it an investment and changing it from "place to sleep" to some kind of destination whole-house/apartment rental bullshit it became the toxic thing it is now.
It also fucked up the housing market because AirBnB rentals for $250/night every weekend pay more than renters with lower wear and no renters rights, and make for a better investment than just selling the property.
Pre-kids, totally agree. With young kids, being able to go into the living room when they're asleep and hang out is nice. We've been transitioning back to normal hotels now that they're a bit older and just being able to check in and out is nice.
More space, less people around. (Don't forget, it offers full houses too, not just rooms.)
It used to be much better (like when it first started). Now it's straight trash and has been for quite some time.
Choose a hotel chain and build up loyalty, then you have things Airbnb would never have, like late checkout
Don't understand why people use Airbnb when vrbo exists. This should seal the deal if anyone was having a hard time picking between the two.
You're boycotting AirBnB because the cofounder became a Musk rat.
I boycott AirBnB because like almost every startup out of silicon valley, it always sucked.
We are not the same
spoiler
Haha get it? Muskrat
Seriously though, you're like a decade late to the party of illegal hotel chain ruining it for everybody. Out of all the stupid exploitive businesses, this should have been the easiest and straightforward to boycott, if it wasn't already apparent the business owners aren't some grifting scumbags.
what's with the ai generated image?
What gives it away as AI? I can't tell.
Zoom in and look at the persons below the billboard. Below the statement, read the text on the billboard that shows what brand the billboard it is.
There are other issues too if you look closely. The reflection in the building windows of a non-existent car, the strange merging of two separate buildings in top left corner, the malformed black car on the right side of the image, the street that merges into a building, the malformed traffic light on the left, the black car with human persons protruding through the bonnet like video game characters clipping into other objects, etc.
Edit: added some other examples
For me, what immediately alerted me was the rotation, position and size of the billboard. It should face the road, not the the camera. It should be smaller considering how close to the road it is. And it is way too low above the road. I don't think you would even be allowed to have a billboard over a public road at all, let alone so low.
After that, I looked closer and don't really see how it is supported. Looks like it is floating. Maybe the one pole on the left could be connected although it does not look that way. Even if it was connected, the billboard would have too much leverage being only supported on one side.
I didn't even consider it a billboard. I thought it was a caption.
Yep. I see it now.
Boycot everything owned by billionaires. Fuck them and their fascist oligarchy
They’ve already fucked up real estate and neighborhoods all over, which was good enough reason for me. Plus their system and the way everything works now is absurd. Anyway some corporatist rich fucker working with others like him to harm people? Of course. That’s what they do.
Sorry, no can do. Never used it and never intended to.
It was good when it first started out; you could just rent a bedroom in someone's house for a few nights nice and cheap. Perfect when alone especially.
Now it's more expensive and more hassle than a hotel. The only use these days is things like cabins or beach houses, and I wish they used something different.
Let's bring back couch surfing. They can't compete with free.
The only reason I see so many people I know renting out airbnb's is because they absolutely have to take their dogs everywhere they go.
VRBO has pet friendly stuff, though I'm not sure if it's ethically better than airbnb.
Yup another reason to not use Airbnb. Like others we have big group trips where we want a house. Sticking to other providers.
Are there any providers you'd like to recommend?
Nothing too insightful, I just used VRBO.
AirBnB is already trash in many ways. The last straw for me is the hiding of the exact location "feature". I get privacy is important, but the locations can be of night and day difference within the huge circle. For a small town I visited, it covered the whole place!
Destroying rental markets everywhere it's allowed to operate isn't enough?
Wow fuck I had no idea. Fuck all these guys man fuck all this pricks.
If this means the price of AirBnB's go down, I'm all for it!
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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