• Haagel@lemmings.world
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    10 months ago

    I have never had a good experience with Airbnb. It was a great idea that the company completely ruined. I hope that it dies and that a better service comes up in it’s place.

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      10 months ago

      Ideally, we’d be able to have a healthy mix of hotels either in or near city centers and short-term rentals for maybe tourist destinations that are away from the center, with a hard limit on how many AirBNBs and hotels can be existing at a time. The idea sounds nice on paper, at least.

      Adam Something made a video on how awful AirBNBs are for locals, and the same concept applies to a lot of places where it’s mainly hotels in the area.

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        10 months ago

        Agreed.

        In my opinion, this is an area where local governments need to step in and regulate, otherwise the industry can be disastrous for local homeowners.

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      10 months ago

      It’s a fantastic idea on paper; you, and another family, want to go on vacation but want to be more comfortable than in a hotel while renting your homes out while you’re gone so someone one else gets the same comfort and you get to make a little of money to help pay for the vacation. And everyone saves a little on their vacation accomodations to boot. Everyone wins! And then capitalism and greed happened and people turned the rentals into a business and ruined it.

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        10 months ago

        Me neither, mainly in Europe though, not sure how things are in the states

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        10 months ago

        It might be a regional thing. Perhaps the property owners in popular destinations know that they can get away with more money and less accommodation.