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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading (www.businessinsider.com)
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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading::Airbnb's CEO said that he's heard guests "loud and clear" that pricing on the platform isn't transparent and "checkout tasks are a pain."

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have never encountered hotel rooms that are cheaper than the comparable local Airbnb offerings (at least in Canada and US). Where are these cheaper hotel rooms?

[–] eek2121 21 points 2 years ago

I have never seen a cheaper AirBnB offering. Where are these cheap offerings you speak of.

The last time I went to Ottawa, AirBnB was twice as much as the Marriott, plus you had to clean or pay a cleaning fee. Neither of those are things at a hotel.

[–] InvaderDJ 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really? When I compare hotel rooms to whole houses on AirBnB, the hotel rooms are always cheaper. Are you comparing rooms on AirBnB to hotel rooms?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How does a room on AirBnB work? I guess I got the impression in media it was all whole apartments or houses.

Edit: Obviously you would search for a room. I mean for privacy / security, ingress, etc.

[–] InvaderDJ 3 points 2 years ago

Idk, but it sounds pretty sketchy. There are couch surfing sites too, so I imagine similar to that.

I just would never use AirBnB. For a single guy, hotels have been better in basically all scenarios.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've only ever found Airbnb prices to be more expensive while traveling in upstate NY and Vermont from Canada.