I mostly use it when:
- I need 2 or more rooms.
- I need an apartment for a week or so.
But I never used it as a replacement of a regular hotel double room.
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AirBnB is a decent option if you want to hang out with a larger friend group, like 10 people in an apartment is more fun than 10 people divided into 5 hotel rooms.
otherwise just get a hotel
also hotels don't fucking ruin city centers
Yeah on top of ruining city centers, it's made it hard to find housing in a lot of places. I move around the US every 6-8 months for fun with my dog cuz I'm a young dumb bartender, and since the surge in people gobbling up homes for Airbnb profits, it's just getting harder to find dog friendly homes for short term lease. I really wish they'd limit Airbnb home ownership like Atlanta did.
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Airbnb is great for groups. It's basically the only time I use it. Getting a whole two bedroom apartment for an affordable price is really nice.
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Hotels are good if you just wanna sleep in them. AirBnB is better if you wanna chill in the house with friends. We get once once a year and cook, play games and fuck about in the house. Would be shit for 8 of us to stay in 4 hotel rooms.
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I mostly agree with this. But AirBNB is helpful because it lets me take my two dogs, who benefit greatly from having fenced yards. It saves me from having to pay a boarding fee, I can bring my dogs, and let them run free in the yard. Aside from that, I much prefer hotels.
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I didn't actually mind abnb until they started raising prices to match hotels. I mean that's their whole point isn't it? Cheap lodging.
I don't mind cleaning after myself and following some reasonable rules as long as I can stay there for cheap (compared to a hotel anyways).
And if you have a dog just hand over another 350$ in cleaning fees, plus 250$ for reservation on top of the 40% fees that air bnb normally adds on.
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Yeah but a $100 airbnb vs a $225 hotel is a different discussion
True, but are Airbnb's even cheaper than hotel rooms anymore in cities?
Only time I've found that to be true is when you have a lot of people, getting a single Airbnb can be cheaper than multiple hotel rooms. Otherwise, Airbnb's basically are similar in price or negligibly cheaper.
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The days of airbnbs being cheaper than hotels are long gone. When planning a trip to NOLA I looked into Airbnbs and they were all outrageously expensive, and insane cleaning fees, and had inane pet deposits. Ended up booking Marriott room with a kitchenette, no pet deposit, and parking for $100 less per night on top of none of the weird fees Airbnb hosts have, two blocks from bourbon street. I’ll never use Airbnb or similar services again.
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I like having Airbnb there as an alternative to remind hotels where we'll go if they don't treat us nicely.
I rarely go for airbnb if I don't find a good deal, whether in terms of price, location, architecture etc. Sometimes there are good properties on airbnb. And yes, a lot of it is just run by buisnessmen and rich landlords. But there are also decently located cheap apartments sometimes.
If I travel alone and need to be on budget and only need a bed I can always go for a good dorm.