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.”

  • @[email protected]
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    -11 year ago

    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
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      211 year 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
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      121 year ago

      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]
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        1 year ago

        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
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          31 year 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]
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      21 year ago

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