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re: Why is AirBnB so full of shite?

Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:36 am to
Posted by YumYum Sauce
Arkansas
Member since Nov 2010
8965 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:36 am to
Because so many people search by lowest price


AirBnB was ruined when people started buying properties for the sole reason of renting it out via airbnb.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:42 am to
Airbnb customer service blows. Try getting in touch with someone when you arrive at your rental and it's locked, and the host won't answer. You'll be on the phone all night.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
95699 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:42 am to
That cleaning fee is entirely up to the host, not Airbnb
This post was edited on 7/26/22 at 10:44 am
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
12954 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:45 am to
quote:


I don't recall seeing an 80% cleaning fee on my last 1 night Marriott stay.

I think that is what OP is getting at.




Marriott is paying someone $10 an hour to strip the sheets, vacuum and clean a bathroom. It's much easier to pay someone by the hour than it is to hire someone to drive to your house on random days and clean it.
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4762 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:48 am to
I’ve posted on here before talking about cleaning fee BS. It’s all on purpose by the owners in order to jack the price up.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
6738 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:48 am to
It’s not as much Airbnb as it is the property owner. I have an Airbnb listing and we charge a 100 cleaning fee for stays longer than 2 days, and 40 for 2 days or less. We could add all sorts of other charges if we wanted to but we don’t like pissing people off this way. It makes you think you’re spending far less until it’s time to check out.

Any other fees for our place are Airbnbs fees.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
43187 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:48 am to
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Because you're only looking at 1 night. The service and cleaning fee stays the same if you are booking say 5 nights so it wouldn't be double.
Posted by tunechi
Member since Jun 2009
10393 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:49 am to
Your second shite thread of the day. Be better
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68123 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:50 am to

A house cleaning anywhere can set you back 75 bones.
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14394 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:51 am to
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What they list the rental for is LITERALLY twice as much as what is listed after all the bullshite fees and BEFORE taxes.


quote:

Rental price: $103

Total before taxes: $215


Wrong
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
130177 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 10:58 am to
Book directly with the owner separately and save some fees.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
22743 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:00 am to
You can filter it out to show total price.
Posted by Olderthandirt
Member since May 2022
559 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:06 am to
103 a night won't get you a Holiday Inn in North Dakota. If you are that ignorant as to how it works perhaps you should stay home so as not to hurt yourself. You see every fee and charge before you commit.
Posted by LSU5508
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2007
3714 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:13 am to
Go price a one night suite at a hotel for less that 200 bucks. A full condo is not the same as a one bedroom box hotel room.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
36419 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:36 am to
For one or two nights hotels are the way to go. AirBNB/VRBOs aren’t set up to be profitable with high turnover, the value is in longer stays
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
171743 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:39 am to
I don’t stay at AirBnBs because they all have hidden cameras in the bathroom and bedroom and I don’t want my large hairy black a-hole ending up on the internet.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
89580 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:40 am to
I could be wrong but I believe you can sort on VRBO by total cost. Much more practical.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
36229 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 11:53 am to
But you've seen a resort fee
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 12:08 pm to
Why would you rent a house for 1 night?
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
74967 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 12:11 pm to
Airbnb is generally no longer the cheapest option. I used to travel and sleep on a borderline cot for like 20 bucks a night, but all that kind of ended during Covid.
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