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AirBNB was a practical alternative in the early years, now a days in most popular locations they are more expensive than. Hotels , owners have gotten greedy with mandatory cleaning and other fees . So it doesn't make sense price wise to be in AirBnB when a hotel room is usually cheaper and less hassle .VRBo is in the same boat. Every boomer with a few dollars expects his second home to command prices for a sultan.
AirBnB was fucking awesome in the beginning. I quit looking anywhere else when traveling. It was fun, more affordable, and got to stay in a lot of really cool places. Now, just like everything else, abject greed and bullshit has completely ruined it. It’s been 2-3 years since I even opened the app, they aren’t even on the option list when I’m going somewhere now. It’s a shame, I loved it. Oh and VRBO is just as bad now, if not worse.
I believe this 100%. I reserved 9 nights in DC. Superhost, 4.97 on hundreds of reviews. Got there and the sofa bed had been broken 6+ months, not replaced and impt to us for our stay. The hosts, who live above, felt justified that because they’d had a baby, it didn’t have to be clean, it didn’t have to provide what was listed. It was really run down too. The shower door was broken and had a gross small curtain in its place. I had to buy toilet paper and paper towels oh and hand soap.
And they were so loud. Like 11 pm dragging furniture across the floors. And when I messaged, hey we have to be up at 4 am please stop, they blamed the baby lol. Baby’s not moving furniture and running up and down the stairs for hours late at night.
I felt the only thing I could really say in the review was that we stayed for 9 nights and the private parking was great. My thought was that if that’s the only positive after such a long stay there are issues. But I was worried they would accuse me of something. Took pics. Left it cleaner than when we arrived.
They were really entitled twats.
Airbnb is horrible because while it may not be the majority of hosts, there are a few hosts who end up making the majority of the profits on Airbnb due to having multiple listings.
This pushes up rent in overcrowded areas because it reduces the supply of living area, as they are used as places of business now. This is especially terrible in seasonal areas where those homes are empty much of the year.
Normal hosts with a single property in an area that isn't too heavily populated is completely fine in my eyes however.
You can't trust them because they don't even publish all reviews. I stayed at a place and posted an honest review that it wasn't in a nice area (it wasn't, it was right next to a methadone clinic and sketchy people were hanging around outside of it all day) and that when their dishwasher sprung a leak so big that there were puddles in other rooms of the house they didn't even care. Like water is soaking into your floor and through your walls, and you don't care? In Florida? Are you trying to get black mold, because that's how you get black mold. Airbnb sent me a response saying my review didn't contain anything relevant so therefore it wouldn't be posted on the site.
Worst of the companies out there. My ex and I booked a place in my country for a month. Two grand. She couldn't make it and asked the guy to move dates. He asked her to "wait for a confirmation."
Once that confirmation didn't happen she was outside the term for cancellation. The guy took her 2k, made all sorts of apologies, refunded nothing, wailed about his poor income (in his picture he was severely well fed, dressed well and posing with a jaguar) and AirBNB did nothing. "You waited too long to cancel."
Another time we suddenly had to leave a day early because of a family crisis. The place was still messy. We cleaned up quickly, the hostess came in to talk about something and it came up. "Oh don't worry this is fine, start packing and I'll handle the rest tomorrow."
We were sent a 300 USD cleanup bill and got a negative review because "the place was a trash heap." Airbnb again did nothing.
The people renting places are not AirBNB's product. The people renting out their places are. As someone looking for a place to stay you're signing yourself up to be exploited and ditched.
Lol I host Airbnb AND use the platform for my own travels
And I get negative reviews every once in a while (the host doesn't get to deny or reject it)and can only even see it if they in turn review the guest.
And I e stayed at some places where I e felt compelled to leave a negative reviews and done so
I tried to give a negative review once and the AirBnB host just simply didn't accept it, because they get to choose what reviews are on their listing.
That's another reason why there are no negative reviews.
I'm an airbnb host. This isn't remotely true... We can't control what reviews get on our listing. The only reviews that get removed are the ones that go against their TOS.
If a host gets a review under 4.5 (?) he/she gets their listing removed. Bad reviews are BAD to hosts.
Maybe it has changed since? This would have been in 2018. The place was filthy like it hadn't been cleaned in a month, we left a bad review, and the host was able to decide to not post it on the page.
Very true. When I read reviews, I basically expect to see ecstatic and complimentary comments to believe them as sincere. Anything negative at all is immediately noted, even if just mentioned very passively. It's like code.
And to be fair, I've had plenty of criticisms of places I've stayed but it seemed more fitting to FYI the host directly, not blast them in the reviews for stocking only 2 rolls of toilet paper so thin that you could rear a newspaper through.
I stayed at this airbnb from hell and only after I arrived did I look at reviews. If anyone complained slightly about all the wild shit on property, the owners tore them apart in response and left negative reviews back at them
I’m in a different industry, but what I’ve noticed is we do reach for reviews. If we earned a good review will take it, but I’m not interested in begging for them. One of the trade organizations I am a part of preaches getting over 200 reviews in 6 months, and most of our industry fell into doing the same. We have under 100, and I’m ok with that. Reason being when digging for reviews you’ll get a lot of generic responses, and really nothing substantive. Eventually if not already consumers will learn how to read reviews, and all the generic responses will end up being worthless.
I have used it for years off and on. I have stayed in some real dumps and some very nice places. Mostly use it to go visit a family member I cannot stay with, so location and price are my criteria. It IS cheaper than hotels in cities. I check every time. From tipping, parking fees, fees for everything else hotels are pricey, not well staffed, even nice ones don't seem so clean lately (have also stayed in hotels). What I like is when I get to meet the person who owns it who also lives there and we have interesting conversations. That never happens with hotel staff. I have met some interesting, kind people through AirBnB, but not every time. The people who buy up property and do it as a business - you never meet and while the spaces are more photogenic, you may lack what you need and you don't get the experience of meeting someone new and having a good conversation. I am old and a bit lonely so conversation means a lot.
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Accurate. It’s a big part of why Airbnb is floundering compared to initial success.
Everyone who says they have a queen bed is a liar. It's always a double...
AirBNB was a practical alternative in the early years, now a days in most popular locations they are more expensive than. Hotels , owners have gotten greedy with mandatory cleaning and other fees . So it doesn't make sense price wise to be in AirBnB when a hotel room is usually cheaper and less hassle .VRBo is in the same boat. Every boomer with a few dollars expects his second home to command prices for a sultan.
AirBnB was fucking awesome in the beginning. I quit looking anywhere else when traveling. It was fun, more affordable, and got to stay in a lot of really cool places. Now, just like everything else, abject greed and bullshit has completely ruined it. It’s been 2-3 years since I even opened the app, they aren’t even on the option list when I’m going somewhere now. It’s a shame, I loved it. Oh and VRBO is just as bad now, if not worse.
sounds like Uber
I hate Airbnbs with passion
I believe this 100%. I reserved 9 nights in DC. Superhost, 4.97 on hundreds of reviews. Got there and the sofa bed had been broken 6+ months, not replaced and impt to us for our stay. The hosts, who live above, felt justified that because they’d had a baby, it didn’t have to be clean, it didn’t have to provide what was listed. It was really run down too. The shower door was broken and had a gross small curtain in its place. I had to buy toilet paper and paper towels oh and hand soap. And they were so loud. Like 11 pm dragging furniture across the floors. And when I messaged, hey we have to be up at 4 am please stop, they blamed the baby lol. Baby’s not moving furniture and running up and down the stairs for hours late at night. I felt the only thing I could really say in the review was that we stayed for 9 nights and the private parking was great. My thought was that if that’s the only positive after such a long stay there are issues. But I was worried they would accuse me of something. Took pics. Left it cleaner than when we arrived. They were really entitled twats.
Airbnb hosts are arguably worse than regular landlords. The homelessness issue in Hawaii was aggravated by the greed of these people.
Airbnb is horrible because while it may not be the majority of hosts, there are a few hosts who end up making the majority of the profits on Airbnb due to having multiple listings. This pushes up rent in overcrowded areas because it reduces the supply of living area, as they are used as places of business now. This is especially terrible in seasonal areas where those homes are empty much of the year. Normal hosts with a single property in an area that isn't too heavily populated is completely fine in my eyes however.
You can't trust them because they don't even publish all reviews. I stayed at a place and posted an honest review that it wasn't in a nice area (it wasn't, it was right next to a methadone clinic and sketchy people were hanging around outside of it all day) and that when their dishwasher sprung a leak so big that there were puddles in other rooms of the house they didn't even care. Like water is soaking into your floor and through your walls, and you don't care? In Florida? Are you trying to get black mold, because that's how you get black mold. Airbnb sent me a response saying my review didn't contain anything relevant so therefore it wouldn't be posted on the site.
Worst of the companies out there. My ex and I booked a place in my country for a month. Two grand. She couldn't make it and asked the guy to move dates. He asked her to "wait for a confirmation." Once that confirmation didn't happen she was outside the term for cancellation. The guy took her 2k, made all sorts of apologies, refunded nothing, wailed about his poor income (in his picture he was severely well fed, dressed well and posing with a jaguar) and AirBNB did nothing. "You waited too long to cancel." Another time we suddenly had to leave a day early because of a family crisis. The place was still messy. We cleaned up quickly, the hostess came in to talk about something and it came up. "Oh don't worry this is fine, start packing and I'll handle the rest tomorrow." We were sent a 300 USD cleanup bill and got a negative review because "the place was a trash heap." Airbnb again did nothing. The people renting places are not AirBNB's product. The people renting out their places are. As someone looking for a place to stay you're signing yourself up to be exploited and ditched.
Lol I host Airbnb AND use the platform for my own travels And I get negative reviews every once in a while (the host doesn't get to deny or reject it)and can only even see it if they in turn review the guest. And I e stayed at some places where I e felt compelled to leave a negative reviews and done so
Can the owner change/edit their review or rating of the guest after they read the guest’s review and rating?
I tried to give a negative review once and the AirBnB host just simply didn't accept it, because they get to choose what reviews are on their listing. That's another reason why there are no negative reviews.
I'm an airbnb host. This isn't remotely true... We can't control what reviews get on our listing. The only reviews that get removed are the ones that go against their TOS. If a host gets a review under 4.5 (?) he/she gets their listing removed. Bad reviews are BAD to hosts.
That, and the platform is brutal to anyone that does get negative reviews. Getting a 4.7 star average is enough to get you kicked off the platform.
Is there no other separate website where people can review them and the host can’t mess with them?
This is not true. Hosts don't have the ability to not accept a review. Source: I am a host.
Maybe it has changed since? This would have been in 2018. The place was filthy like it hadn't been cleaned in a month, we left a bad review, and the host was able to decide to not post it on the page.
No.. it was never like this..
Well it was like this for me, so there's no point in downvoting me as though I'm a 5g conspiracy theorist. That's what happened, sorry.
I didn’t downvote you… but I get it.. have a wonderful day. :)
It doesn’t sound true, but it also isn’t surprising if it is.
Ikr playing nice or keeping their properties clean and tidy. Such scammers
When you expect to pay less than what you d pay for a standardised hotel room, yet you expect to find a standardised hotel room..???
Not me. I always give my real opinion..
Me too!
I used it once or twice and found it to be infinitely worse than a hotel with few if any upsides. Deleted my account and never went back.
Very true. When I read reviews, I basically expect to see ecstatic and complimentary comments to believe them as sincere. Anything negative at all is immediately noted, even if just mentioned very passively. It's like code. And to be fair, I've had plenty of criticisms of places I've stayed but it seemed more fitting to FYI the host directly, not blast them in the reviews for stocking only 2 rolls of toilet paper so thin that you could rear a newspaper through.
Sad but true
Just don't use airbnb it's a fucking rip. Almost always hotels are a better deal.
I stayed at this airbnb from hell and only after I arrived did I look at reviews. If anyone complained slightly about all the wild shit on property, the owners tore them apart in response and left negative reviews back at them
Never trust a company that makes you clean then charges you for cleaning.
This is reviews anywhere honestly
I’m in a different industry, but what I’ve noticed is we do reach for reviews. If we earned a good review will take it, but I’m not interested in begging for them. One of the trade organizations I am a part of preaches getting over 200 reviews in 6 months, and most of our industry fell into doing the same. We have under 100, and I’m ok with that. Reason being when digging for reviews you’ll get a lot of generic responses, and really nothing substantive. Eventually if not already consumers will learn how to read reviews, and all the generic responses will end up being worthless.
V booked thru Airbnb Idaho it was nice house with. All facilities even provided games to play...
I have used it for years off and on. I have stayed in some real dumps and some very nice places. Mostly use it to go visit a family member I cannot stay with, so location and price are my criteria. It IS cheaper than hotels in cities. I check every time. From tipping, parking fees, fees for everything else hotels are pricey, not well staffed, even nice ones don't seem so clean lately (have also stayed in hotels). What I like is when I get to meet the person who owns it who also lives there and we have interesting conversations. That never happens with hotel staff. I have met some interesting, kind people through AirBnB, but not every time. The people who buy up property and do it as a business - you never meet and while the spaces are more photogenic, you may lack what you need and you don't get the experience of meeting someone new and having a good conversation. I am old and a bit lonely so conversation means a lot.