Can't believe he didn't mention the insane cleaning fees on top of the cleaning requirements. I should either pay a fee or clean it myself, NOT BOTH!! 🤬
so the owner is going to bet his reputation on how well a stranger cleaned the dishes in the cabinet or the pots in the cupboard? I hope you are right and get a rental after the college kids leave. Think before speaking
@@brodefineportraiture446So you think the owner is going to check if you did your chores rather than just slap you with a contractual fine for not doing them? What are you going to do about it, leave a bad review? Think before replying!
One thing that baffles me about people thinking about accommodation while travelling is that they only think about hotels and AirBnB/homestays while completely ignoring hostels. Hostels are relatively affordable compared to hotels, some hostels have pantries and items to cook on your own and some also provide quality tours. In short, hostels come very close to enjoying places like a local if not living like one.
Hostels are no more affordable than regular hotels, that's why poor people use AIRBNB. If hotels and hostels where affordable, There would be no market for AIRBNB with their stupid terms of service which governments should not be allowing them to have!
In Israel it destroyed small agricultural towns near the boarder: A lot of investors bought single family homes and turned then into "pool party houses" making our real estate problem even worse. Nowadays even if you want to live near the boarder you need to bring half a million dollars just to get a mortgage.
My Wife and I stayed at one, we got there late like midnight. The place looked messy but we went straight to bed. Got up and realize what a dump this place was. Clutter packed against the walls, carpet looked like it had never been vacuumed. I opened a drawer and it was covered with mouse crap, every plate, dish, pot, pan had mouse crap on them.Oh my goodness!
You’re right, but not in a good way. Adam ruins everything was awesome before the offended sjw culture took over, then information was heavily subjective to whatever they saw fit and literal facts to object to the argument were ignored. Honest Ads has gone down the same road. Just one example was Roger (I know he’s an actor but the gen z triggered writers who work for Cracked are to blame) did an episode about dating apps. They really complained about the gender benders not getting enough matches like the sites are intentionally bigoted. A typical non-binary, they them, ze zer is minimally going to match with a small handful of people within a certain area because “insert surprise pikachu face” most people aren’t crazy. 🤷♂️ go figure.
Renting an AirBnB was the worst experience I ever had. So, I rented for the weekend to have a party... The building had no heat, all it had was a wood pellet furnace. When I tried cooking with hot plate or a toaster, the outlet breaker kept tripping. I couldn't even make coffee. And I wasn't allowed to see the place before renting. The pictures showed an full kitchen, with a stove and oven... There was a hotplate and toaster waiting for me. I gave the guy 1 star because the site wouldn't let me do a zero star. First and last time. Never again with airbnbs.
I’ve never used Airbnb before and probably never will due to the horror stories and absurd fees. I really want to stay on the waterfront or in a forest for a few days to get away from my family and neighbours in the middle of the city (and don’t have camping stuff), but the only “service” that offers that here is Airbnb for twice as much as an average motel. Even the cheapest place would cost $1000 for only two nights bc of the $300+/night + $100 “cleaning fees” + service fees + taxes. It’s just stupid. :( Can’t get away for peace and quiet anywhere. Can’t camp either bc of ‘regulation and authorization fees’ to be allowed to enter a damn forest.
I've used Airbnb plenty of times never had an issue. If the prices are too good to be true then it's probably Not true common sense 101. I got us a House on the water with a boat slip behind the house and it made for a wonderful week long vacation in the keys . Cabin rentals in the mountains near Gatlinburg. 5 bedroom House in Orlando for a week with heated pool and hot-tub for the same as three motel rooms , friends pooled up money for it and it worked out great. Nice little house in Clearwater right off of bike trail. Did I raise the prices in the areas? Don't care honestly , these places already were and always will be way way way out of my price range to ever buy or rent one , with Airbnb I can save up all year with my average income and at least give my kid the yearly vacation experiences I otherwise couldn't. agree with others about the insanity cleaning fees.
I stopped using Airbnb about 3 years ago. I stayed at a cabin that was run by some mega host. There was literally $100 cleaning fee and there were cum stains on the decorative pillows. I got a full refund and said goodbye to that bull$hit.
1:34 Oh yeah, if you are an Airbnb "guest", the people who actually live on the same street / in the same building _do not like you._ Sure, _you_ might be a decent person and "guest", but there have been enough bad ones before you to stain all of you. In apartment buildings just your arrival and departure are disruptive: we don't want to live in a hotel thank-you-very-much.
@@f0x4nn3 we used to be "3 days or more rental" now itvneeds to be almost a week or longer before we consider not staying at hotels. Used to be a good cheap alternative. Not so much anymore.
Don't worry, those hidden cameras are there for the next cornhub mega flick, certainly not because the random stranger wants to ensure that their guests are safe or anything
Our family did an Airbnb for a Thanksgiving dinner one year. $180 for 2 nights. We spent the second day cleaning and left it nicer than when we got it. Got hit with a $300 cleaning fee anyway. “How do we know you cleaned it to our standards?” Thankfully our credit card company refused that change when we sent before and after videos. The AbnB folks said “You’ll never stay with us again.” I said “You’re right.”
Airbnb as a whole or just the landlords? But good for you. Chargeback is the closest we have to consumer protection these days. I've heard vague threats that it can damage your credit rating, but that's meaningless if you don't ever borrow anyway.
My stepmom asked her mom if she wanted to stay in an Air-BnB. Grandma's response was..."Hell no. I'm on vacation. I'm not doing chores...and i'm sure as hell not paying for the privilege of it either." 😂
I've rented a few Airbnb's. One time, the instructions were to go to a given address to pick up the keys. When we arrived, it was a 5 star hotel. Being a little confused I approached the concierge and explained the situation. He asked for the Airbnb conformation number and opened a drawer that held at least a hundred keys. He happily handed me a house key and wished me a good stay. (That hotel franchise had purchased at least a hundred private residences and was using Airbnb to occupy them)
@@kryptonianguest1903 It was suitable. Clean and large with kitchen dining room, living room and a huge master bedroom with balcony, and at a fraction of the price for a room at that hotel.
Wow, I feel like a 1%er here! I have used AirBnB roughly 15 times, and haven't seen any of this. And I help out a close friend of mine do repairs on his AirBnB arbitrage. I am assuming the horror stories come from certain areas, but honestly I haven't heard of any of the problems though this was funny as hell to me! I really really enjoyed this content!
For real. I know the owner of an air b&b in Portland, and he's greedy, slimey, money grubbing pos. He's said shit like "being wealthy is easy, you just buy a house and go from there."
I used to live in a tourist trap ski valley. The first time I lived there was before AirBnB, and while rent prices were still high there were plenty of places a person could choose to live. When I went back there for a bit after AirBnB became a thing virtually everything had been converted to short-term rentals, and the rent prices were beyond insane. I refuse to ever use AirBnB because I've seen just how badly it can ruin housing markets.
Not in defense of AirBnB, but it's also supply and demand. World population is now 8B and housing has not kept up. In the USA, population is over 340M now while in 1950 it was 150M.
@@raylopez99 Problem is, we currently have 11,000,000 homeless in the US, while we also have 18,000,000 vacant houses. That is F'ing dumb. Put the homeless in the vacant homes, pay the owners an adjusted market rate, and problem solved. It's been proven it is cheaper to house the homeless then to have them be homeless due to services, especially medical care. We can't wish the problem away, we need to regulate it away.
@@tedwojtasik8781A lot of homeless people can't just be housed in an ordinary home because a lot of them are mentally ill. The homeless population spiked when the asylums were shut down instead of being forced to treat people decently.
@@tedwojtasik8781God forbid the enormous churches on every city block use some of their space to care for the homeless, too - after all, it would only be the Christian thing to do.
Like most things, Air BNB was cool when it started. I actually enjoyed going to ABNBs and having an on-site local guide that usually genuinely enjoyed hosting me. All at a fraction of the cost of a disappointing hotel. Now ABNB is a scam. I'd say the only good thing about ABNB is that it forced hotels to up their game. Since giving up on ABNB years ago and going back to hotels, I've enjoyed the stays. There is no upside to an ABNB anymore. Hotels are cleaner, cheaper, safer, and don't come with all the BS of ABNB. Oh, and hotels aren't contributing to a housing shortage and gentrifying neighborhoods.
Tbh you could probably search for alternatives or well-known local renters, i got to knew some of them when traveling across a country. They usually have to make a name for themselves, so its a nice place to stay, cheaper then hotel very often too, especially if you have plans, and not just settle for a night. Tho it might be hard, if you traveling abroad, i may even prefer a hotel first time around.
This comment is extremely accurate. Nothing more to say other than it does make sense to get AIRBNB when it's a lot of reliable people you know will help with the cleaning. But that was 3 years ago. If it's change drastically in a bad way... Like this person said hotels and even some motels I've noticed are upping their game!
Another replied pointed to an experience they had about a 5-star hotel franchise that bought about 100 homes nearby to turn them into Airbnbs. Just letting you know. I've read some comments and found that.
Those stranger danger campaigns had a lot of unintentional consequences. The vast majority of kids kidnapped/assaulted by adults are from adults they know.
@@EverettBurger Yeah. Also, it has dovetailed with the rise of helicopter parenting, over-protected kids, and kids who socialize much less than previous generations.
"There is a housing crisis!! People can't afford homes!", "Well, lets heavily tax and minimize investment properties." *insert angry hipster face. It is shocking how people can complain about a housing shortage then extol the 'virtues' of AirBnBs.
Very well put. Boomers (of which I’m on the cusp of) don’t seem to get that salaries have at best doubled since they bought their house but housing has tripled/quadrupled. Back in 1987, my first apartment rent was $525/mo and my salary was $17,500. Now the average salary is about $35k but that same apartment is about $2k/mo based on my area). Both of my adult kids are still living at home paying rent that just about covers their car insurance.
There was an article in my newspaper today about how college towns with good football teams are having super high rental costs because a lot of the properties are all being converted by corporations into short term rentals for outsiders to come in during the football season. This takes away the available supply for college students because those houses sit vacant otherwise during the year.
Don't forget about hidden cameras. Sure, these have happened in regular hotels too. But the owner of a private home can spend a lot more time figuring out how to effectively spy on their guests.
@@hewitc There is no right to spy on people, especially when they are in private areas like bedrooms and bathrooms where they may be in various states of undress. Just do a Google search for "airbnb spycam arrest", and you will see a plethora of results of people who rented out their places and are now in prison for spying on their guests.
True, it is their home and they have a right. But others will pay to stay there, so they also have a right to know if they will be monitored. If they have cameras, they should be visible and most importantly, consent should be requested from the guests and they must inform them that they have installed cameras in not-so-weird locations just for security reasons. @@hewitc
@@hewitc ew. They know that couples stay in airbnbs right? Couples that are on vacation and have time/energy to have sex? Also, a lot of people walk naked from the shower to the bedroom to change. There is no reason for anyone to see that. If someone is paying you to rent your house then you need to give them privacy, not perv on them.
@@hewitcactually no it’s not allowed people have sued and airbnb owners have been prosecuted for it especially when they would hide cameras in the bedroom hence why I never ever ever used or will use an airbnb
AirBnB - It's like Craig's List, but with a corporation inserting itself as a middleman that washes itself of responsibility the second anything goes wrong.
I stopped using AirBnB when rates started going up like crazy and cleaning fees became so ridiculous. We still have to do a bunch of chores too when we leave as well.
I’ve never understood why anyone would give up the convenience and service of a hotel to live in someone’s IKEA remodel. My wife got me to try it once and the uncomfortable beds, crappy furniture, and hidden fees/chores made it a one time thing for me.
There are only two reasons. 1. It's cheaper which now isn't the case a lot of the time. Or two, you are able to rent a full house for a price similar to what a hotel room would cost.
I'd never try Air BnB because you know there is at least some small percentage of pervs who use the service to spy on their guests with hidden cameras. Or worse, from some hidden room/crawl space type thing.
Airbnb has been pumping ads like crazy. You know they must be doing bad since I’ve never seen one before three months ago. Meanwhile I checked and every Airbnb is the same price as or more expensive than a hotel in the same city for places near me.
Like Uber, they started out advertising like "Have a spare room? Rent it out nightly for some extra cash!" Then that friendly neighborhood feel (along with affordability) went out the window once people starting "hosting" solely to make profit.
@@itsoktobehappy461 And bad for everyone else including but not limited to the renters, neighbors, people who work in the town the Airbnb is in, people who want to move to the town, and the entire community who loses out with each neighbor that turns into a tourist.
I used to use AirBnB, but have switched back to hotels. If there was one good thing about AirBnBs, is I think they drove the cost of a hotel room down. It's not a lot more afforable to just get a hotel room. In fact, I'm going to be staying the next two nights in one, and its only costing me $100.
For my bachelor party, we rented a mansion in miami. It cost us about 6k for the weekend. Turns out it was a bait and switch location, electricity wouldnt work, and we found a high end camera. We were under the impression adult content was being filmed before we showed up. O yea door was wide open. We did get a refund but it messed up our trip, since we bought a ton of groceries for a bbq, which we threw away and got a hotel instead.
I used to be a doorman at a high-end apartment and I've seen all sorts of AirBnB-type nightmares. Not worth it. Cough up a bit more and stay at a proper motel/hotel.
You're being dishonest when you say a bit more, there is a HUGE price difference between AIRBNB, and hotels, HUGE. If Hotels where not as egregiously expensive as they are there would be no market for AIRBNB I can assure you, people aren't using AIRBNB because they like it, they're using because it's the only AFFORDABLE OPTION for lodging!
4-8 bunk beds per room, poorly converted "bedrooms" separated into cubicles, and 15 people or more crammed into the house at a premium price per head is what airbnb is now. Those hosts run some of the most nightmarish hostel setups ive ever seen. Never thought craigslist would look better by comparison. Airbnb is so big that it doesnt have the manpower to address all of its slum listings anymore.
Haven't we all seen a ton of movies about how just visiting a strange house is a bad idea? Why in God's Name would you pay to be found chopped up in the hall closet? 😏
I should list my house honestly on Horton's Homeshares: Mud hut sandwiched between two burned-out squats in the "shady part" of a small town in the middle of nowhere which is slowly losing population due to lack of economic opportunity. Bonuses include 5-16 stray cats to dodge, no working water heater or air conditioner, and 2 years of buiult up cobwebs and dust. Smoking encouraged.
Want to spend time in even worse conditions than the most hotels provide service, take your chances with AirBnB to be sure you do not get even the slightest bit of standard.
I have been travelling all my life, the concept of renting someone's place for few days makes no sense to me. Hotels, motels you know in most part what you get, prices are fixed. You can hang a do not disturb sign. You don't worry about cleaning etc.
Airbnb used to be nice at the beginning, when it was mostly made up of small, local owners. Prices were really competitive when compared to hotels, you had that "at home" feel of spaces most owners would use for their own visiting friends and families, a chance to cook for yourself during longer stays, more quiet and privacy compared to a regular hostel. Now it seems overrun by cheap remodels with beds crammed everywhere and "professional hosts" with ridiculous asking prices. It's actively hurting local communities, pricing them out of their neighbourhoods, while also putting guests in ridiculously bad accommodations. I live in a city overrun by short-term renting, and there's not a hole in the ground that's not being converted into a tourist trap.
Man, I'm only 32 and I'm already highly jaded. But yes, Roger is a bright spot exposing the dark spots of our society (there are wayyy too many of them!)
Airbnbs are cool only when you are sort of in the middle of nowhere, and your only other options are a motel or a far drive to a hotel. Also, I would never be in an Airbnb where the host is essentially in the house with you....that just feels like a setup for a horror movie.
Did Air BNb last year for the first and last time. House was advertised as nearly 3000 sq foot. Turned out it was a multi family home and we were in a first floor apartment. 4 adults and 4 kids. Sure it had 5 beds but they were in 3 bedrooms and the living room and kitchen were so incredibly small. And we had to take out the trash to the curb for garbage day and we had to do laundry for the beds before we left. And somehow we still did something wrong and got hit with an exta 300 dollar charge. Not sure if my sister-in-law successfully fought that charge. Never again.
We stayed in an airbnb for the first (and possibly last) time about a year ago, advertised as a house by the lake. The "lake" was the smallest damn lake I've ever seen (not that they were responsible for it but not what we expected), didn't tell us until after we were in that we had to strip the beds and wash the bedding ourselves (ew), didn't tell us that one of the main bedrooms was ONLY accessible if you went outside and down the stairs first (no way to get in or out from inside). Of course, it rained during our trip, rendering it difficult for my parents to get into to main part of the house. The fridge had people's leftovers in it and there was a note encouraging us to leave food to share with the housemaid???? The owner got absolutely pissed and told us off because we gave a 4 star review instead of a 5 star (My mom is a very generous woman).
It's for people who can't afford hotels but still want to travel. The owners are either businesses that can make money because they avoid the hotel taxes or a homeownner who can't get by on their fixed income retirement
It is cheaper than a hotel, has more amenities and can be even more comfortable especially traveling with friends and family. What cost be 900 for 2 weeks would cost me 2500 in a hotel. For the vendor. They can make passive income. Lots of it.
This is just the deregulation some people want, right? No protection for the consumer. If you work independent contract work, no protection for the worker. No protection for anyone but the upper crust. Obviously, it's building a perfect society.
😂 what I found as a resident here in Savannah Georgia is not only do they make our rent go up and we’re being priced out like he said all the Airbnb‘s are in the middle of the hood
I had a bnb for nearly twenty years, way before Airbnb. It was wonderful, I had 2 small cottages on my property on the slopes of Haleakala on Maui. Our guests were, without exception, lovely people who really enjoyed staying local . Because I live on the property I was able to help them with any questions and give suggestions about my local area and the island. Fresh breakfast,that included local fruit, was brought to the cottage and the cottage was cleaned daily. In all that time I only had positive reviews, I dealt directly with my guests when they were booking, either through my website or over the phone. Then came AIRBNB! I couldn’t compete without becoming an Airbnb “host”, so after about a year of not dealing directly with guests and all the fees they put on my guests, plus a number of other things, I quit! I closed my bnb business because of what Airbnb was turning it into.
Airbnb's are not even a real bed and breakfast - how many rentals on Airbnb have a host that is making breakfast... They changed the meaning of b&b for most people.
Stayed in one last June. Nice place. Outrageously expensive for what it was. Split the bill 6 ways. I paid $350 bucks to sleep on a couch for 2 nights. The other 5 guys got hosed.
I have rented two Airbnbs in my life. One was okay the other had stained sheets on the bed, a dead roach in the fridge and rats outside the property. The host tried to bully me for a good review but stood my ground and got marked as a "bad guest", whatever that meant.
Well, I'm pretty thankful for AirBNB's. I'm working in a different state, and if it weren't for AirBNB, I'd either have to stay in a hotel (and not be able to cook my own food, plus pay a whole lot more) or rent an apartment (and have to get furniture, hook up utilities, etc., and probably break my lease when the job is over). I've stayed at three different AirBNB's since I've been here, and they've all three been good experiences.
I remember the first time heard about airbnb from a friend. The cringe i felt when she told me she was staying in someone's bedroom while they were still there.
It got really bad lately. Hosts double booked on multiple apps and then rent to the one that pays the most. A group of friends were going to Miami for a long weekend and rented a huge house only for the host to cancel 3 hours before the start time as we were getting off the plane. Fun times..
After the nightmare of the last Airbnb we stayed at (picture sperm coated couches, almost broken beds, and weird Catholic statues glaring at us in the living room), I don’t think I will ever want to stay at another Airbnb. Ugh!
There is another dark side to short term rentals. The crime and noise that can be associated with them. You have a short term rental like AirB&B in a quiet neighbourhood and it gets rented to a bunch of partiers and such who disrupt the whole neighbourhood. I know several subdivisions that do not allow short term rentals of any kind because of this.
I actively avoid AirBnB and VRBO especially since the hosts are the same, and the experiences are similarly terrible. Not to mention how it raises prices in the area.
I've been wondering how Airbnb is even legal. I used to live in San Francisco and it never even occurred to me to go out and say, "My apartment is a hotel. You can sleep in my living room for $100 a night," because I was sure that it would have been illegal. The jackasses who created Airbnb are not innovators, they just did something that everyone else thought was illegal. I stayed with my family at an Airbnb during Thanksgiving. I don't know how much it cost, but it wasn't cheap. The towels were like sandpaper, the house was not set up like an actual house (there were beds everywhere, even in the living room), it was clearly set up to make as much money as an Airbnb as possible. Hotels get inspected. Hotels are businesses with business licenses. Airbnbs are not real businesses. Like Uber and Lyft, I don't understand how Airbnb is legal.
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Before Airbnb I saw folks doing this on Craigslist. My first ever experience like this was San Diego. All the hotels were booked but I found this place. Great location and not overbooked. It was clean, well designed and comfortable. All the horror stories folks have in airbnbs have been had in hotels and motels. And BNB are not new. In fact it was very common in the old days. Hotels and motels causes these issues and created a gap and need. Airbnb filled it. It wasn’t illegal cause folks didn’t think to do that. Airbnb did it before they could make it illegal. And now they have lawyers to find loopholes.
@themightyflog You're mostly right, but I would add that hotels and motels are subject to inspections from the health department and they need a business license, which makes them subject to reviews from the Better Business Bureau. AirBNBs don't have to deal with any of that.
Step 4) Cross your fingers; Hope they don't cancel with you last minute leaving you no other options, hope the previous guest did the self-cleanup work and your not asking the owners to send cleaners or looking for another location. Hope that nothing on your trip goes wrong (flights or cars etc) where you need to change dates - hotels will almost always refund or adjust your dates - airbnb are almost exclusively non-refundable and that % cheaper per night rental just cost you all of your vacation fund with no trip.
Can't believe he didn't mention the insane cleaning fees on top of the cleaning requirements. I should either pay a fee or clean it myself, NOT BOTH!! 🤬
so the owner is going to bet his reputation on how well a stranger cleaned the dishes in the cabinet or the pots in the cupboard? I hope you are right and get a rental after the college kids leave. Think before speaking
@@brodefineportraiture446 Then the clients should not clean at all. Just pay the cleaning fee like in a hotel.
Now there are resort fees, destination fees, and lots of other junk fees. It's disgusting.
@@brodefineportraiture446 No, the owner is going to use this as an excuse to charge another junk fee.
@@brodefineportraiture446So you think the owner is going to check if you did your chores rather than just slap you with a contractual fine for not doing them? What are you going to do about it, leave a bad review? Think before replying!
One thing that baffles me about people thinking about accommodation while travelling is that they only think about hotels and AirBnB/homestays while completely ignoring hostels. Hostels are relatively affordable compared to hotels, some hostels have pantries and items to cook on your own and some also provide quality tours. In short, hostels come very close to enjoying places like a local if not living like one.
Yeah, I think Eli Roth may have poisoned that well...😅
Hostels are no more affordable than regular hotels, that's why poor people use AIRBNB. If hotels and hostels where affordable, There would be no market for AIRBNB with their stupid terms of service which governments should not be allowing them to have!
There's a hostle in Lincoln Park in Chicago called the Geteaway hostel that was super cool!
I loved it there!
@@janeentumbao8690 What's their price?
There is a cool hostel called The Yellow in Rome, Italy. Do try it when you are in that neck of the woods
In Israel it destroyed small agricultural towns near the boarder: A lot of investors bought single family homes and turned then into "pool party houses" making our real estate problem even worse. Nowadays even if you want to live near the boarder you need to bring half a million dollars just to get a mortgage.
Roger is the best! He's why I've been watching these videos for 20 years!❤❤❤
Cart outside of Walmart got 5 stars, lol
$100/night! 😂
My daughter worked for a company that temporarily ran an Airbnb service as a sideline. Most of their listing were actually unbooked hotel rooms.
My Wife and I stayed at one, we got there late like midnight. The place looked messy but we went straight to bed. Got up and realize what a dump this place was. Clutter packed against the walls, carpet looked like it had never been vacuumed. I opened a drawer and it was covered with mouse crap, every plate, dish, pot, pan had mouse crap on them.Oh my goodness!
Roger Horton is The New & Current Adam Ruins Everything.
Keep on Roger-ing👊🏾.
You’re right, but not in a good way. Adam ruins everything was awesome before the offended sjw culture took over, then information was heavily subjective to whatever they saw fit and literal facts to object to the argument were ignored. Honest Ads has gone down the same road. Just one example was Roger (I know he’s an actor but the gen z triggered writers who work for Cracked are to blame) did an episode about dating apps. They really complained about the gender benders not getting enough matches like the sites are intentionally bigoted. A typical non-binary, they them, ze zer is minimally going to match with a small handful of people within a certain area because “insert surprise pikachu face” most people aren’t crazy. 🤷♂️ go figure.
@Nmdixon-cu7vm They both use humor as a sugar to help that medicine called "Reality" go down. Honest Ads is just shorter compared to A.R.E.
Air BnB, Uber Eats, Doordash, Carvana, Vroom, aftermarket warranties - What scams and people go for them.
THEY DON'T EVEN REQUIRE HOSTS TO PROVIDE TOILET PAPER!
I’ve done VRBO twice and have not been disappointed
The ad that came on after the video was for airbnb, lol.
Lol. I literally got an ad for AirBnB when I clicked on this video.
Got a AirBnB ad before this 😂
Renting an AirBnB was the worst experience I ever had. So, I rented for the weekend to have a party... The building had no heat, all it had was a wood pellet furnace. When I tried cooking with hot plate or a toaster, the outlet breaker kept tripping. I couldn't even make coffee. And I wasn't allowed to see the place before renting. The pictures showed an full kitchen, with a stove and oven... There was a hotplate and toaster waiting for me. I gave the guy 1 star because the site wouldn't let me do a zero star. First and last time. Never again with airbnbs.
We live in such a shitty modern boring dystopian society.
I hope they do MLMs (multii level marketing) sometime
Or, split the diff in all the worst ways possible and do something like Sonder!
AirBnB is a gamble, but I can't lie, there have been many rolls higher than any hotel in this price range
I’ve never used Airbnb before and probably never will due to the horror stories and absurd fees. I really want to stay on the waterfront or in a forest for a few days to get away from my family and neighbours in the middle of the city (and don’t have camping stuff), but the only “service” that offers that here is Airbnb for twice as much as an average motel. Even the cheapest place would cost $1000 for only two nights bc of the $300+/night + $100 “cleaning fees” + service fees + taxes. It’s just stupid. :( Can’t get away for peace and quiet anywhere. Can’t camp either bc of ‘regulation and authorization fees’ to be allowed to enter a damn forest.
o_o I want to work for you. You guys have the best humor ever- my type of humor.
I’m going to one tomorrow so exited
I've used Airbnb plenty of times never had an issue. If the prices are too good to be true then it's probably Not true common sense 101. I got us a House on the water with a boat slip behind the house and it made for a wonderful week long vacation in the keys . Cabin rentals in the mountains near Gatlinburg. 5 bedroom House in Orlando for a week with heated pool and hot-tub for the same as three motel rooms , friends pooled up money for it and it worked out great. Nice little house in Clearwater right off of bike trail. Did I raise the prices in the areas? Don't care honestly , these places already were and always will be way way way out of my price range to ever buy or rent one , with Airbnb I can save up all year with my average income and at least give my kid the yearly vacation experiences I otherwise couldn't. agree with others about the insanity cleaning fees.
Love the logo
Did anyone else get an Airbnb ad immediately after this video?
I stopped using Airbnb about 3 years ago. I stayed at a cabin that was run by some mega host. There was literally $100 cleaning fee and there were cum stains on the decorative pillows. I got a full refund and said goodbye to that bull$hit.
No mention to the parties that tourists do??? Because they never give a fuck about noises
1:34 Oh yeah, if you are an Airbnb "guest", the people who actually live on the same street / in the same building _do not like you._ Sure, _you_ might be a decent person and "guest", but there have been enough bad ones before you to stain all of you. In apartment buildings just your arrival and departure are disruptive: we don't want to live in a hotel thank-you-very-much.
If cynical, pontificating, washed up old youtube hacks were honest. Do one of those.
luv u Roger...
Can I stay with Roger?
And you didnt even mention paying $300 to clean up after yourself 😅
And those possible hidden cameras...
I’ve never stayed in a ARB&B before, but can you do if Turo was honest.
Yeah the cleaning fees now days are insane
@@f0x4nn3 we used to be "3 days or more rental" now itvneeds to be almost a week or longer before we consider not staying at hotels. Used to be a good cheap alternative. Not so much anymore.
Remove the "possible"... there ARE hidden cameras.
Don't worry, those hidden cameras are there for the next cornhub mega flick, certainly not because the random stranger wants to ensure that their guests are safe or anything
Our family did an Airbnb for a Thanksgiving dinner one year. $180 for 2 nights. We spent the second day cleaning and left it nicer than when we got it. Got hit with a $300 cleaning fee anyway. “How do we know you cleaned it to our standards?” Thankfully our credit card company refused that change when we sent before and after videos. The AbnB folks said “You’ll never stay with us again.” I said “You’re right.”
Airbnb as a whole or just the landlords?
But good for you. Chargeback is the closest we have to consumer protection these days. I've heard vague threats that it can damage your credit rating, but that's meaningless if you don't ever borrow anyway.
@@sarysaThat particular Airbnb host, not Airbnb. Airbnb doesn't care about laws or anything.
@@Zer0Blizzard Sorry, I was unclear. Was wondering if the chargeback and exchange was with AirBnB the company. I'm assuming the host is shielded...?
Bs story, or you're an idiot. The cleaning fees are shown prior to booking
Lol got em
My stepmom asked her mom if she wanted to stay in an Air-BnB. Grandma's response was..."Hell no. I'm on vacation. I'm not doing chores...and i'm sure as hell not paying for the privilege of it either." 😂
I like your Grandma!! 😂😂😂
Spot on 💯
Go with your stepmom yourself 😏
Let her know that, if the apple fell far from the tree, then it fell in the good direction!
@@anonimanonim2710what?
@@antonsichkar5625 did I stutter?
I've rented a few Airbnb's. One time, the instructions were to go to a given address to pick up the keys. When we arrived, it was a 5 star hotel. Being a little confused I approached the concierge and explained the situation. He asked for the Airbnb conformation number and opened a drawer that held at least a hundred keys. He happily handed me a house key and wished me a good stay.
(That hotel franchise had purchased at least a hundred private residences and was using Airbnb to occupy them)
where and what hotel was this?
How was it? I expect that an Air BNB run by a real hotel was a better experience than most people get from that app.
@@kryptonianguest1903 It was suitable. Clean and large with kitchen dining room, living room and a huge master bedroom with balcony, and at a fraction of the price for a room at that hotel.
@@senai795 Strasbourg, France. I forget the name of hotel.
@newdefsys Yup, sounds like a way above average ABNB.
This was honestly only about 10% as scathing as it really should have been.
So true!
Wow, I feel like a 1%er here! I have used AirBnB roughly 15 times, and haven't seen any of this. And I help out a close friend of mine do repairs on his AirBnB arbitrage. I am assuming the horror stories come from certain areas, but honestly I haven't heard of any of the problems though this was funny as hell to me! I really really enjoyed this content!
For real. I know the owner of an air b&b in Portland, and he's greedy, slimey, money grubbing pos. He's said shit like "being wealthy is easy, you just buy a house and go from there."
You forgot one thing. Rent the AirBnB for $99 per night. Then pay an additional $500 for a "Cleaning Fee".
Yep. That's how they get ya
for you cleaning the home
I used to live in a tourist trap ski valley. The first time I lived there was before AirBnB, and while rent prices were still high there were plenty of places a person could choose to live. When I went back there for a bit after AirBnB became a thing virtually everything had been converted to short-term rentals, and the rent prices were beyond insane. I refuse to ever use AirBnB because I've seen just how badly it can ruin housing markets.
Not in defense of AirBnB, but it's also supply and demand. World population is now 8B and housing has not kept up. In the USA, population is over 340M now while in 1950 it was 150M.
@@raylopez99 Problem is, we currently have 11,000,000 homeless in the US, while we also have 18,000,000 vacant houses. That is F'ing dumb. Put the homeless in the vacant homes, pay the owners an adjusted market rate, and problem solved. It's been proven it is cheaper to house the homeless then to have them be homeless due to services, especially medical care. We can't wish the problem away, we need to regulate it away.
@@tedwojtasik8781A lot of homeless people can't just be housed in an ordinary home because a lot of them are mentally ill. The homeless population spiked when the asylums were shut down instead of being forced to treat people decently.
@@tedwojtasik8781God forbid the enormous churches on every city block use some of their space to care for the homeless, too - after all, it would only be the Christian thing to do.
@@kryptonianguest1903 I understand that, but the majority of homeless are not mentally ill, a large number are, about 30-35% on average.
Like most things, Air BNB was cool when it started. I actually enjoyed going to ABNBs and having an on-site local guide that usually genuinely enjoyed hosting me. All at a fraction of the cost of a disappointing hotel. Now ABNB is a scam. I'd say the only good thing about ABNB is that it forced hotels to up their game. Since giving up on ABNB years ago and going back to hotels, I've enjoyed the stays. There is no upside to an ABNB anymore. Hotels are cleaner, cheaper, safer, and don't come with all the BS of ABNB. Oh, and hotels aren't contributing to a housing shortage and gentrifying neighborhoods.
Tbh you could probably search for alternatives or well-known local renters, i got to knew some of them when traveling across a country. They usually have to make a name for themselves, so its a nice place to stay, cheaper then hotel very often too, especially if you have plans, and not just settle for a night. Tho it might be hard, if you traveling abroad, i may even prefer a hotel first time around.
Kinda like what also happened to ride share ventures ( Uber, Lyft).
This comment is extremely accurate. Nothing more to say other than it does make sense to get AIRBNB when it's a lot of reliable people you know will help with the cleaning. But that was 3 years ago. If it's change drastically in a bad way... Like this person said hotels and even some motels I've noticed are upping their game!
Pause - I don’t / can’t see AirBNB as contributor or housing shortage. If they were not an Airbnb they’d simply be an on market rental unit.
Another replied pointed to an experience they had about a 5-star hotel franchise that bought about 100 homes nearby to turn them into Airbnbs.
Just letting you know. I've read some comments and found that.
Apparently, society didn't learn from all those stranger-danger warnings smh.🤦🏼♂
Those stranger danger campaigns had a lot of unintentional consequences.
The vast majority of kids kidnapped/assaulted by adults are from adults they know.
Yeah because nothing ever bad happened at a hotel
@@southcoastinventors6583 yep (cough) Ceil (cough)
@@EverettBurger Yeah. Also, it has dovetailed with the rise of helicopter parenting, over-protected kids, and kids who socialize much less than previous generations.
The “stranger danger” warning were reactionary and ineffective, children are far more likely to be harmed by someone they know
It's amazing how Horton Industries has grown from a startup to a multinational conglomerate of diversified companies thanks to Roger.
Even more amazing is that the government doesn't apply the anti-trust hammer to it.
@@MyVanir
Roger owns the government.
@@GuitarsRockForeverhow rich is Roger?
@@isaiahlewis4846
Roger is god.
@@isaiahlewis4846Yes.
Horton actually undersold this one, he failed to mention the 300 plus dollar daily cleaning fee
🤫🤫🤫that hidden fee
"There is a housing crisis!! People can't afford homes!", "Well, lets heavily tax and minimize investment properties." *insert angry hipster face. It is shocking how people can complain about a housing shortage then extol the 'virtues' of AirBnBs.
Very well put. Boomers (of which I’m on the cusp of) don’t seem to get that salaries have at best doubled since they bought their house but housing has tripled/quadrupled. Back in 1987, my first apartment rent was $525/mo and my salary was $17,500. Now the average salary is about $35k but that same apartment is about $2k/mo based on my area). Both of my adult kids are still living at home paying rent that just about covers their car insurance.
My angry hipster take is that we shouldn’t heavily tax rental properties because the landlords would pass most of it onto the tenants.
There was an article in my newspaper today about how college towns with good football teams are having super high rental costs because a lot of the properties are all being converted by corporations into short term rentals for outsiders to come in during the football season. This takes away the available supply for college students because those houses sit vacant otherwise during the year.
Most of us in the know know that short term rentals are exacerbating the housing shortage.
That would never work because there is this thing called an audit@@JakoWako
Don't forget about hidden cameras. Sure, these have happened in regular hotels too. But the owner of a private home can spend a lot more time figuring out how to effectively spy on their guests.
It's their home. They have the right to see what's going on. Not so in a hotel.
@@hewitc There is no right to spy on people, especially when they are in private areas like bedrooms and bathrooms where they may be in various states of undress. Just do a Google search for "airbnb spycam arrest", and you will see a plethora of results of people who rented out their places and are now in prison for spying on their guests.
True, it is their home and they have a right. But others will pay to stay there, so they also have a right to know if they will be monitored. If they have cameras, they should be visible and most importantly, consent should be requested from the guests and they must inform them that they have installed cameras in not-so-weird locations just for security reasons. @@hewitc
@@hewitc ew. They know that couples stay in airbnbs right? Couples that are on vacation and have time/energy to have sex?
Also, a lot of people walk naked from the shower to the bedroom to change.
There is no reason for anyone to see that. If someone is paying you to rent your house then you need to give them privacy, not perv on them.
@@hewitcactually no it’s not allowed people have sued and airbnb owners have been prosecuted for it especially when they would hide cameras in the bedroom hence why I never ever ever used or will use an airbnb
I look forward to any mention of hidden cameras
How do you think it was recorded?
AirBnB - It's like Craig's List, but with a corporation inserting itself as a middleman that washes itself of responsibility the second anything goes wrong.
And a lot more expensive!
I stopped using AirBnB when rates started going up like crazy and cleaning fees became so ridiculous. We still have to do a bunch of chores too when we leave as well.
Anyone else notice the suggestive design of Horton's Home Shares logo?
Yes I did!
Yep!
I’ve never understood why anyone would give up the convenience and service of a hotel to live in someone’s IKEA remodel. My wife got me to try it once and the uncomfortable beds, crappy furniture, and hidden fees/chores made it a one time thing for me.
Originally, one reason was that it was supposed to be cheaper if I recall. Now the fees just add up.
There are only two reasons. 1. It's cheaper which now isn't the case a lot of the time. Or two, you are able to rent a full house for a price similar to what a hotel room would cost.
My wife has used them with good results, but I won't.
@@josh885 I don't think you've been looking at prices of late
I'd never try Air BnB because you know there is at least some small percentage of pervs who use the service to spy on their guests with hidden cameras. Or worse, from some hidden room/crawl space type thing.
Thanks to Horton's Home Shares, I've been able to master the art of spotting hidden cameras!
The irony of an Air BnB ad playing after this was delightful.
Same experience here!
The fact an air BnB commercial popped up during this is priceless.
Airbnb has been pumping ads like crazy. You know they must be doing bad since I’ve never seen one before three months ago. Meanwhile I checked and every Airbnb is the same price as or more expensive than a hotel in the same city for places near me.
Like Uber, they started out advertising like "Have a spare room? Rent it out nightly for some extra cash!" Then that friendly neighborhood feel (along with affordability) went out the window once people starting "hosting" solely to make profit.
Making profit is good for the host.
@@itsoktobehappy461 And bad for everyone else including but not limited to the renters, neighbors, people who work in the town the Airbnb is in, people who want to move to the town, and the entire community who loses out with each neighbor that turns into a tourist.
@@raumkrieger Ahh, those are effects are pretty exaggerated. It gives consumers more options.
@@itsoktobehappy461Those options are highly exaggerated. In reality the options are worse
@@corvus8638 Another option for a place to stay on vacation than just hotels somehow creates less options?
I stayed in one, a converted motel. I could not only hear the person in the next room snoring, I could hear them BREATHING.
I used to use AirBnB, but have switched back to hotels. If there was one good thing about AirBnBs, is I think they drove the cost of a hotel room down. It's not a lot more afforable to just get a hotel room. In fact, I'm going to be staying the next two nights in one, and its only costing me $100.
For my bachelor party, we rented a mansion in miami. It cost us about 6k for the weekend. Turns out it was a bait and switch location, electricity wouldnt work, and we found a high end camera. We were under the impression adult content was being filmed before we showed up. O yea door was wide open. We did get a refund but it messed up our trip, since we bought a ton of groceries for a bbq, which we threw away and got a hotel instead.
Ever heard of donating to the homeless, bruv
I used to be a doorman at a high-end apartment and I've seen all sorts of AirBnB-type nightmares. Not worth it. Cough up a bit more and stay at a proper motel/hotel.
You're being dishonest when you say a bit more, there is a HUGE price difference between AIRBNB, and hotels, HUGE. If Hotels where not as egregiously expensive as they are there would be no market for AIRBNB I can assure you, people aren't using AIRBNB because they like it, they're using because it's the only AFFORDABLE OPTION for lodging!
My thought; if you don't have the money.....stay home.
@@TimothyStclair-v4p The fact that your kind of mindset dominates society is precisely why we have this oppressive economic system that we have
@Hardin9 Huh? If you can't afford something don't purchase it. What's wrong with that?
@@Hardin9 with all the fees AirBnB hosts tack on, hotels are probably cheaper in the end!
4-8 bunk beds per room, poorly converted "bedrooms" separated into cubicles, and 15 people or more crammed into the house at a premium price per head is what airbnb is now. Those hosts run some of the most nightmarish hostel setups ive ever seen. Never thought craigslist would look better by comparison. Airbnb is so big that it doesnt have the manpower to address all of its slum listings anymore.
Airbnb has a policy of no help anyway, last time I used them (a few years ago now), it was all community support.
no, airbnb doesn't CARE, because they already skimmed their profit off the top.
Haven't we all seen a ton of movies about how just visiting a strange house is a bad idea? Why in God's Name would you pay to be found chopped up in the hall closet? 😏
They'd at least better play something catchy before they kill us.
@@DemonicAdj 🤣
I should list my house honestly on Horton's Homeshares: Mud hut sandwiched between two burned-out squats in the "shady part" of a small town in the middle of nowhere which is slowly losing population due to lack of economic opportunity. Bonuses include 5-16 stray cats to dodge, no working water heater or air conditioner, and 2 years of buiult up cobwebs and dust. Smoking encouraged.
So....Charlie and Frank's apartment?
@@TheVincentKyle They got a way better location but I eat actual human food!
Want to spend time in even worse conditions than the most hotels provide service, take your chances with AirBnB to be sure you do not get even the slightest bit of standard.
I have been travelling all my life, the concept of renting someone's place for few days makes no sense to me. Hotels, motels you know in most part what you get, prices are fixed. You can hang a do not disturb sign. You don't worry about cleaning etc.
Plus most hotel chains have loyalty programs which can reduce the cost of the hotel stay.
ROGER doesn't get paid enough for this level of COMEDY 😂❤
Airbnb used to be nice at the beginning, when it was mostly made up of small, local owners. Prices were really competitive when compared to hotels, you had that "at home" feel of spaces most owners would use for their own visiting friends and families, a chance to cook for yourself during longer stays, more quiet and privacy compared to a regular hostel. Now it seems overrun by cheap remodels with beds crammed everywhere and "professional hosts" with ridiculous asking prices. It's actively hurting local communities, pricing them out of their neighbourhoods, while also putting guests in ridiculously bad accommodations. I live in a city overrun by short-term renting, and there's not a hole in the ground that's not being converted into a tourist trap.
You forgot to mention the cleaning fee that is three times the advertised rate to stay
The funniest thing is that Airbnb is running ads on this very video… XD
I love spending more than a hotel for a place I have to clean after!
No one
Being old and highly jaded, not much can make me laugh. However, Roger does it every time! Thank you Roger!!!! 😊
Yep
Man, I'm only 32 and I'm already highly jaded. But yes, Roger is a bright spot exposing the dark spots of our society (there are wayyy too many of them!)
@@NateLeePhillips yup
Airbnbs are cool only when you are sort of in the middle of nowhere, and your only other options are a motel or a far drive to a hotel.
Also, I would never be in an Airbnb where the host is essentially in the house with you....that just feels like a setup for a horror movie.
Horton industries needs to stop playing and drop they're stock IPO!
They have they're hands on every industry!
Waiting to see if Roger is related to Tim
The hell with crypto. A Roger IPO is something I could sink my teeth into. Oh yeah!
Did Air BNb last year for the first and last time. House was advertised as nearly 3000 sq foot. Turned out it was a multi family home and we were in a first floor apartment. 4 adults and 4 kids. Sure it had 5 beds but they were in 3 bedrooms and the living room and kitchen were so incredibly small. And we had to take out the trash to the curb for garbage day and we had to do laundry for the beds before we left. And somehow we still did something wrong and got hit with an exta 300 dollar charge. Not sure if my sister-in-law successfully fought that charge.
Never again.
"You cant give away a used mattress but people will pay hundreds of dollars per night to sleep on one..." Jim Gaffigan
😂 That's beautiful
We stayed in an airbnb for the first (and possibly last) time about a year ago, advertised as a house by the lake. The "lake" was the smallest damn lake I've ever seen (not that they were responsible for it but not what we expected), didn't tell us until after we were in that we had to strip the beds and wash the bedding ourselves (ew), didn't tell us that one of the main bedrooms was ONLY accessible if you went outside and down the stairs first (no way to get in or out from inside). Of course, it rained during our trip, rendering it difficult for my parents to get into to main part of the house. The fridge had people's leftovers in it and there was a note encouraging us to leave food to share with the housemaid????
The owner got absolutely pissed and told us off because we gave a 4 star review instead of a 5 star (My mom is a very generous woman).
I will never understand people wanting to stay at someone else’s house or wanting to rent their house out to stranger.
To make money and larger size
It's for people who can't afford hotels but still want to travel. The owners are either businesses that can make money because they avoid the hotel taxes or a homeownner who can't get by on their fixed income retirement
It is cheaper than a hotel, has more amenities and can be even more comfortable especially traveling with friends and family.
What cost be 900 for 2 weeks would cost me 2500 in a hotel.
For the vendor. They can make passive income. Lots of it.
This is just the deregulation some people want, right? No protection for the consumer. If you work independent contract work, no protection for the worker. No protection for anyone but the upper crust. Obviously, it's building a perfect society.
That's what the constipated-looking people in suits tell me to want, so... sure.
Well there is a balance.
😂 what I found as a resident here in Savannah Georgia is not only do they make our rent go up and we’re being priced out like he said all the Airbnb‘s are in the middle of the hood
Absolutely perfect, I got an Airbnb ad!
So did I! Lol 😂
I had a bnb for nearly twenty years, way before Airbnb. It was wonderful, I had 2 small cottages on my property on the slopes of Haleakala on Maui. Our guests were, without exception, lovely people who really enjoyed staying local . Because I live on the property I was able to help them with any questions and give suggestions about my local area and the island. Fresh breakfast,that included local fruit, was brought to the cottage and the cottage was cleaned daily. In all that time I only had positive reviews, I dealt directly with my guests when they were booking, either through my website or over the phone. Then came AIRBNB! I couldn’t compete without becoming an Airbnb “host”, so after about a year of not dealing directly with guests and all the fees they put on my guests, plus a number of other things, I quit! I closed my bnb business because of what Airbnb was turning it into.
Airbnb's are not even a real bed and breakfast - how many rentals on Airbnb have a host that is making breakfast... They changed the meaning of b&b for most people.
Here in San Diego, Mega Hosts are having a field day, especially at beach front properties.
Stayed in one last June. Nice place. Outrageously expensive for what it was. Split the bill 6 ways. I paid $350 bucks to sleep on a couch for 2 nights. The other 5 guys got hosed.
Roger, you are the MAN! 🥂
I have rented two Airbnbs in my life. One was okay the other had stained sheets on the bed, a dead roach in the fridge and rats outside the property. The host tried to bully me for a good review but stood my ground and got marked as a "bad guest", whatever that meant.
My favorite part is if I had an issue, it took hours. Also, the person assigned to my case gave no direct number or email. Vrbo & airbnb are a scam
F ing hilarious the ad that played at the end of this video was for airbnb! Haha nailed the tone algo!
Even the algorithm was in on the joke!
Well, I'm pretty thankful for AirBNB's. I'm working in a different state, and if it weren't for AirBNB, I'd either have to stay in a hotel (and not be able to cook my own food, plus pay a whole lot more) or rent an apartment (and have to get furniture, hook up utilities, etc., and probably break my lease when the job is over). I've stayed at three different AirBNB's since I've been here, and they've all three been good experiences.
I’ve been waiting for this one for years
Roger spitting the truth again!
I remember the first time heard about airbnb from a friend. The cringe i felt when she told me she was staying in someone's bedroom while they were still there.
It got really bad lately. Hosts double booked on multiple apps and then rent to the one that pays the most. A group of friends were going to Miami for a long weekend and rented a huge house only for the host to cancel 3 hours before the start time as we were getting off the plane. Fun times..
After the nightmare of the last Airbnb we stayed at (picture sperm coated couches, almost broken beds, and weird Catholic statues glaring at us in the living room), I don’t think I will ever want to stay at another Airbnb. Ugh!
There is another dark side to short term rentals. The crime and noise that can be associated with them.
You have a short term rental like AirB&B in a quiet neighbourhood and it
gets rented to a bunch of partiers and such who disrupt the whole neighbourhood.
I know several subdivisions that do not allow short term rentals of any kind
because of this.
I actively avoid AirBnB and VRBO especially since the hosts are the same, and the experiences are similarly terrible. Not to mention how it raises prices in the area.
This is why companies don't like AirBnB's, particularly the H&S department. In fact, they stopped us from booking them entirely.
I've been wondering how Airbnb is even legal. I used to live in San Francisco and it never even occurred to me to go out and say, "My apartment is a hotel. You can sleep in my living room for $100 a night," because I was sure that it would have been illegal. The jackasses who created Airbnb are not innovators, they just did something that everyone else thought was illegal.
I stayed with my family at an Airbnb during Thanksgiving. I don't know how much it cost, but it wasn't cheap. The towels were like sandpaper, the house was not set up like an actual house (there were beds everywhere, even in the living room), it was clearly set up to make as much money as an Airbnb as possible.
Hotels get inspected. Hotels are businesses with business licenses. Airbnbs are not real businesses.
Like Uber and Lyft, I don't understand how Airbnb is legal.
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Before Airbnb I saw folks doing this on Craigslist. My first ever experience like this was San Diego. All the hotels were booked but I found this place. Great location and not overbooked. It was clean, well designed and comfortable.
All the horror stories folks have in airbnbs have been had in hotels and motels. And BNB are not new. In fact it was very common in the old days.
Hotels and motels causes these issues and created a gap and need. Airbnb filled it. It wasn’t illegal cause folks didn’t think to do that. Airbnb did it before they could make it illegal. And now they have lawyers to find loopholes.
@themightyflog You're mostly right, but I would add that hotels and motels are subject to inspections from the health department and they need a business license, which makes them subject to reviews from the Better Business Bureau. AirBNBs don't have to deal with any of that.
I'm a simple man. roger posts, I like.
Right after Roger finished, I got an ad for ... You guessed it! AirBnB. No Mercy. Opponent deserves No Mercy! 😂
Step 1) Look for the perfect stay on Airbnb
Step 2) Research the same premise online
Step 3) Book with them directly for 20% less
Pay in cash too
Step 4) Cross your fingers; Hope they don't cancel with you last minute leaving you no other options, hope the previous guest did the self-cleanup work and your not asking the owners to send cleaners or looking for another location. Hope that nothing on your trip goes wrong (flights or cars etc) where you need to change dates - hotels will almost always refund or adjust your dates - airbnb are almost exclusively non-refundable and that % cheaper per night rental just cost you all of your vacation fund with no trip.
Roger is doing us great favors like exposing this.
Even honest ads left some stuff out.
The elevator in my building is broken almost every weekend and we pay for weekend security - thanks AirBnB
always thought it a dumb Idea! I will stay a resort .