by Cbasedlifeform on 6/16/18, 1:52 PM with 83 comments
by tylermenezes on 6/16/18, 3:17 PM
I've talked to the Airbnb founders a few times, and they're probably the most passionate founders I've met. It's clear that they believe in their vision 100%, even without the money (just look at their history of self-funding for years before they could attract VC interest).
But by refusing to cooperate with cities on some legitimate complaints (like a small number of hosts who own a ton of properties, which is even sketchy to me as a guest), they really brought this hardline pushback on themselves.
by paulsutter on 6/16/18, 3:11 PM
They think they’re being “aggresive”, hoping that the rules change. But they’re screwing up vacations selfishly
> Airbnb – the company, not the hosts of the property – pulled the plug on their week’s stay in San Francisco, 10 days before they were due to arrive.
by telesilla on 6/16/18, 4:18 PM
I will be SO glad when AirBnB'ing an entire apartment as a business is shut down: I try and use it exclusively with private rooms and where it is clearly the host's usual home, or it's a property that is created specifically for tourism. I also find that in areas where city tourist tax is applied, AirBnB apartments aren't much cheaper than hotel rooms: at which point I usually look for a hotel instead if I can get better amenities. In a city like Chicago, where weekend hotels go for $250-300 a night on the low/mid end in the Loop, you are still looking at about the same with an AirBnB apartment, once you add service and cleaning fees.
Can anyone prove to me, that this isn't pushing up rents because landlords and tenants can now afford higher monthly rents knowing they can AirBnB a few weekends or more to cover the higher costs?
by ghaff on 6/16/18, 3:48 PM
I get that a lot of cities are cracking down on Airbnb and this is disrupting some travelers. This just doesn't seem like a great example.
by UncleEntity on 6/16/18, 4:55 PM
A little over a decade ago I was wandering around Europe for a couple months and only stayed in a proper hotel a couple times, once because I needed an address to ship my luggage the airlines lost and the other because I got into town late and there wasn't anyone at the train station hunting for tourists -- every other time as soon as I stepped off the train there were people offering up rooms to rent in private houses for some extra cash on the side. All in all it worked out and I saved a few bucks in the process.
by ksmsjm on 6/18/18, 10:09 AM
by jstanley on 6/16/18, 2:54 PM
by polyomino on 6/16/18, 3:43 PM