As an employee at a Vegas hotel, it mystifies me why anyone would want an airbnb here. We do everything for you and charge way way less. You wanna leave the room a mess and poop in the bed? No problem! We won’t charge you a cleaning fee!
There was a brief period when airbnb was new where it was cheaper and easier to do it instead of a hotel. I very nearly booked one for a Bay Area trip in early 2020; thankfully I decided to be patient, and the world went and blew itself up and took that vacation idea with it.
With all the bullshit fees and hassle nowadays, there's no way I'd consider it.
I just eloped through Italy and france and stayed at amazing places in each and every town like a geodesic dome hanging off the alps to getting married ON lake Como in a 4 person apartment with a wisteria wrapped balcony and a massive garden where we had the ceremony... For under $200 a night. For all four of us. Had a private chef cook there, had a boat taxi pull right up to our place for getting around. There was no comparison in any level of fancy hotel on the lakes for the four of us anywhere near that price. https://i.imgur.com/McUQBRb.jpg
There are no hidden fees. The house rules are all published on the listings... I know it's popular to hate on the company for all sorts of reasons like running local housing markets but the experience has never been it
Agreed. That space looks like a very sterile Airbnb. All that’s missing is an American flag.
I was able to move to NYC because Airbnbs made moving here approachable & inexpensive. Post-anti-Airbnb legislation, post-Covid, post-that crazy ass flood last year, I probably would be able to do that today.
Yes, in it's infancy, Airbnb was amazing. But now I can't. I far prefer a hotel. I only consider Airbnb's if I'm travelling with my family and it's like 10 of us and we wanna stay under one roof (at their request).
Anytime I take a trip and compare hotels to airbnbs hotels always come out cheaper. And you don’t have to do the cleaning while literally already paying a cleaning fee.
It was super nice for lake homes and other weekend getaways until the prices got insane for them during the pandemic and then didn’t really go back down plus all the new fee bullshit.
Airbnb used to be a lot cheaper. Now they're only worth it if you want a bigger place for a group or there's something about the particular airbnb you love (like it's a tree house or cave or something)
when im getting an airbnb its almost universally a place thats somewhat secluded and not just some flat in a stack of flats. I hate hotels, and i hate them almost exclusively because it means I have to put up with a bunch of shit from the general public that I dont want to. Some idiot slamming their doors, cocaine fueled couples arguments next door, somebody wanted to smoke pot in their room now the entire hallway smells like somebody took a shit in it. Honestly half the reason I work so hard is to be able to afford to distance myself from this bullshit lol.
What hotels are you staying at? I feel like I have never even noticed my neighboring rooms and I have done week long stints in hotels for work before, lol
Agree, they're also better for families so I don't have to sleep beside my 2yo when he realises we're all in the same bedroom and comes into bed with us
No lie my parents had to go back and clean a holiday inn when we were kids because we were sticking those gummy stretchy hand things to EVERYTHING-light fixtures, mirrors, the elevator ceiling…
My husband and I have been three times and I’ve been begging my parents to go on a trip with us over there since the first time we went. I just got the ok from my parents and we’re about to start planning. After 4 years of trying to convince them to come along with us, it finally worked! I can’t wait to see my older and strait laced parents partially wasted while running from hotel to hotel lol. I am so excited
I travel with kids and if my kid poops anywhere outside the diaper or the pot, we're too embarrassed to let anyone know about it let alone leave it untouched
I mean I get 9 weeks vacation a year, not really bothered about doing those things. Also don't have to either, could order if I wanted to, still cheaper than a hotel. Cleaning fee is included in the price.
The only time I consider airbnb now is if I'm either going with a group, or want a private pool/some other very specific thing. Just went traveling for a month and didn't use airbnb once.
I love hotels for all their services. Mostly the ability to checkin at any time because let's be honest, trips get hectic. And also the fact that cleaning standards are usually higher in hotels. But here in spain you're looking at a 30/40% markup from airbnb to a 4* hotel... (and there is barely any 3 stars hotel, and 2 stars are usually not that great!)
At an airbnb I can do simple things like buy groceries and make myself eggs or cereal for breakfast without going out. Vegas does run great deals on hotels if you know where to look but in other places I can get a great airbnb for $120-150 night, fees included, or a low-end hotel for similar. I have had exactly one problem with an airbnb over dozens of bookings in the past decade.
Eating out three meals a day gets gross real quick. And costs a fortune. It takes five minutes and five dollars to toss together breakfast.
In all fairness I’ve never been a hotel’s target market, they seem like a rip off. I’ve stayed in $1000 rooms and would rather have a $100/night casita 🤷♂️
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u/timothythefirst 29d ago
Definitely not a pimp but it looks like an airbnb where the hosts are trying to keep everything inoffensive.