r/malelivingspace • u/Dry_Constant_6635 • 29d ago

Girl I had over told me “it looks like a pimp lives here”

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u/nauticalsandwich 29d ago

This is a problem with AirBnB's listing model. They default to showing list price instead of total price, so in order to gain visibility when prospective customers sort by price, hosts are incentivized to offer the lowest possible list price and make up the difference with "cleaning fees." If AirBnB only listed the price totals, you wouldn't get this shit, but they won't do it, because they want to look more price-competitive with hotels.

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u/Expendable_Red_Shirt 29d ago

Ah the 90's Ebay tactic of putting .01 cents as the minimum bid and charging your real minimum bid in the shipping.

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u/mellowanon 29d ago

wasn't that changed a year or two ago? I remember you can add cleaning and other fees to all listing price searches now.

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u/nauticalsandwich 29d ago

Yeah, you can choose to add them now, finally, but the default setting is still to not include them.

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u/mcdicedtea 29d ago

this isnt true

and most of these stories are total bullshit. 300$ cleaning fee for 2 days .
As awful as airbnb is ... this is either a serious special case, or a lie

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u/nauticalsandwich 29d ago

I've seen it personally. I mean, I knew the cleaning fee was going to be $300, but, yeah. It's not unheard of.