I’m done with Airbnbs.

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Anonymous wrote:For me it's the overall vibe. At a hotel, you're treated like a paying customer. At an Airbnb, you're treated like a burden, a potential thief, and a slob. It's degrading.

Yet ppl keep booking them and always bragging, “we are staying at an AIRBNB!l” like they’re too good for hotels.

Well, you go on and enjoy sitting in a rando’s home with their clutter and photos of Grandma on the wall, taking out the trash, sweeping the floor and stripping beds.

I’ll enjoy a hotel stay where I get fresh towels daily, a free breakfast, and a fitness center. I can leave the room with the trash bin full with no worries. Plus points for free rooms in the future.

You all are so strange. I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb with personal pictures on the wall. Never had to take out the trash or sweep up. Never felt like a burden or a potential thief. I understand why people might prefer hotels, but those are none of those things ring true. And some hotels are fine, but I can’t remember the last time I got daily fresh towels. And free breakfast? Gross, that free food is not good.

You need to stay in better hotels. Even mid-range Hilton’s usually have a decent sit-down breakfast that’s included in the price of the room if I charge it to my Amex. Plus fresh towels unless you put out a do not disturb sign. Most these days have a “please clean the room” door tag.

+1000. They must stay in very bad hotels. I love fresh towels, I love coming back to a made-up room and when you stay at nicer hotels, the breakfast is usually pretty good. Breakfast food isn’t that hard to mess up TBH. You can usually get fresh fruit, oatmeal, toast at even the lower end marriotts and hiltons. (And they have the “gross” sausage and eggs too, plus a waffle maker)

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I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

Or if a family member snores, or if a family member has medical issues that require multiple trips to the bathroom during the night, or having more than two kids, or….there are plenty of reasons why it might not be something people want to do. It’s amazing how purposefully dense posters are in order to pay themselves on the back for having it all figured out.

P.S. We stay in hotels, and I can still flex my imagination to figure out why others might not want to.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

I’m one of 3 kids—one girl two boys—and growing up we traveled a lot all over the US and internationally too and almost always my family of 5 all stayed in 1 hotel room. Yes, this was up until I went off to college so all through the teen years. It would be either 2 queen/king beds plus a rollaway cot or pull out couch. No, it wasn’t always the most comfortable but it was certainly still worth it to go on a lot of great trips! Of course Airbnb wasn’t a thing then.

Now I have my own kids and we used to always do Airbnb when traveling mostly to have the kitchen and a place to hang out after kids in bed. But after many bad experiences, we no longer do Airbnb. We now do residence inn where we have a kitchenette and small living area adjacent to the sleeping area. All the hotel amenities (pool, fitness center, housekeeping service, clean towels as needed, free breakfast, etc) but also our own full kitchen, fully stocked so we don’t have to eat out all the time. It’s great. I’d never go back to Airbnb unless traveling w a larger group.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

I can, and prefer to in cities. But we're staying at our first Airbnb in a few years this spring because my mom is coming with us and wants her own room, and the total cost is only $165/noght for a house with 3 bedrooms and a playroom and big yard, where we plan to spend time. Different kind of trip!

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Anonymous wrote:For me it's the overall vibe. At a hotel, you're treated like a paying customer. At an Airbnb, you're treated like a burden, a potential thief, and a slob. It's degrading.

Yet ppl keep booking them and always bragging, “we are staying at an AIRBNB!l” like they’re too good for hotels.

Well, you go on and enjoy sitting in a rando’s home with their clutter and photos of Grandma on the wall, taking out the trash, sweeping the floor and stripping beds.

I’ll enjoy a hotel stay where I get fresh towels daily, a free breakfast, and a fitness center. I can leave the room with the trash bin full with no worries. Plus points for free rooms in the future.

You all are so strange. I’ve never stayed in an Airbnb with personal pictures on the wall. Never had to take out the trash or sweep up. Never felt like a burden or a potential thief. I understand why people might prefer hotels, but those are none of those things ring true. And some hotels are fine, but I can’t remember the last time I got daily fresh towels. And free breakfast? Gross, that free food is not good.

You need to stay in better hotels. Even mid-range Hilton’s usually have a decent sit-down breakfast that’s included in the price of the room if I charge it to my Amex. Plus fresh towels unless you put out a do not disturb sign. Most these days have a “please clean the room” door tag.

And you need to stay in better Airbnb’s.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a very clean dog friendly rental thru vrbo. In 3 years of owning and renting it out we’ve had one complaint. It clearly states it’s dog friendly. Someone rented it then on the first day sent a complaint that the broom had dog hair in it and so did the vacuum, he felt that made it unclean and one of his kids was allergic to pet hair. When he checked out he left his kids sticky fingerprints on everything and dried food all over the floors.

I think it is great that you make it clear in your listing that pets are allowed. We have a pet allergy and I always check carefully to make sure pets are not allowed. I know VRBO has a function where you can search for places that allow pets--I wish they had one for those who do not allow pets. It would make life so much easier.

I used a rental agency that allowed searches for houses that didn't allow dogs. The house stunk to high heaven of dog and there was a still damp pee spot in the lower floor. I called the owner to complain and she admitted she had stayed there with her dog the week before we arrived. She barely cleaned and there was dog hair everywhere. It's despicable to lie about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I see the Airbnb cleaners have entered the thread

Yeah I'm sure there are a bunch of those on DCUM, it's how they afford the tuition at Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:I always disliked Airbnb’s. I never seemed comfortable with them and always extra cautious to the point of not relaxing and having a good time. I prefer hotels. I like the room service aspect though

That's not a thing anymore.

Huh I stayed in a hotel this past week and ordered room service for breakfast and several dinners. Most 4 to 5 star hotels offer room service.

[Anonymous]

Completely stopped using AirBnB. Too many scammers.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

Or if a family member snores, or if a family member has medical issues that require multiple trips to the bathroom during the night, or having more than two kids, or….there are plenty of reasons why it might not be something people want to do. It’s amazing how purposefully dense posters are in order to pay themselves on the back for having it all figured out.

P.S. We stay in hotels, and I can still flex my imagination to figure out why others might not want to.

We have one parent snore - they bring their CPAP. I wake up to go to the bathroom multiple times and go to bed later. we manage just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

You bring air mattresses, etc. We've had 8 people in one room when we were visiting for about two hours from friends who had to evacuate. The hotel said it was fine. Kids slept on the floor or with their parents. We made it work. There were no available rooms anywhere due to the evacuations. Your kids are entitled. We are used to it though as we have a small house/one bathroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

Or if a family member snores, or if a family member has medical issues that require multiple trips to the bathroom during the night, or having more than two kids, or….there are plenty of reasons why it might not be something people want to do. It’s amazing how purposefully dense posters are in order to pay themselves on the back for having it all figured out.

P.S. We stay in hotels, and I can still flex my imagination to figure out why others might not want to.

We have one parent snore - they bring their CPAP. I wake up to go to the bathroom multiple times and go to bed later. we manage just fine.

Good for you?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get how people cannot share one hotel room with their kids. Never have an issue. Take lots of pictures, and leave next time.

Little kids, fine. Teens, boy/girl brother and sister? Nope, no thank you.

You bring air mattresses, etc. We've had 8 people in one room when we were visiting for about two hours from friends who had to evacuate. The hotel said it was fine. Kids slept on the floor or with their parents. We made it work. There were no available rooms anywhere due to the evacuations. Your kids are entitled. We are used to it though as we have a small house/one bathroom.

Umm, I grew up like you are describing, meaning that was day to day, not just at a hotel. I would not subject kids to that situation if I could afford a better arrangement.