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.

And you need to stay in better Airbnb’s.

Seriously! OP stayed in an Airbnb for a total of $975 (split 4 ways!) over NY weekend! That’s a crappy Airbnb. Anyone with a decent place is charging way more than that. You can’t cheap out and act like the Queen of Sheba at the same time!

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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.

No thanks. Hotels are better.

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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.

“Subject?” What a princess.

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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.

I’d rather stay home than make it work like that. If that makes me or my my kids entitled, so be it. The thought of sharing one hotel room with 8 people, half of whom aren’t even my family, makes me feel physically ill. Airbnbs allow us separate spaces for people to retreat to when they need downtime. They’ve also provided some beautiful outdoor spaces that a hotel could never. I spend tons of time searching for the right ones far in advance of a trip, and I’ve never been disappointed.

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It’s cheaper to stay in a nice hotel.

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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.

We have both of those situations and book a suite or an apartment. We could make one room work, have made it work from time to time, but have the resources to make other choices. But since our standard isn’t always “we managed just fine” I suppose I’m supposed to feel either shamed or entitled. I don’t.

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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.

And your point is? People have different ideas of what they want on a vacation. To the person who cannot afford a hotel, your kids would be considered entitled for traveling. We are a family of four and do just fine in one room right now, but I see no reason to try to insult other people and sling “entitled” because they are traveling in more luxury. Often people do that because they are envious and wish they could travel in a better style without worrying about the money. Own your envy and stop making it about other people.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol another hate thread. Do you know how much it costs to clean a house? 130 isn't it, it's about 3-400, so that amount should be a red flag. Also look at reviews, it suddenly just doesn't happen

Not true. We don’t know where OP is right now and how big the house is, but in the vast majority of places, $130 is more than enough to clean an average size house/apartment. $3-400 are ridiculous.

tell me you are living with col of 10 years a go without telling me.

Lookup how much it costs for a cleaning on dcum and you will see 3+, and that is without linens, towels etc.

Inflation has raised the col a lot

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I don’t like Airbnb’s. I will sometimes book a house or condo rental for a beach location but I like to book through a property management company.

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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.

You're right a lot of hotels don't have room service anymore - instead we can have room service from any restaurant we want via Doordash! And it is usually, faster, better and cheaper!

LOL, we've done doordash and grocery delivery w/ airbnbs for years.

Last hotel I stayed in they only offered overpriced snacks and drink fridge items, awful.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently stayed in four plus stars hotels and there were hair on the floor as well, fortunately. One had no top sheet in between the blanket and they were charging $800 per night. I don't mind staying home as much now 😆

But the difference with a hotel is you call the front desk and either get a new room or they come fix the issues

not really, they'll just put you in another dirty room and its one front desk person managing 100s of guests, and if there are complaints everyone is complaining overwhelming them. With an airbnb you get one host per place and concierge like service, if not you need to pick better hosts.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently stayed in four plus stars hotels and there were hair on the floor as well, fortunately. One had no top sheet in between the blanket and they were charging $800 per night. I don't mind staying home as much now 😆

But the difference with a hotel is you call the front desk and either get a new room or they come fix the issues

not really, they'll just put you in another dirty room and its one front desk person managing 100s of guests, and if there are complaints everyone is complaining overwhelming them. With an airbnb you get one host per place and concierge like service, if not you need to pick better hosts.

Don’t know what types of hotels you stay in but I stay in hotels and get actual concierges who are trained and have appropriate degrees. I don’t get some couple that’s buying up investment properties and suddenly a host and concierge.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, let us know if you are able to leave a bad review. There have been many reports of guests trying to leave bad reviews that never appear on the web site.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, let us know if you are able to leave a bad review. There have been many reports of guests trying to leave bad reviews that never appear on the web site.

This.

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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.

Did you report it to the rental agency? Did they refund any of your money? I would have raised holy hell (and my DH isn't even THAT allergic, just mildly). I hope you at least left a scathing review. What an a**hole owner.