Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

This argument comes up on every thread about traveling abroad/use of Air BnBs. And no one ever has an answer to how do locals travel across Europe. They must be renting Air BnBs too to travel with children, right?

Read the reviews of any place in Europe on Airbnb—you will see most of them are written by…surprise! Other Europeans!

I have seen that, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why locals assaulting tourists and harassing them is a good thing, especially since all these people are doing here in the reel is supporting local businesses, and the locals have no clue if they are staying at an air bnb or hotel...I personally stayed at a hotel in Barcelona and would have been pretty pissed off if people did this to me.

I’m the op and I agree. It speaks volumes about the locals. Imagine if we did that to tourists in DC?

“Walk on the left, stand still on the right!!!” Squirt squirt squirt

Now imagine if you couldn't find a place to live in your hometown because all the local housing stock was short term rentals going to tourists. Squirt squirt indeed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

This argument comes up on every thread about traveling abroad/use of Air BnBs. And no one ever has an answer to how do locals travel across Europe. They must be renting Air BnBs too to travel with children, right?

Read the reviews of any place in Europe on Airbnb—you will see most of them are written by…surprise! Other Europeans!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

This argument comes up on every thread about traveling abroad/use of Air BnBs. And no one ever has an answer to how do locals travel across Europe. They must be renting Air BnBs too to travel with children, right?

I'm from France. People stay in actual B&Bs much more: places with a breakfast, sometimes dinner, a relationship with the hosts...They are not like "make a quick buck" type AirB&Bs invading cities at all, and they tend to be more in the countryside as well and not cities where housing is more scarce. In cities, growing up we stayed in hotels but that was not a common vacation for us. We sometimes rented a whole house as well, but through "gites de france" which are very regulated and again more rural. To this day we do not do AirB&B either in cities, just hotels.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

This argument comes up on every thread about traveling abroad/use of Air BnBs. And no one ever has an answer to how do locals travel across Europe. They must be renting Air BnBs too to travel with children, right?

I have no idea. If I had small children, I would cram into one room no problem. But with big, tall teens, not doing that anymore. We stayed in a hotel in Chicago recently that had one queen bed plus a bunk bed, and it was perfect. Also stayed recently in a hotel with two king beds, which worked out great. I hope this becomes more common.

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

This argument comes up on every thread about traveling abroad/use of Air BnBs. And no one ever has an answer to how do locals travel across Europe. They must be renting Air BnBs too to travel with children, right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Do Airbnb pay same hospitality taxes?

In Barcelona, we had to pay an extra tax.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Way to prioritize your pocketbook over the far more critical housing rights of locals.

What else do you expect people to do?

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Do Airbnb pay same hospitality taxes?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Way to prioritize your pocketbook over the far more critical housing rights of locals.

What a ridiculous argument. Multi unit buildings that are turned into hotels could also house lots of locals.

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Yep, we are in the same situation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why locals assaulting tourists and harassing them is a good thing, especially since all these people are doing here in the reel is supporting local businesses, and the locals have no clue if they are staying at an air bnb or hotel...I personally stayed at a hotel in Barcelona and would have been pretty pissed off if people did this to me.

I’m the op and I agree. It speaks volumes about the locals. Imagine if we did that to tourists in DC?

“Walk on the left, stand still on the right!!!” Squirt squirt squirt

Can we?

Also for crossing intersections at the wrong place/time/hazards on - rando blocking street. Wobbling bikes or scooters during rush hour. They have the right to be here for sure, a moderate amount of situational awareness would keep us all safer.

Anonymous wrote:If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.

Way to prioritize your pocketbook over the far more critical housing rights of locals.

We have a little weekend house on the Shenandoah River. It's a small community of homes -- maybe just shy of 100, not all of them river front (most not river front). Unsurprisingly, several river front properties have been purchased and turned into AirBnbs fairly recently. A couple of homes were even built, brand new, as AirBnbs. I think in the last 5 years or so.

I actually worry about the folks who live there year-round doing something drastic (maybe even violent). The resentment has been brewing for years and is really bad at this point. The big complaint is speeding (our roads are gravel, speed limit is 15, and people have kids and pets out playing), but there is simmering class tension at the root of it. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that rage is building regarding the Airbnbs.

So this does not surprise me. Airbnbs are stressing communities all over the world.

If hotels would make more comfortable options for a family of four without having to get two rooms, I would absolutely use them over Airbnbs. But it almost always makes more sense cost wise for us to do an Airbnb, which gives us extra money to spend throughout the city on other stuff.