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ButterflyEffect  ·  1669 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts

No, I'd rather see people staying at the little inn up north that's for sale because people rent out other families 2nd and 3rd cabins instead. Which I realize is a total edge-case but that's primarily what I use AirBnb for. A couple of issues I have with AirBnB which kleinbl00 hasn't already keyed in on.

"$55 per night - $240 total" is actually $269.

"$30 per night - $119 total" is actually $133.

There's so many fees and associated dollars I'm paying which don't go to the AirBnb renter and the existence of AirBnB directly impacts the amount of money I'm paying in rent, and others too. Here's a bunch of resources confirming that:

HBR

CityLab

EPI

Phys

Also and this is me being petty but when I type in where I live, AirBnB gives me a picture of Seattle and fuuuuuuuck that.