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Post by tjbiddle »

notyourwork wrote: post #171
tjbiddle wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The reason I book an AirBnb is that I want my home away from home. I don't want a hotel. I want to pop into an area that I'm visiting and feel as if I have my own space.

There’s hotels that provide this, look for long term hotels. They will have kitchens and everything else. If those don’t work than you are going to have to gamble with Airbnb. I used to use Airbnb for same reason but found inconsistency and don’t have patience to hope the place is adequate. Therefore I went back to hotels.

You still don't understand. I don't want a hotel with a kitchen and all that jazz. That's still a hotel.

I want a house. I want a garden. I want a pool. I want some trees. I want a living room. I want it to be a literal home.

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Post by [deleted] »

eiopa wrote: post #66

The 24/7 support sounds promising. This has been their Achilles heel for many years. Anecdotally, I once checked into an Airbnb with a leaky roof. After spending a good 20 minutes trying to get to a human (a small eternity when you’re in an unfortunate situation), Airbnb asked that I spend hours negotiating with my non-responsive host on a solution, which is obviously nonsensical given the situation. Being able to in…

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Post by Terretta »

dickeytk wrote: post #114
Terretta wrote: post #106

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From sibling comment: In continental Europe, where armoires are a thing, I actually can’t remember living in any home that had a closet in any room with a bed, so I can’t see closet being in the definition of bedroom.

Did you read my comment? I never said closets are a thing in europe. I said that I think it's part of the regulation in the US. More importantly I linked to detailed regulation in the UK that defines what a bedroom is.

> Did you read my comment? I never said closets are a thing in europe.

On the contrary, you were discussing Europe specifically, and, you didn’t italicize you think, you wrote certainly:

>> ”In many places (e.g. in Europe) there is no standard definition of bedroom at all.”

> “I would be very surprised if that was the case. It's certainly not in the US or UK.”

You’re defending your second sentence, but the assertion I’m replying to is your reaction on Europe in the first one.

Remember AirBnB is worldwide and most of the world’s homes are the continental armoire model not US/UK closet model.

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Post by nkrisc »

briandear wrote: post #75
situational87 wrote: post #50

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It's almost like we are intentionally bending over backwards to avoid hiring some human beings to do some real fucking work. When did this become the mantra of every tech company? Any time a job is created it's viewed as an unfortunate mistake or side effect? Who are we even building all this for?

Are you suggesting hiring employees to check every single listing on AirBnB? Does Craigslist verify every listing? For that matter, have newspapers ever done that with their advertising? AirBnB is a marketplace connecting buyers and sellers. Suggesting that a newspaper for instance send an employee to verify that an advertised car in a classified ad is precisely correct is a bit ridiculous but that’s what you seem to…

> Are you suggesting hiring employees to check every single listing on AirBnB?

Yes.

Unless they don't actually plan to verify listings, in which case they should just state they don't verify listings. Then they don't have to hire anyone extra.

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Post by rhacker »

dawsmik wrote: post #123
jimmaswell wrote: post #115

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Why would anybody care their neighbor is an AirBnB?

He likely means they are a poorly managed AirBnB. People often throw parties, are loud, etc... when the host doesnt manage them well.

The cars that come one day might be hip hop. The next it's loud base music that distracts everyone from what they're doing. No matter what the rules are for the AirBNB, you can't control the people arriving and leaving. That's different from having a single neighbor that leaves for work at 6am, listens to country, and gets back at home at 3. Now you have distractions all day long from random, unexpected noises at unexpected times.

It's not a question of if you "can" put up with that. It's if you "would" put up with that given a choice of having a stable, quiet neighbor, or a random neighbor every day that makes different sounds (and smells - smoking? vaping? MJ?). What about police arriving, ambulances? People bring a lot of crazy.

Re: Airbnb Plans to Verify Every Listing

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Post by notyourwork »

tjbiddle wrote: post #181
notyourwork wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s hotels that provide this, look for long term hotels. They will have kitchens and everything else. If those don’t work than you are going to have to gamble with Airbnb. I used to use Airbnb for same reason but found inconsistency and don’t have patience to hope the place is adequate. Therefore I went back to hotels.

You still don't understand. I don't want a hotel with a kitchen and all that jazz. That's still a hotel. I want a house. I want a garden. I want a pool. I want some trees. I want a living room. I want it to be a literal home.

No I do, I just don’t have patience to be gambling when I travel and AirBnb is a crap shoot as of late.

Re: Airbnb Plans to Verify Every Listing

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Post by ajxs »

say_it_as_it_is wrote: post #168
ajxs wrote: post #113

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I really wish I'd have thought of doing this. I'm really uncomfortable sharing this kind of information. I understand and support what they're trying to accomplish by doing this, but I've learned better than to trust the security and privacy of such data. Thanks for pointing this out!

read my response to this comment before you do

Thank you for a very well thought out response. You make several great points there. First of all that this constitutes fraud, and secondly that the license information should not be persisted in any form anyway.
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