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Wouldn't it be a better idea to have some CTA for like future booking or booking voucher so the hosts can get money now for a future service? So you know if someone really likes a place and visits it every year can spare a few bucks if they can to freeze it
I would prefer a world in which we didn't call some people griping on twitter "news". Two popular HN pieces have recently touched on how journalists and newspapers give twitter too much weight: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23833267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23827073 All I'm seeing in this article is a few people trying to get that dopamine rush of engagement by dunking on "landlords" (not that all…
That's a landlord.
I wish journalists would stop rehashing PR bullshit that don't answer the question. I look forward to an article that rephrases the above to something like: "In response to the backlash a spokesperson from Airbnb SFGATE offered a PR line which did not address the question.".
I would prefer a world in which we didn't call some people griping on twitter "news". Two popular HN pieces have recently touched on how journalists and newspapers give twitter too much weight: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23833267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23827073 All I'm seeing in this article is a few people trying to get that dopamine rush of engagement by dunking on "landlords" (not that all…
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Right? And a 3rd of them? That's a lot of people.. think of all the properties and inflated rents in areas where people could have gotten long term homes.
My rent has doubled in the past four years, largely because or AirBnB's "oh this is just regular housing with a spare rented room", so I have zero sympathy for them.
I suspect that a lot of people jumped on the airbnb hype train and thought they could be a landlord of multiple properties and probably got leveraged. Now they're in trouble as their income dries up.
Good.
This was really short sighted given Airbnb have claimed since the beginning to regulators, local authorities and the public that they exist only to provide a platform for people to rent out their spare rooms when it's convenient for them. Their core claim is that they are not a hotel company, which is how they manage to skirt so many hotel regulations. Built into these claims is the assumption that the owners of the…
I got prompted to donate to a host I stayed with for a few days and only saw once many-many months ago. Heck NO! What is their reasoning here!? I have zero emotional connection with that person. Nor do I think they are entitled to my charity.
So don't donate? I've been in AirBnB hosts where the landlady would make deserts for us and all kinds of stuff, just because she was nice and bored. We enjoyed it very much and I would tip her via AirBnb - she didn't want cash, except once - pre-agreed for multi course meal where she fed a group of 4, and it was pretty much just for the resources. There was a guy in SF that took me around shown me the city, etc... I…