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Not In My Immediate Territorial Zone
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Just search for 4. You're almost never going to get in trouble for sleeping 2 adults and 3 kids in a hotel room for 4.
Often you can find that they will charge $xx per additional person, if you go over the listed figure (if you choose to declare the overage).
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Well you have a very particular scenario, but in most cases, having to clean up everything, take the trash out, doing dishes, cleaning grill, taking linens out, collecting towels and starting the washer while still getting kicked out at 10? And paying hundreds for cleaning on top of that? You can’t enjoy the last day and you’re paying for it.
Been there, not even sure how it's legal to charge a (usually quite substantial) cleaning fee while having the guest do 1/2 the work.
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I've never had to do any of that. AirBNB is way cheaper for my family of 6 (3 adults, 3 kids)
you’ve been very lucky. the list of “chores” i’ve had to do at the airbnbs i’ve stayed at is unreal. even worse when i was paying absolutely ridiculous cleaning fees.
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"A frequently cited rule-of-thumb in transportation engineering is that tunnel construction costs two to three times as much as bridges, and that simple rule of thumb explains why there are so many more bridges than tunnels in operation today." What gives you your understanding? Mine is from multiple sources at the top of Google for the query "price of tunnel versus price of bridge"
I’ve never said it was the same. Somewhat comparable. In practice bridge is likely more expensive, if you take in the externalities accumulated over the lifespan of the bridge full of cars. Engineering costs its a matter of volume, what kind of ground you need to dig, expertise and experience. If you can get something like the Boring company up, costs would drop down. And engineering costs don’t account for externali…
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Sometimes, letting professionals help is the only way. They already know the places that can accommodate your party's size, and can often get very competitive rates.
Hiring this type of professional does not come at a "competitive rate"
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That’s outrageous. You could trip over one and sprain your ankle. We just tied ours outside and told people the kids identified as dogs.
What? Why?