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How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by saboot »

toomanyrichies wrote: post #151

I recently stayed in Panama City, Panama for a week, and booked an Airbnb for my stay. When I checked in, I was so tired from the flight that I just wanted to take a hot shower and crash. I turned on the shower and waited for the hot water. And waited. And waited. Finally I messaged the host to ask if I was doing something wrong with the shower controls. The host’s response: “We don’t offer hot water at this rental.”…

This comment is the one that has convinced me to never use AirBnB again.

That is absurd.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #143
baremetal wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

paying colossal annual fees on a credit card does come with a few perks edit: they do have cards that have no annual fee. disregard my comment.

I don't know if it counts as a true AmEx, but I have a free one through Wells Fargo

Amex does have at least one free card issued directly from them. I have one. Blue Cash Everyday I think it's called.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by DangitBobby »

baremetal wrote: post #127
the__alchemist wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it was an Amex card, very likely to win, from my experiences with them.

paying colossal annual fees on a credit card does come with a few perks edit: they do have cards that have no annual fee. disregard my comment.

My AmEx card doesn't have any annual fees.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by PufPufPuf »

jedberg wrote: post #118

Another notch in the "AirBnB is a totally different experience outside the USA vs inside of it". Every story I've heard, as well as my personal experience, is that people outside the USA are very customer service oriented, want you to have a good time exploring the place they live, and are generally very attentive and accommodating. Inside the USA people are just in it as a side hustle. Usually it works out fine, som…

Yes. I've stayed in AirBnBs in Italy, Germany, Hungary, and Japan, and mostly met very hospitable and helpful hosts that seemed genuinely interested in providing the best service. Maybe I'm picky with the listings, maybe I'm lucky, maybe it's a thing of culture like you suggest.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by baremetal »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #143
baremetal wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

paying colossal annual fees on a credit card does come with a few perks edit: they do have cards that have no annual fee. disregard my comment.

I don't know if it counts as a true AmEx, but I have a free one through Wells Fargo

Ah fair enough.

Sometimes you get one free through employers too.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

srcreigh wrote: post #95
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just have a friend use their account. Or make a new account. Or use VRBO or a number of Airbnb’s competitors. Or use a sock Airbnb account to connect with a host and then negotiate directly.

There was a thread this week (?) about how AirBNB will ban you for traveling with a banned person

Great, maybe they get banned too and it's two less people playing a stupid game. I'm not going to tell anyone else how to live their lives, but cowering on my knees to tech bureaucracy out of San Fransisco is not how I'll live mine.

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by shusaku »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #120
Nextgrid wrote: post #6

Charge it back via your bank and explain the situation. Worst case scenario, it gets denied, you don't lose anything either way. The initial misunderstanding was cleared up just one hour after the booking - it should be very reasonable for the host to offer a full refund, it's not like it was a last-minute cancellation where the host would struggle to get it rebooked in time and lose out. The host is clearly being ma…

An important thing to remember is that the chargeback doesn't necessarily absolve you of the legal need to pay. Just because the credit card company claws the money back doesn't mean that a merchant can't come after you in court/debt collection. It's not common, but for a big enough transaction, there's nothing stopping a business from coming after you.

On a related know, I wonder if an Airbnb can effectively sue you or there is some kind of mediation clause

Re: How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb

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Post by ilikehurdles »

che_shirecat wrote: post #62
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #46

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If this is how the service is going to work - why would I want to be part of it? I'm not interested in playing some VC's network effects game. The era of free money is over for now, they're going to want business soon.

You assume you have a choice in playing. Most of the supply will never consider listing on multiple marketplaces, because its a massive hassle. $ABNB is up 48% YTD bucking the rest of the market, they have strong financials and are massively profitable. The growth-at-all-costs play DID work, and now you have no choice but to bend the knee. Edge cases like this will never materially affect their business.

> $ABNB is up 48% YTD bucking the rest of the market

Thats pretty cherry-picked, and I wouldn’t look to stock price to make the conclusions you’ve shared. Lots of growth companies are bouncing back after being oversold last year. As another cherry-pick, it’s also down nearly 50% from its 2021 high.

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