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Re: Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus

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Post by nuggien » Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 7:45 PM UTC

partisan wrote: post #58

nuggien wrote: post #42

Airbnb is a shitty company. Last october we traveled to Seoul and couldn't find the location of the apartment we booked. Even the local taxi driver couldn't find it after circling the area for ~30 minutes. We called the host during the entire 30 minutes and didn't get through to them. After about 1 hour of time, we decided to call it quits and go book a hotel because it was 10pm at night and our kids needed to sleep.…

I find it a bit naive to take small children along with you into unknown situations like that. I question your judgement after repeating the mistake. I think Airbnb floats on questionable judgement and people are starting to catch on.

Our kids have been all over the world and enjoy traveling. It’s a bit naive to think every child is the same. I question your judgment regarding other people’s parenting.

Re: Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus

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Post by LeoTinnitus » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 3:21 AM UTC

jedberg wrote: post #29

LeoTinnitus wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol that's hilarious. I wouldn't rock the boat and if the authorities pursed further I'd just say we were under duress.

I mean I'm pretty sure the only "authorities" the owner was worried about were the neighbors telling the HOA. :) But yea, it was funny. Luckily it never came up. We were only there for a few hours to sleep before moving on.

Oh then I'd totally lie through my teeth haha! The majority of HOA's are filled with NIMBY's entitled beyond reality.

Re: Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus

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Post by lasgsf » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 4:48 AM UTC

Just putting my 2 cents here as a user. I love AirBnB and never have had an issue at all so far. Once this gets over and yes it will I will continue to use it.

Re: Airbnb’s loss nearly doubles in fourth quarter, before virus

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Post by partisan » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

nuggien wrote: post #221

partisan wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it a bit naive to take small children along with you into unknown situations like that. I question your judgement after repeating the mistake. I think Airbnb floats on questionable judgement and people are starting to catch on.

Our kids have been all over the world and enjoy traveling. It’s a bit naive to think every child is the same. I question your judgment regarding other people’s parenting.

It’s not about the children’s capacity to adjust. They always do. That’s what kids do.

I am talking about taking children into an insecure situation in a foreign country to the point where you have to scramble to find housing for the night.

That said, I have a friend who’s mom had a need to travel frequently when she was young. She’s been all over the world. When I asked her whether it was worth it for her her, she said that it wasn’t. She just wanted to be home sometimes. She just wanted her mom to be happy so she went along, smiling.