Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight • Hacker News Board

Re: Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

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Post by jdeibele » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 7:39 PM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #68

jpalomaki wrote: post #63

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I’ve been under the impression that some of the large sites force hotels to sign agreements, which prevent the hotel from giving better rates to other sites. Found one article mentioning this [1]. Edit: but could be these don’t apply to last minute or same day reservation. Looks like for example Hotels.com best price guarantee excludes these. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/sep/15/australians-t...

All the big brands get around this by offering cheaper pricing restricted to their rewards members reserving directly via the brands' website or call center, which is non commissionable. It's free to be a rewards member for all of the hotel rewards programs, so there's no reason not to go that way if your goal is to spend the least amount of money. Edit: I'm going to have to retract my comments about cheapest price b…

Found this was true for car rentals last weekend. Went to an aggregator, saw their price, went to the to the car rental company to compare. Aggregator price was 2/3rds of the rental company's lowest price.

Have found the same for airline flights. Google Flights showed me a flight on Delta and provided a link that was much cheaper than I could find on their own site.

Absolutely no problems with either reservation. Not sure why people would go direct unless it's their employer's policy or something.

Re: Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

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Post by bertil » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 7:41 PM UTC

mFixman wrote: post #357

bertil wrote: post #176

It’s interesting that no one here, after 160 comments, is speculating about the impact to Booking.com B. is the 7th largest internet company in the world but because it’s in Amsterdam and not US based, hardly anyone think about them. They have incredible technology, often on-par with the big ones but I’m not anyone here could name one problem where they pionnered a solution. Disclaimer: I used to work for one of thei…

I avoid booking.com because I loathe the asshole design patterns in their platform. I like booking my hotels without " get this room now without thinking or you'll miss it! " flashing everywhere.

I’ve heard of rumours that sometimes, those banners are not loaded on pages that should and someone might have blamed uBlock Origin for that. I wouldn’t know anything about this.

Re: Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

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Post by princeofwands » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 10:42 PM UTC

wbronitsky wrote: post #355

thecatspaw wrote: post #340

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It is because you're ignoring what the comment is actually about. Airbnb declines hosting of people they deem unworthy, because they have the wrong political ideology or spoke out about the wrong thing. Who is to say that they dont expand this? Can I still go to demonstrations and airbnb or will that be banned as well? Can I still criticize the president and airbnb? What about beeing anti-war or pro-war?

I’m sorry, this is a dumb argument. I will not interface with people who think Nazis are a slippery slope. That’s bullshit and you know it. This is a bad faith argument

Denying people their right to gather peacefully at a lawful political rally, simply because you posit them as irredeemably evil, is a hallmark of fascism. And even though I do not agree with your blatant Nazi mindset, I will fight for your right to state your backwards views, and attend lawful political rallies of your choosing, without a multinational company stifling your activism by denying you lodging after they snooped on your online behavior.

The same sympathy that is lacking for anti-immigrant activists, is on display in your posts. Can you think of a single legit purpose of anti-immigrant activists? If not, how are you not anything but creating division and misunderstanding?

Re: Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

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Post by tedmiston » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 9:06 PM UTC

atomical wrote: post #304

kenneth wrote: post #245

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So, I still have an unused apartment where I go collect my mail every month. Once I move out at the end of this month, I plan on sending most mail to a virtual mailbox. I may have more important things sent to friends in San Francisco. The other big annoyance about living as a full-time nomad is laundry. So far I've managed with a mix of laundromats, laundry shops, and the occasional hotel laundry when it's reasonabl…

I'm a nomad and I converted a lot of my wardrobe to wool with brands like Wool and Prince and Unbound. I can wear a shirt for a long time before it needs dry cleaning. I find dry cleaning to be cheap compared to the time I would spend doing laundry activities. Ironing an expensive dress shirt with a rusty iron at an Airbnb is not something I want to entertain. I haven't found a good solution for workout clothes thoug…

Not sure if there are analogous workout shirts and shorts but the ExOfficio Give-N-Go boxer briefs are the most travel friendly item I own. They're sorta like Under Armour material but even thinner and lighter so they can be hand washed or air dryed insanely fast. Definitely looking to get more clothing that fits in that category.

More info / Wirecutter review: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-mens-and-womens-under...

Re: Airbnb to Acquire HotelTonight

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Post by wbronitsky » Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 3:15 PM UTC

princeofwands wrote: post #383

wbronitsky wrote: post #355

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I’m sorry, this is a dumb argument. I will not interface with people who think Nazis are a slippery slope. That’s bullshit and you know it. This is a bad faith argument

Denying people their right to gather peacefully at a lawful political rally, simply because you posit them as irredeemably evil, is a hallmark of fascism. And even though I do not agree with your blatant Nazi mindset, I will fight for your right to state your backwards views, and attend lawful political rallies of your choosing, without a multinational company stifling your activism by denying you lodging after they…

The one thing we need to be intolerant about is intolerance.