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Re: Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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Post by bonestamp2 »

matsemann wrote: post #317
bonestamp2 wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They can still take that fixed fee and do what some hotels do and average the total cost of the stay across the number of nights booked to get a "nightly rate".

You can't do that on airbnb. You can only set a flat fee and a nightly fee. However, in my market customers only see the total, calculated to an avg nightly price. So it all works out and is fair for everyone.

I understand that it can't be done currently, I meant that it is a feature that could be offered by airbnb in the future since it has been done by others in the same industry.

Re: Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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Post by mancerayder »

ghaff wrote: post #480
mancerayder wrote: post #475

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>find it sad how Airbnb has taken a market that worked Houses and apartments come with kitchens and back yards and balconies. Even in 2024, hotel rooms are miniscule and that stupid fridge is, at worst filled with 20 dollar boxes of cookies and liquor samples, and at best too small to fit a large bottle of water in. I've grown to dislike Airbnb as a customer, but what you said is one-sided, and dismisses the disrupti…

Houses and apartments come with a very mixed bag of amenities. You can research to a certain degree but... I've actually be thinking about Airbnb for a fairly extended stay at one point. On the one hand, it seems like the right solution. On the other hand, it's a big commitment for essentially an unknown quantity.

It doesn't help that the reviews are edited and removed when negative.

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Post by dang »

MissTake wrote: post #456
matsemann wrote: post #452

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> If they can handle this, why can’t you? Ohh my god, come on, you've been explained this a hundred times by now. It's not that I can't handle it. It's that it's fairer for everyone if the price is set based on the actual cost. My cabin costs $200 a night to rent, and $100 to clean. If you stay 2 nights that's $500 total, or $250 a night. Do you suggest I just should set the price to $250? But what then for those ren…

“And I don't care what a cabin on the other side of the world does” And there’s the rub. You’re getting very emotive about the subject whereas I am approaching it simply as a customer experience issue. When I book the cabins I get a cheaper price the longer I stay. The issue would therefore seem to be that the Airbnb doesn’t provide you the flexibility you desire. The cabin’s I’ve stayed at are owned by different peo…

You broke the HN guidelines repeatedly and egregiously in this thread. We have to ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it again.

Please avoid tit-for-tat spats in particular. They're extremely tedious and definitely not what HN threads are for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Re: Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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Post by dang »

matsemann wrote: post #492
MissTake wrote: post #456

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“And I don't care what a cabin on the other side of the world does” And there’s the rub. You’re getting very emotive about the subject whereas I am approaching it simply as a customer experience issue. When I book the cabins I get a cheaper price the longer I stay. The issue would therefore seem to be that the Airbnb doesn’t provide you the flexibility you desire. The cabin’s I’ve stayed at are owned by different peo…

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You broke the HN guidelines repeatedly and egregiously in this thread. We have to ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it again.

Please avoid tit-for-tat spats in particular. They're extremely tedious and definitely not what HN threads are for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

Edit: you've unfortunately been doing this repeatedly in other places too - e.g.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39558277

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39552080

Moreover we've had to ask you about this more than once before:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33014240 (Sept 2022)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22668623 (March 2020)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22668616 (March 2020)

If this keeps up, we're going to have to ban you. I do not want to ban you, so if you'd please review the rules and stick to them from now on, that would be good.

Re: Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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Post by throwaway2037 »

Doxin wrote: post #519
throwaway2037 wrote: post #505

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That is exactly my point. The OP read like a moaning Amsterdammer. I see it a lot: residents of that city complaining about the tourist crowds. I think a better idea would be a very high tourist tax -- like 100 EUR per day charged via hotels etc. (Business travelers would be exempt.) Then, you can exclude all of the low end tourists that few people want in their crowded cities -- they can enjoy second tier cities, or…

> The OP read like a moaning Amsterdammer. I'm very glad I don't live in Amsterdam, commuting there is bad enough. I'm actually trying to convince people to visit, among other places, the city I live in. Spreading the tourists around more will make everyone happier. Including the tourists.

    > commuting there is bad enough
I never once heard that about Amsterdam. The YouTube channel NotJustBikes goes on and on about how amazing is the bicycle infra in Amsterdam (and other cities in the Netherlands). Can you be more specific?

Re: Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras

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Post by Doxin »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #525
Doxin wrote: post #519

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> The OP read like a moaning Amsterdammer. I'm very glad I don't live in Amsterdam, commuting there is bad enough. I'm actually trying to convince people to visit, among other places, the city I live in. Spreading the tourists around more will make everyone happier. Including the tourists.

> commuting there is bad enough I never once heard that about Amsterdam. The YouTube channel NotJustBikes goes on and on about how amazing is the bicycle infra in Amsterdam (and other cities in the Netherlands). Can you be more specific?

Oh don't get me wrong, the infrastructure is amazing! Commuting to Amsterdam is mostly just bad compared to commuting to other well-connected places. There's only so many times you can get stuck behind a group of tourists blocking all the check-out gates simultaneously for 10s of minutes on end before it gets on your nerves.

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Post by spacecadet »

spacecadet wrote: post #287

Signed on just to say, like that Figma post garbage quickly moving off the main page... Forget AirBnB- These businesses lacked justification to begin with and followed the selfish whims of their boards. Abandon these paid dog food products and go out and build/support open replacements for them.

Who ever down voted this is clearly a capitalist scumbag.
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