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It's sad because AirBnB has also similarly shrunk the "suite" class of room that we as a 5 person family need. So we're forced into using AirBnB/VRBO because hotels only offer 2+2 (and most rental sites don't let you even look for 5 person rooms). Ugh.
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.
FTA, $500 per day to rent an historic mansion overlooking the bay (i.e. before the bridge obstruction) I have a family wedding to attend back east this autumn and we're looking at around that (before "service fees" and taxes) to sleep 5 out in the sticks of New Hampshire -- short-term housing has truly gotten out of hand, basically everywhere.
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It's sad because AirBnB has also similarly shrunk the "suite" class of room that we as a 5 person family need. So we're forced into using AirBnB/VRBO because hotels only offer 2+2 (and most rental sites don't let you even look for 5 person rooms). Ugh.
I'm trying to book multiple(4) rooms for 9 people and most places I've searched just don't seem to support the idea of a group traveling. I don't want to call every place, I'm just trying to shop.
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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.
From personal experience, just stick the youngest on the floor
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I have the exact opposite experience -- as someone who always wants two adjoining rooms (for kids). Doing that in a hotel tends to cost as much as 3 times what an Airbnb would cost, and the airbnb is more comfortable. You just need to actually read reviews.
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.
Personally I don't mind taking out the trash and starting the dishwasher before I leave. I draw the line at doing laundry or actual cleaning, though. I'm always torn on being asked to strip the beds that we've used. On one hand... annoying... but on the other, that tells me that they won't waste water and electricity/gas cleaning stuff that doesn't need to be cleaned, which I like. Sorta in the same line as when a hotel will ask you to hang towels that you're ok with using multiple times, and leave towels you want washed on the floor or in the tub.
My assumption is that part of the reason for the excessive chores is that it's harder to turn around a property for a new guest when the cleaning crew isn't on-site. At a hotel, housekeeping just goes from room to room down the hall until they're done, and the hotel often has some amount of slack so even if housekeeping isn't completely finished, they can still check in new guests as they arrive.
At an Airbnb, the cleaning crew may not even be at the property for the entire run of a dishwasher. But I suspect the hosts that want you to do things like start laundry don't have an extra set of bedsheets and towels: in that case, screw them, they're being cheap and making you work for it.
> You can’t enjoy the last day and you’re paying for it.
You pay for nights, not days (same as a hotel). Regardless, I don't think I've ever "enjoyed" my last day in any kind of rented accommodation where the check-out time is noon or earlier. The entire morning is always about getting ready to leave.
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Yeah Airbnb has become so outrageously expensive and is so much less convenient than a hotel that it's almost never worth it anymore, it's crazy.
Things must be different here (BC, Canada). I can't think of why I'd ever rent a hotel room when AirBnB's are usually a similar price and way more comfortable (usually). Unless I had a worry about cancellations I suppose.
There are exceptions, of course.
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I'm trying to book multiple(4) rooms for 9 people and most places I've searched just don't seem to support the idea of a group traveling. I don't want to call every place, I'm just trying to shop.
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.
Pretty neat that you can view the whole circumference of the house, and _almost_ read the plaque outside, in Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/8Xc6MUhmAdKQTXbHA It brings to mind good memories of family outings spent in former officer's housing, up in Officers Row at Fort Worden, WA. Hide & seek was a lot of fun.
They really did make that bridge as ugly as possible.
FTA, $500 per day to rent an historic mansion overlooking the bay (i.e. before the bridge obstruction) I have a family wedding to attend back east this autumn and we're looking at around that (before "service fees" and taxes) to sleep 5 out in the sticks of New Hampshire -- short-term housing has truly gotten out of hand, basically everywhere.
also, interesting they had to design it not to cast a shadow on that house """ But the decision to build an architectural icon didn't end problems - it started new ones. The most bizarre was with the U.S. Navy. In 1998, it refused to let Caltrans onto Yerba Buena Island to finish its engineering work. The Navy's issue was whether the Bridge would overshadow the one-time home of Admiral Chester Nimitz, a hero of World…
San Francisco is the only place I know with this bizarre obsession that things shouldn’t be allowed to cast shadows on other things, as a general rule. It’s just strange. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-supervisors-...