At the very least, and this is a very tiny credit, he cleans the place himself.

you know, i have never been to an airbnb that didnt clean after itself. im starting to think that these 'great landlords' are actually the fucking worst of the worst, so bad that airbnb is curbing on them because of its brand awareness

I was told one of the biggest dipshits I've ever known, who I will always rant about a little bit when he's mentioned, is currently trying to be an Airbnb guy. Also trying to be a parasite influencer despite selling one house to get another, and now has almost no one booking the new property.

loling on the floor laughing

Everytime you call a landlord a leech when they brag about their source of passive income: actually, it's very hard work.

Imo unless they have a huge operation where an entire staff of employees is running everything for them, they're still petit bourg.

I often travel in a decently large group like 5+ with a variety of bedroom needs for a laundry list of legitimate reasons. It is often significantly cheaper to get an airbnb somewhere with all the rooms we need than that many hotel rooms. Imagine we need 4 rooms, can often find that at an air BNB for half or less of what a hotel would cost. Not always though, sometimes we do just get 4 hotel rooms

In addition to the other comments, Airbnbs were also often more likely than hotels to offer in-unit kitchens I haven't used Airbnb in years, but a big draw for me, personally, was saving money on food because I could cook at my lodging.

Twice.

My ex booked one once for a trip to an out of town wedding because AirBnB had the only dog friendly options for accomodation in that postcode. We were travelling with our friend and her partner and their dog.

I'm not sure how much or even if we saved any money getting it, but if a dog sitter was included, it's unlikely.

The second time was my housemate getting one. Also related to a wedding, coincidentally. It was for a bucks (or stags or bachelor's in other English dialects). I don't recall the exact numbers, but it was almost a grand cheaper than a hotel in the same town over the same 3 nights.

All of these things were pre-COVID, no idea if they're accurate currently.

I believe when it started out it did the thing most companies do and charged much lower prices than hotels, which is what led to their success, like how Uber was cheaper than a taxi. But now they've jacked up the prices and it's basically just like staying in a hotel except you have a list of arbitrary rules put forth by the pettiest of petite bourgeois.

I've never used AirBnB, but from what I've seen from people who have used it, it used to be considerably cheaper than a hotel, but now it's pretty much the same price thanks to kulaks making it a full time business instead of a regular person letting you crash at their place.

Used to enjoy (respectfully) snooping through the stuff of strangers. Now that it's all professional what's even the point?

It's only worth it when you have a pretty large group of people and you can find a big place to accommodate everyone, otherwise a hotel generally is best these days.