• winebaths@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Value proposition isn’t there anymore either, airbnbs used to be super affordable but now match the price of hotels and if they don’t are in inconvenient locations.

    Not to mention the impact it has on local housing supply and pricing.

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      1 year ago

      Pricing is still relevant, at least in Europe (from my experience). I’ve done a lot of low-budget traveling with small groups of students in France this year, and AirBnB was (unfortunately) consistently and significantly less expensive than hotels.

      Also, many hotels don’t give you access to a kitchen, which really sucks if you don’t want to spend money eating out every day.

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        1 year ago

        There are probably better local websites in the countries you’re going to if you want apartments. I don’t know any in France, but they have them in other countries. Ask around. Vacation destinations are literally all apartments for rent by tourists.

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      1 year ago

      Unfortunately, the pricing still makes sense for larger groups of people.

      There are far too many of these leeches taking up valuable housing in the most desirable part of my city

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        1 year ago

        I can’t find a place to rent, but oh boy! look at all these temp stay airbnbs owned by vacation companies, my bad guess I should own a house.

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        1 year ago

        Why should you get to use that desirable space 100% of the time instead of many different people being able to enjoy it?