Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new ‘total price’ of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading::Airbnb’s CEO said that he’s heard guests “loud and clear” that pricing on the platform isn’t transparent and “checkout tasks are a pain.”

  • eee@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    With short stay accommodation you get an actual dwelling. Even in a tiny studio apartment you have a full kitchen and an actual table.

    That’s not always the case. In many places short stay accommodations have become like hotels. Many also have what’s more like half-kitchens - a small electric stove, a sink, microwave and kettle. That’s better than no kitchen at all, but it’s not like you can cook anything you want there.

      • ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        In a hotel? Of course. There’s all those “extended stay” hotels and in some places they have weeklies, which you can rent for a night or a week or a month. But the point is, all the rooms are the same so you know exactly what you’re getting.

        • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          all the rooms are the same so you know exactly what you’re getting

          You don’t know what you’re getting when you stay in privately owned short stay accommodation ?

          I’ve always found listings are far more descriptive than hotels.