Not all of them are that bad. I've had nothing but good experiences in the UK and EU. Often times cheaper per person than a hotel too. And you get left alone, don't need to deal with cleaners or what not.

Parts like this make me think airbnb is only shit in the US. I've never had those crazy cleaning bills or other hidden fees.

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, seems like a US meme. And if an AirBnB room is priced the same as a hotel room (which is possible if you don't filter by price), why would one pick AirBnB?

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This. Better pricing compared to hotels is the whole point.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I personally prefer airbnb when traveling in big groups so we can actually hang out together a bit better, cook for one another, have a big table to play board games and a space to drink before going out that isn't just sitting on each others beds. If I'm just traveling with my partner then yeah we usually go with a hotel but most of our European mainland holidays are in groups of 8+, so we go airbnb. Usually cheaper per head and a better space than what we'd get at a similar price for a hotel.

[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

4 years ago all was good in Airbnb land in the EU. I used it to plan vacations, meet cool people (hosts) and find those more and more hard to find "off grid" places here.

Now they've become way overpriced. I tried it this year again it was just costs, added costs, more costs, more rules etc.

It was easier and cheaper to just find vacation stays through the old channels like booking.com.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Same, I've only ever had positive experiences with places I've stayed, except I'm in the US. I don't know where everyone is going here that they're having such awful stays. Then again, I've only ever stayed in places that aren't company owned. I do several months of research before picking a place. I check reviews, fees, etc, and avoid corporate owned properties like the plague. There are no surprises with if you just take the time to look.

After my stay, I take the time to write an honest review of the property. Things that were good and bad. Not just some shitty single line "We had a great time! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

If you find problems, report them to the owner, include them in your review, report bad actors to the site or if need be, the authorities. It's your responsibility as a user of the platform. If you don't, you're part of the problem that's dragging the platform down.