Comment by ElProlactin
7 hours ago
> Being generous makes you more powerful. As Tim O'Reilly said, you should create more value than you capture. Many hard-headed business types would write this off as idealistic hippy stuff, but in fact this is the route to becoming really rich. Squeezing every last penny out of customers is a distraction.
I sure did appreciate the generosity of paying $1,500/night for a villa where I had to pay a $250 cleaning fee and was then told to take out the trash, sweep the floors and put the bedsheets in the laundry room.
Yeah, Airbnb has been awful since 2022. Hotels always cheaper, easier, and better.
Airbnb is so much more versatile I almost always start there when traveling. (And then move to booking.com.)
A house for 6 people. A guaranteed view. A real kitchen. A remote location. Etc.
Airbnb is insanely expensive and I have to do everything myself.
The only reason to choose it is because it has some great venue that Booking is missing, but it's very rare.
The only time I ever used AirBnB the host cancelled on me 2 days before my trip while I was scrambling to find a replacement. Absolutely awful user experience that truly offers nothing to people in their moments of extreme need.
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