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Scale Ruins Everything

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175 points drc500free | 3 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dash2 ◴[14 Oct 24 22:15 UTC] No.41842657[source]▶
I like Airbnb, because it's made staying abroad much cheaper and nicer. I also like being able to rent a taxi on an app in a new town.
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1. wavemode ◴[15 Oct 24 13:05 UTC] No.41848156[source]▶
"Cheaper" is questionable. I usually find that, after fees, I'm paying the same, or more, than I'd pay at a nicer Comfort Inn.

Maybe I'm just unlucky but the last several times I've traveled, staying at an AirBnB simply made no financial sense. Sometimes I feel like I'm crazy, hearing people talk about "cheaper".

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2. bluGill ◴[15 Oct 24 13:26 UTC] No.41848349[source]▶
Comfort Inn is in the lower middle of hotel levels. Not roach infested, not tiny, but also not very luxury. It is about the cheapest hotel I'll let my family stay in. The rooms work, but they are tiny and everyone stays in the same room. For a similar price I find airBnB which has separate bedrooms for us and each kid, a full kitchen (this saves us a ton of money vs restaurants and is healthier), and generally some other rooms to play in. We don't (rarely) get a pool which the kids miss, but overall it is a much better value. I agree the price is similar though.
3. coldpie ◴[15 Oct 24 13:45 UTC] No.41848545[source]▶
I don't like using AirBNB, for all the usual reasons, but every time I travel it's no comparison. To Vancouver a couple years ago, it would be like $400-500/night for a decent hotel in the area I wanted to stay. The apartment we ended up renting through AirBNB was I think $150/night, and that included a fully stocked kitchen & in unit washer/dryer. Similar prices for a trip to San Francisco earlier this year. I don't like the societal effects, but it is massively cheaper for much better service.