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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading (www.businessinsider.com)
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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."

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[–] Bye@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I used to use it, over 10 years ago, it was great for couch surfing for a six pack and staying in peoples spare rooms for like $20. Did it all over Australia and Europe in college.

Now I think they’ve positioned themselves as being high-end hotel alternatives, because there’s more margin there. It was never good for that.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Today they've positioned themselves as a means for landlords to make a large amount of money from short stay holiday rentals instead of residential rental.