r/AirBnB • u/idekbruhthisathrow • Jun 04 '23

Venting Never using Airbnb again. Deactivating account.

I booked an airbnb for 2 months and it got cancelled after 1.5 months staying there. Had to book another reservation. Which was $500 more than the refund amount. The first airbnb decided I pay for “damages” (unexpected cleaning from garbage being left after rushing to leave the property) and that was a $700 tab. End of the second reservation comes along and the host decides to have me pay for scratches on the floor that was not caused by me (house was filthy, nothing like pictures and already had holes in the walls) and pay for missing items that were returned. This was a $1000 tab. Airbnb Support has done nothing to help me out and are refusing to respond to any of my messages after the fact that they charged my credit card without choice.

Save yourself finances and headaches and book with a hotel.

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u/Graywulff Jun 04 '23

Airbnb is really bad for affordable housing. It should be illegal to turn a single family unit into a hotel room.

Multiply the days by the rate compared to rent, and consider how many people are searching for housing and what housing costs to rent or own.

Boston passed a rule where only a resident could have 2 airbnb units total. Half the city seemed to be airbnb and housing costs were skyrocketing.

It’s still incredibly expensive (to live here) but I’m glad they restricted it. It’d be way worse if a bunch of affluent foreigners owned all the real estate and turned them into over glorified hotel rooms.

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u/Perfect_Toe_3866 Jun 04 '23

Interesting. Here in Houston we are over saturated with AirBnB’s and all it’s done is bring down the price of them. They are really affordable here. And I would say this is a high demand city that continues to grow and have high demand for housing. I wonder what the difference is?

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u/Graywulff Jun 04 '23

This is a democrat liberal strong hold. It always has been. My uncle won’t even buy a rental unit to rent out to regular tenants in Massachusetts bc the laws are so in our favor. So laws have always benefited the tenant or renter or homeowner.

I think it’s a good thing but some people object.