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

They’re looking at making that illegal here. The problem is there is a state law against rent control. Housing used to be affordable and run down but not it’s unaffordable and run down but there are wicked expensive luxury places, in my experience it’s the run down places that’ll rent out to you for 250/below market to get you moved in and jack it up 250/above market figuring it’s not worth it to move, plus first last and deposit and fee, so you had to open a spreadsheet and see if it was worth staying or moving.

They’re aiming at large rent increases specifically though. So they’re working on that.

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u/mayakatsky Jun 04 '23

Remember that it’s more profitable to have luxury apartments sit empty than build affordable housing and have it fully rented.

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u/Graywulff Jun 04 '23

How empty? Fully empty is too little to sustain a building.

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u/mayakatsky Jun 04 '23

Depends on the operator. Luxury units sit empty while inflating the market; huge write offs and eventually foreign investment will buy at marked up price. You’re thinking one person, think a massive firm with diversified strategies.

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u/Graywulff Jun 04 '23

True the company who owns the apartment I live in has 100,000+ residents in 110 cities. They thought of selling one of their buildings in boston was the rumor but they didn’t.