r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 7h ago

Society New Airbnb rules ban hosts from making guests wash dishes, do laundry & other checkout chores

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/new-airbnb-rules-ban-hosts-from-making-guests-wash-dishes-do-laundry-other-checkout-chores-3420832/
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u/Corne777 7h ago

Yeah hotels are just better in general. I think the one reason for an air bnb is large group trips. Like you have 10-20 people on a vacation and you want to be more together instead of in 6 different hotel rooms. For awhile we would book air bnbs for like overnight stops on a vacation drive. Now we just stop at a hotel. Cheaper, easier, no clean up and free breakfast.

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u/nails_for_breakfast 7h ago

Yeah large groups and families with small children are the only good use case for airbnbs anymore. Unfortunately I fall in one of those demographics when I travel for vacation so I'll stick with them for now, but when I don't really need the three separate bedrooms and a kitchen anymore I will happily go back to standard hotels

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u/Consistent_Story903 5h ago

I have one kid in college and the other one in high school of opposite sex. I either need to get 2 hotel rooms or an AirBNB. A lot of times AirBNB ends up being cheaper and easier.

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u/scarletwitchmoon 4h ago

Yeah, before Airbnbs were really a thing, my SO's family of 4 (Mom, dad, 2 boys) would stay in the same room together. The oldest they did it, I believe, was when the brothers were in their 20s. It was so cramped and my SO ended up sleeping on the floor. And they were usually tiny hotel rooms, too. Yikes.

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u/hotpotatos200 4h ago

I’m in the small children category. They honestly felt like a cheat code compared to hotel rooms after we had our first. Now with 3, I won’t go back for a long while, if ever.

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u/StregaCagna 3h ago

I honestly don’t see a future where we go back to a hotel room until we’re traveling without kids at all. The older they get, the more space they need and I have yet to spend more on an Airbnb than I would for 2 hotel rooms or a suite with a big enough sleeping space to accommodate everyone comfortably (at least in the major cities across the country and the Northeast where we tend to travel the most.)

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u/Wooden-Repeat-9200 1h ago

Extended stay hotels might be something you want to look at. They often, especially in the US, are cheaper than an equivalent hotel with more features

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u/SpagBolForLife 6h ago

100% especially when you want/need a kitchen and laundry. Hotels don’t have these in the room

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u/scarletwitchmoon 4h ago

Some hotels offer laundry service though.

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u/SevenandForty 2h ago

Yeah, but depending on the type it can be really expensive, like $10 for a T-shirt or something.

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u/Shivs_baby 6h ago

I still prefer an Airbnb because you generally have more room, it’s more homey feeling and I don’t want to have every single meal out, so I like to get things for simple breakfasts and snacks and use the fridge and make my own tea, etc.

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u/Corne777 6h ago

For sure, really depends on use case and how long you’ll stay. Tons of factors and opinions. I just feel like for awhile air bnb was the obvious choice and hotels are making a come back.

I like to do beachside air bnbs. They’ll be further down the beach typically and less people around. The hotels have everyone from the hotel go outside to the beach right there so it’s crowded. More private beach, private pool/hot tub at the Airbnb are worth it for me to pick air bnb over hotel.

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u/Ok_Two_2604 7h ago

The few times I’ve use Airbnb have been to stay places I couldn’t do otherwise, as it’s either Airbnb or an expensive resort. And where there is only access to residents and their guests. Though Airbnb is probably not what they intended in saying guests.

Otherwise 100% hotels. I don’t even like the condos that are rented out by an organization but privately owned or timeshares bc I’ve had bad experiences with those pretty much every time.

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u/throwaway5882300 6h ago

I used to think that too, but the last time I stayed at an airbnb with a big group, one of the people got way too drunk and did some damage to the place and it got really ugly in the aftermath. I would say only do this if you're confident something like that won't happen, but so was I when I agreed to stay there.

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u/StregaCagna 3h ago

I mean, that can happen with a hotel too. It’s why I never agreed to be the credit card holder back in my early 20s because you never knew who would suddenly decide to act like a dumb shit on drugs or alcohol. I saw so many people have their first credit cards maxxed out after hotel parties. In my 40s at least I know who I can trust to invite to an Airbnb and pay for damages if they fuck shit up.

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u/throwaway5882300 3h ago

Yeah this wasn't that kind of scene. I was in my late 30s when this happened and it wasn't a house party. Just like a dozen old friends from college getting together for a weekend in the city where we went to school. We weren't crazy party people in school and when this happened most of us were already dads with families and careers and shit. One of us just clearly had a drinking problem that the rest of us weren't aware of. But there's also a lot less stuff to break in a hotel room. Like, you're probably not punching a hole through a hollow core door in a hotel because most of those doors are solid or metal.

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u/surfryhder 7h ago

Couldn’t agree more. I have been seeing a lot of add on fees that you have to pay outside air b&b..

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u/Shwifty_Plumbus 6h ago

Yeah but even then I go with local vacation rental companies where ever I may be staying if I need to get a large house. Its easy to look up ahead of time.

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u/Heszilg 3h ago

Didn't do it for a while, but staying with a local living in the place can be very fun.

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u/billyblobsabillion 3h ago

Large groups and people who have been displaced due to issues with their own residences or dwellings.

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u/PghAreaHandyman 1h ago

As a family of just 5, I can say finding hotels that have connected rooms and will guarantee you get them are relatively small in number. Had 2 nights in Syracuse over the summer and tried two Marriot hotels since I have points, one didn't have them, and the other, because the bed counts didn't match, required two bookings - so no guarantee they would adjoin. Even called the hotel and they had to use the same stupid online booking tool I had to use and couldn't guarantee specific adjoining rooms. So stayed in a very meh vacation rental.

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u/Corne777 35m ago

My kids are still fairly young but we are a family of 6 so we books rooms with 2 queens and a pull out couch and sleep 2 per bed in one room.

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u/weristjonsnow 25m ago

Except now like 90% of airbnb hosts have in giant bold letter "NO MORE THAN 4 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OR THE NEIGHBORS WILL CALL THE FBI". Airbnb has lost virtually all value

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u/RAOBsinDallas 7h ago

I feel like free breakfast has all but disappeared. I haven't seen it anywhere I've stayed lately unless I'm getting it as a member benefit.

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u/Beezewhacks 6h ago

I just drove across the states this year. Every hotel I stayed at had continental. One of them was actually amazing, felt like a paid breakfast more than a throw in.

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u/RAOBsinDallas 6h ago

Good to hear. I guess most hotels I've stayed at lately have been in California, which may be a factor there.

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u/Beezewhacks 6h ago

Often times, theyre kind of hit or miss. You walk in and survey and walk out with an apple or something. But the one I mentioned had all kinds of fresh hot dishes, sausage gravy and biscuits, Greek yogurt, smoothie machine - soo good.

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u/rabidstoat 6h ago

Gotta stay at 3 star or below hotels if in the US.