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/nimble-lightning-rod 6h ago

I feel like people forgot short-term rentals (particularly vacation rentals) have always existed! You just used to book from things like magazine ads for shared beach houses or travel agents who knew of all the fancy cabins for ski trips. Airbnb made that model more accessible with the advent of technology and opened up the doors to everyone getting screwed. There’s still a great argument for the existence of short term and vacation rentals (and demand that’s pretty reasonable), but they once upon a time existed without screwing up entire city’s housing markets.

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u/Enlight1Oment 3h ago

ski resort towns still have some good airbnbs, especially if you are a larger group 5+. Hotels I find 4 is the max I'd want with 2 queens, but once you get larger it's not as good as a house or condo. I've stayed in decent ones in Telluride and amazing ones in Whitefish (technically the one in whitefish was one of the other services not airbnb)