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The Passion Squad guys may have had fun with their prank. But as many a disappointed traveler will tell you, dodgy Airbnb accommodation and bad hosts are no laughing matter.
"Airbnb essentially allows anyone to sign up to be a host, which will always prove to be problematic," says Grace Moser, the owner of women's lifestyle blog Chasing Foxes and a full-time traveler since 2016. "Because when you have people flooding in year after year who are seeing it as a way for them to make quick cash, you're going to be met with bad customer service."
Moser feels that most hosts have stopped prioritizing the guest and instead, treat their listings/homes as just another income stream. “They do the bare minimum and know nothing about customer relations," she said.
As many of the posts in this listicle prove, Airbnb has become stupid expensive, and it's pushing people back to booking hotels instead. Kien Lam, a photographer, filmmaker, story teller and the founder of Where And Wander is just one of the many travelers who are turning their backs on the platform.
Lam writes that prices on Airbnb have risen enough that it’s no longer an attractive selling point. "Unfortunately, the higher prices are not always justified when you don’t have the same services and amenities of a hotel, like the common areas, pools, gym, front desk, and security," they added.
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One of the traveler's biggest gripes is one shared by many of us: the audacity of hosts to charge a cleaning fee while expecting visitors to leave the place spotless.
"I’m not going to trash a place, but if I’m paying a cleaning fee, how much more cleaning is required? Is the line drawn at washing my cups and dishes, taking out the trash, airing the place – or is it ok to require me to remove the sheets and put it in the washer?" questions Lam, and the rest of us would love to know, too...
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