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What happened to Airbnb?
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this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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I do still look for Airbnbs every time we travel because we're a family of 5. Not a lot of hotels will accommodate 5 to a room and separate rooms means twice the price. Airbnb offers a lot more options for a family with the added benefits of a full kitchen and having a place that can actually be a short term home rather than a room with a bed.
Here's the last one we rented: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/794199620391731129
I get that Airbnbs take some homes off the market and in some areas (like mine), that sucks because demand is high and supply is low. But they aren't going to be the reason for a housing crunch. Here in Portland, Maine, we're a small city on the ocean, thrive on tourists, have great restaurants, and are an easy drive to Boston or to ski resorts or Acadia. The housing market has been bonkers for YEARS and it isn't going to change if we ban short term rentals.
False dichotomy. You can rent a villa, summer home, or any other non hotel accommodation outside of Airbnb. We used Booking.com for our last holiday, and the same place we rented was listed on Airbnb but more expensive by about a quarter of the price.
Many of these places list on more than one site, the business is the same, the effects are the same
Of course you can, but those are still short term rentals, so I'm not quite sure what your point is. Mine was that short term rentals are good for some people and probably aren't responsible for housing market problems.