Remaining friendly with your neighbors is essential to the tranquility of the neighborhood. But what would you do if the people who live next door didn't want to move their car, which was blocking traffic? If you wanted to keep things peaceful, would you give in to their arrogance or would you try to get the car moved? The story below is an account of a frustrated neighbor. The original poster's (OP) neighbor turned his property into an Airbnb. As a result, every few weeks, new occupants move i…

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They're just getting worse

It's no secret that many people have grown weary of Airbnb. The fees, the growing lists of rules, and work-intensive clean-ups (while still paying a cleaning fee) make hotels look a lot more attractive than when the site first came on the scene. Hotels are often less expensive, to boot. Why should travelers have to do double or triple the work, and have a hard time getting help, when they could be waited on at a Marriott or even a Days Inn? As customers rethink their options, it appears that so…

Airbnb hasn't been the most popular company lately. Hosts are notoriously unreasonable, greedy (and sometimes lazy) , and the cleaning fees are exorbitant. It's absurd to see a home listed for $200 a night when the fees actually bring it to twice that. Unfortunately, this is the reality of renting from the company's hosts, and though more people are turning to hotels for their lodging needs, Airbnb remains an important option for large groups, pet owners, and people seeking extended stays. This…

Better act fast, it's booked up through summer already

Being an Airbnb hater is a big part of who I am and what I do. I distinctly recall being on a family vacation, waiting outside in freezing weather for over an hour for the owner of the apartment to give my family the key. The owner drove a moped and I could tell that he did not feel sorry, not one bit. The best Airbnb experience I had was at a place virtually identical to a hotel, and honestly, that doesn't even count. Despite my bitterness, Airbnb's used to be novel and fun as a concept for mo…

Don't cross Jonathan

Almost universally, we have a tendency to trust the narrative of the narrator when it comes to stories we see online. We seldom stop to pause and take a look at the other perspectives that the context offers us: When you're reading a story your favorite influencer or personality is telling about some aggressive Karen they met at a festival, do you ever stop to think, "Why did that complete stranger take offense to them?" Sure there are some wildly unhinged persons in this world who have the ten…

I remember booking my first Airbnb . Some friends and I were heading to beautiful Tucson, Arizona for a wedding, and didn't have the guap to stay at the fancy resort with the wedding party. We found a modest house (decorated with a ton of Kokopellis) for a fraction of the price. And it came with a pool. Booking this home saved us hundreds of dollars, and for years after that wedding , we continued to use the service to make our money go a little farther while on vacation. Unfortunately for our…

Renting an Airbnb can be a double-edged sword. It can be nice to rent a whole apartment instead of one room at a hotel. However, there are so many aspects of Airbnbs that are unregulated and hard to predict, and this case is no exception.