It went viral for days enough for BI to catch it: Airbnb is getting roasted by travelers complaining about extensive cleaning fees and rules https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-trending-twitter-customers-complain-host-cleaning-fees-rules-price-2021-5
yeah i got over the airbnb hype real quick. for the prices they charge, I’d rather stay at a hotel and be treated like a guest with robes, happy hour and room service.
— Kathy Garfield (@kathygarfield) May 18, 2021
Airbnb has also resulted in massive amounts of people being prices out of their neighbourhoods. It’s a nice idea but when landlords are cancelling leases to put the spot up on Airbnb it is a problem. Another unregulated tech company widening the class divide 👍👍👍👍
— 🇵🇸 (@Dr_____01) May 18, 2021
I was attempting to look for a spot in ATL for my bday but Air BnB can go to hell! This man has over 17 listings 🥴 pic.twitter.com/o8RtAcWfUU
— Miss Cleo “Call Me Now” (@cookie_davis) May 18, 2021
We in hotels all summer. Count your days, Airbnb.
— Tevon A. Blair, M.A. (@TevonBlair) May 19, 2021
AirBnb and Uber trippin. We back to yellow cabs and hotels this summer. They not gonna fee us to death.
— Mack Hundreds (@5iveRokk) May 18, 2021
Airbnb got too much dip on they chip. They’re about to fall off. No one is gonna continue to pay $500 to stay in an apartment for two days when they can pay $300 for a hotel stay that has a pool, room service, free breakfast & cleaning everyday. Like get real lol
— 🥀 (@euphorixa) May 18, 2021
I’m fairly convinced that Airbnb + investment firms have made it unaffordable to ever buy a first home in the United States. Everywhere.
— Fiery Progressive (@peaceboutique) May 18, 2021
Throwback to landlords whining about being unable to find guests for their airbnb hotels last year. pic.twitter.com/6DUcNfHJyz
— T🍊ri the Dumb Lefty Canadian Radical (@RodneyTori) May 19, 2021
Happy to see AirBnB trending for the scam they have become. Looking to book for Nola & the fees are out of control. @Airbnb get it together. pic.twitter.com/naHZqyCyDP
— Gary Lloyd, PHR 🌎 (@The_Gary_Lloyd) May 18, 2021
Were Uber and Airbnb ~really~ created to be “cheaper alternatives”, or were they created to revolutionize and reimagine their industries?
Nothing in Silicon Valley was created to be the cheap option. Capitalism, babe.
— IG: theikonickay (@whatKAYsays) May 19, 2021
Here’s my Airbnb receipt from spending ONE NIGHT in Denver (in a small townhouse)
Price listed: $150
Actual cost: $350+ pic.twitter.com/Alb6H1U0vS— Dani Donovan 🧑🏻🎨 ADHD Comics (@danidonovan) May 18, 2021
I’m glad y’all dragging @Airbnb because the hosts rules are outrageous and they try to squeeze every dollar out of you by any means it’s pointless
— LA 🏝 (@Lj_Foster) May 18, 2021
NYC AirBnb: open area, close to foot traffic, communal bathroom. $300/night pic.twitter.com/iqBrSIVD37
— Dave Weasel (@DaveWeasel) May 18, 2021
People are roasting Airbnb on twitter, but not for the reason it sucks the most: it enabled the removal of thousands of rental units from tight housing markets across the country and displaced people along the way.
— Chelsea Kirk (@bad_tenant) May 18, 2021
Airbnb is trending and I just want to remind people that Airbnb accelerates the housing crisis. Perfectly livable spaces, zoned for residential use, are bought up by vultures who just rent them in Airbnb.
Stay in a hotel. It’s nicer, and you’re not displacing a neighborhood.
— Rose Red Fox (@ComradeMythic) May 18, 2021
Airbnb will tell you it’s 150 a night and you when you go to checkout for 2 nights it’s $1,987
— 50 Shades of Greg (@greg_ramirez21) May 17, 2021
dude airbnb is so bad now pic.twitter.com/9R8BGosRir
— first-mate prance (@bocxtop) May 18, 2021
Companies like Airbnb and Uber were made to be cheap alternatives to hotels and taxi’s, now they’re more expensive like tf
— Corset ⛓ (@evelynvwoodsen) May 18, 2021
Airbnb was a great alternative to overpriced hotels bc it felt like you got a house for the price of a room. But recently it feels like there’s a lot of “bait & switch” where locations list lower nightly rates just to have exorbitant cleaning fees only broken down at checkout.
— Ovi Kabir (@TheOviKabir) May 18, 2021
The problem with #airbnb is that people are terrorists. Their homes are filthy and disgusting. There are 150 rules including “Don’t wake the neighbor. She’s works nights!” Or dumb rec’s “Try Claudias Pancake Hut local fav!” Just buy a van and sleep in that.
— Tim Dillon (@TimJDillon) May 18, 2021
“wow this hotel is expensive i’m going to use airbnb instead”
the airbnb: pic.twitter.com/0PRpUDSyrU
— Super is Duper (@SuperIsDuper1) May 18, 2021
As an Airbnb owner I felt this. A lot of us have raised our prices because of bad guest and Airbnb is clamping down on us because it’s cost them money when we repot damages. Also they raised the cleaning fee to combat their losses in damages
— don’d (@tawesome_et) May 19, 2021
AirBnb and Uber trippin. We back to yellow cabs and hotels this summer. They not gonna fee us to death.
— Mack Hundreds (@5iveRokk) May 18, 2021
Hotels came back on Airbnb’s after being down 3-1 https://t.co/d6O5Df2aS0
— 🐍 (@RicoBanned) May 17, 2021
All inclusive hotels > AirBNB
— nigerian man stan account (@202natt) May 18, 2021
I personally don’t fuck with AirBnBs like that. They were a good idea in theory. But once they start being priced the same as hotels, it was like what’s the point? And I spend the first 30 minutes every time searching for cameras whenever I go to one.
— Reid (@RVAReid) May 18, 2021
airbnb will always suck shit compared to just a hotel. Hotels don’t bug you about anything. AirBnB hosts are insane.
— andrew (@intellegint) May 18, 2021
airbnb be like “Rustic, charming country cabin for a romantic getaway” $199/night pic.twitter.com/Bm14ZREDFt
— yo (@plzseekheIp) May 18, 2021
I remember booking an AirBnB in LA and the reservation was def for the entire place. I was in bed and I heard some pans clanking. I got up and the owner of the house was in there making breakfast. Like ??????????? Never again.
— Reid (@RVAReid) May 18, 2021
You checking out all that noise and finding owner like this 🤣😂 #airbnb pic.twitter.com/1rMWlLbUvb
— Feel it Tweet it! ❤🐦 (@LiZaisatweetie) May 18, 2021
KEVIN HAS A BEAUTIFUL HOME. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH SOME SHIT THAT DAY BUT HE COMPLETELY INCONVENIENCED ME AND MY COLLEAGUES…NO BED WAS MADE, CLOTHES WERE THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACE & ONCE WE CALLED @Airbnb TO NOTIFY THEM THEY DIDNT BELIEVE UNTIL WE SENT SCREENSHOTS 🤦🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/o0TkOLIle4
— Invader Oowop 🦹🏾♂️ (@ooweegarcon) May 18, 2021
One of the early #AirBnB houses we rented had this in the tiny bathroom opposite the toilet…yeah, it was weird. pic.twitter.com/HJHTA0USx6
— Techno Gaijin (@technogaijin) May 18, 2021