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I've stayed at several AirBNB's and really never had a problem at all. But it may depend on the country you're visiting.
I wonder if people are just bad at picking air bnbs. I reject probably 95% of the ones I see. I can imagine having a bad experience if you choose the bad ones.
I think a lot of people are choosing the cheapest listings in whatever area, without reading the details. Like there's a comment in this thread where someone rented a room in a share house on AirBnB and is comparing that to a hotel?
AirBnB's are cheaper than hotel's here. You get a kitchen which is invaluable to me. I've never been asked to do any chores.
Yeah I never choose a shared house since I'm not traveling solo. If you're renting a room in a shared house I'd expect there to be rules and things you have to do.
The only bad experience I've had with Airbnb is confusing check in processes or slow to respond hosts. One place I went to had poor instructions and it was really confusing finding the right garage and the host didn't respond for hours and there was a language barrier. On the other hand, it was a huge really well designed apartment with a jacuzzi tub and still cheaper than a hotel so I'd still call that place a win.
We used to run an Airbnb out of the spare rooms in our house. It was very cheaply priced, and we were always booked out for months. Super host status and everything. It was clear most people just look at the price and never the description or rules. We rented two bedrooms with a shared bathroom, and the amount of complaints we received because they had to share a bathroom with someone else was obnoxious.
We closed up shop during the pandemic and just used those rooms as guest rooms instead. In hindsight it wasn't worth the hassle of dealing with self-centered people who expect an experience superior to that hotels at a quarter the price. We also had some fantastic guests that we loved having stay with us, but the few bad experiences dramatically overshadowed all the good decent people.
Airbnb's are so shitty today because their customers are just as equally shitty on aggregate.