Is Airbnb Dying?

Air BnB is a testament to how much business taxes and regulations kill... Their only edge was the (bad, distortive) law hadn't caught up to them yet. Didn't take long.

I’ve had just as many bad experiences in hotels as I’ve had in airbnbs. I still prefer airbnb 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’ve come to accept that you get what you pay for regardless of whether it’s an airbnb or hotel. I also don’t think regular people buying a couple of properties to offer short term rentals are the real problem. It’s the corporations being greedy a-holes but the small players are getting caught up in the blame game as usual. Your inability to find affordable housing has little to do with the small fish in the middle class who are trying to earn income with Airbnb.

I remember the first time i stayed at one.... i saw the list of rules for the house... was paranoid about the littlest things.... went around taking pictures of everything... found a buncha cobwebs 😂 .... then when i saw that id have to clean up before (sheets and everything😮) ..... never again

I hate Airbnb. They are why long term renters cant find a place to rent. I live in a nerd tourist area, and for the past few years, you couldnt find a place to rent at all. Everything got bought up and turned into Airbnb.
But now i see a ton of listings for long term rentals, but the price is too high. It makes me happy to see the people who did this, losing money.

Nothing against it, but I'm a hotel guy. I stay at decent quality places and if I have any issues it's taken care of.

Bro wtf I didn't recognize you in the thumbnail it's been too long since I saw one of y'all's videos!

I travel a lot. Stopped using Airbnb long time ago. They're no longer cheaper than hotels so no point.

Can there be a Federal law that a single SSN can only have 1 home and that too after the age of 18. Maximum 2 homes per married couple, and can't buy a 3rd home until a child turns 18.

Hotels are far superior and end up being the same price after all the ridiculous fees

$600 cleaning fee, please take out trash, do the dishes, vacuum, clean the windows, mop the floors, wipe the blinds, do the laundry, or you will charged an additional fee! Also we have cameras on the property!!!

Meanwhile a hotel is cheaper.

We need government intervention to end business ownership of housing that was built for individuals and families.

I love renting from them. It is so much more accommodating for a large family

As an Angeleno, I’ve always had a negative view of Airbnb. There have been SO MANY news stories about landlords kicking out permeant tenants to rent short term. Housing prices here are already INSANE and this is just making the problem worse!

its going to bust so bad its not funny, a lot communities are banning them

Maybe the commodification of housing is a bad thing.

you don't have to feel bad for the Air BnB'ers all they have to do is sell that cute little property they made $$ on, even if they sell at a loss (no tax consequences) they already made plenty of money. Sell it to a renter, there's a housing shortage right now. . .

people. who used to stay in hotels started renting whole houses, why not turn the hotels into homes for the homeless? It might be hard to live as a family in one hotel room but it has GOT to beat living out of a car

I don't make guests clean, and I charge them exactly what it costs to get it cleaned.

I'm more enthusiastic about the NY approach than the CA approach. We here on the west coast don't have a great record when it comes to using funds intended to alleviating housing stress.

Biden has destroyed the economy!

AIRBNB sounds like a hit or miss.

I’m from California, I’m going on vacation to New York. I just booked a AIRBNB in New York (The Bronx) will see what happens? 🤷🏽‍♂️

However I did save $700 booking a AIRBNB instead of getting a hotel in the Bronx. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Airbnb posted my house without my permission and refused to remove it!!! They are sending strangers to my door and refused to take the post off from their website!

It’s amazing to read the collective entitled way of thinking you should have a say in what someone does with their own money or home.

I guarantee that if you all spent more time learning about money and investments, you would have more money to provide for those who are in need and make a real impact towards your argument vs spending time on the internet bashing other people for what they do with their own money.

cleaning fee of 90 foot apt 100 $ is a un logical.

Ah yes. Things only get better when the government gets involved

I am a 20+yr resident in my town. Raised kids, supported this community and have loved living where I do. Until Mr. E arbitraged the large house near me.
It has been nearly 2 years of problems and our quality of life, safety of my family, and our well being have declined to the point that I don't want to live here anymore. It feels like a battleground and my county has NO STR policies in place..NONE.

Buncombe County NC- get your stuff together!

And very well that some countries started doing something with this airbnb madness. While airbnb is great for travelers and property owners, it's terrible for local communities: crowds near elevators, noise, garbage, alcohol, crime increase (because airbnb customers typically are on their vacation and it's hard to blame them for noising or polluting). This all happens in homes or condo buildings that totally weren't designed for short-term rental. Some locations (e.g. Barcelona) even have problems with lack of water due to overturism. Costs of buying or long-term rental of condos or homes goes up (because many people now add competion by buying not for themselves, but for airbnb). Airbnb is the major reason of process called "gentrification" - old inhabitants of centers of cities leave them because of all the inconveniences causes by their noisy and problematic airbnb neighbors, new local inhabitants simply can't afford buying or renting anything in those areas. Many practices practices of airbnb or the property owners are debatable or straight illegal.
Airbnb should be banned everywhere, ASAP! For short-term rentals there are hotels, hostels, guesthouses, but not regular homes or condos!!!

Got to love how the government has the power to keep you from profiting off your own land or property.

The housing crisis is caused by quantitative easing and inflation over COVID and not Airbnb. Shot term rentals are just a symptom of a lack of housing not a cause. If you believe that you Must trust your government a lot.

I can't say I feel bad to airbnb hosts myself. Jumped on a get rich scheme to be handed right back to them. How bout selling their failed bnb ventures to people who actually need a home

Wait wtf PBS get sponsors

It's always like that. First a "tech" company offers a good product at a lost. And when they finally have a monopoly, then the enshitification kicks in. Airbnb is now worse than a hotel in every sense: is not cheaper anymore, you have a bunch of rules or suffer fines, you have to do shores, and there's weaker legal/sanitary/consumer save guards and protections. Ever time a tech company "disrupts" a market, they are actually just trying to reinvent the wheel with corners.

Living and working in Palm springs, CA here. Can confirm like 85% of the houses in the nice neighborhood I bike through are either short term rentals or unoccupied second homes for snowbirds. The neighborhoods are mostly empty, especially in the summer. I don't feel bad for these landlords but I don't blame them for trying to make a buck.

Whats with the hair swap?

To you in the comments section. Do you support capitalism?

No one should be allowed to post more than one Airbnb and it should only be individuals hosts and not businessess

Why is housing considered an investment? If you want to be an entrepreneur, start a real business instead of leeching off people.

get a haircut nerd

This is a poorly researched piece with inherent biases. You can do better.

My dozen stays were mostly bad experiences and I've quit Airbnb.

Investing in the stock market & crypto market is the best option to make a passive income. Virtually all the markets are crazy, most people pay more attention to the shiniest position on the graph, I'm keeping a diversified portfolio. !!

Housing is unaffordable for most so let's turn the limited supply into hotels driving up rents and prices, thanks greedy turds

You forgot, guests sometimes do wacky things. I know someone who would rent Airbnbs for 2 days to do heavy-duty computing (he did some sort of AI research) and run up a huge electric bill. To avoid having to pay for it at his own apartment.

Aibnb treat hosts so badly now. We are suspended due to judge jury and executioner after many messages and calls-- its a disgruntled guest. We have a small cute cabin only suitable for couple no one could live there full time. we aren't in america and they believe guests not hosts.

Cry me a river 🎶

As you said, Airbnb was doing just fine. These state governments couldn’t stop licking their lips and therefore began regulating them. This didn’t affect Airbnb directly but their tenants and landlords were gonna get screwed. The regulations that were forced on landlords have twisted the markets for these services and by the way that is hurting tenants and bringing up prices even more. Airbnb used to be the cheapest option because it was the most innovative compared to legacy hotels. Government needs to put out because their regulation always have the opposite effect

I just bought a rv🎉😅

😂😅😅🤣😄😂😆

I was a move out cleaner during the craze. I have seen people's homes destroyed with tens of thousands in property damage from wild parties.