Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.

The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.

  • GreyDalcenti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    981·
    1 year ago

    In my experience over the last two years hotels are either same price OR less expensive due to AirBnBs bait and switch pricing. The taxes, cleaning fees, and random add ons are absurd.

    In a recent example, staying at some Yurt for three days was $248. After taxes and fees it was around $515. Like wtf?!

    I’m at the point where even if the pricing was flat, a hotel is 10X less hassle to deal with than AirBnB.

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
      131·
      1 year ago

      Airbnb was nice when it was just a way to rent someone’s extra bedroom for the night. I’ve met some amazing people this way.

        • triplenadir@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          it requires a paid subscription now, it’s not outrageously priced but it feels like it kind of goes against the ethos, and a lot of people have moved to alternatives like bewelcome

    • Gyromobile@lemmy.worldEnglish
      74·
      1 year ago

      Gotta wonder if the competition from airbnb kept hotel prices lower. I do agree with you though.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      hotels are either same price OR less expensive

      I don’t think that really contradicts what they said though. It doesn’t matter which is more expensive, they both exist within the same market and removing supply will make what remains more expensive.

      • Apollo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Then the change is working as intended - residential buildings should never have been pulled from the rental market to compete with hotels.