• Airbnb stock tumbled 14% in one day after the company predicted slowing demand.
  • Some former Airbnb diehards say they now prefer the consistency of hotels.
  • Airbnb said it might increase travelers’ ability to book hotel rooms through Airbnb.
    • @avattar
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      34 months ago

      Americans are used to mentally adding taxes to the price

    • @SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today
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      34 months ago

      Taxes are not displayed anywhere else, so if Airbnb starts including taxes in their listing they will be at a competitive disadvantage as their pricing would become apples to oranges versus hotels in the wrong direction.

      Almost nowhere in the US includes taxes in the advertised price.