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by nojvek 2476 days ago
AirBnB is a monopoly in an unregulated market. It can do whatever it pleases with little recourse. What are you going to do? Leave. Great, some other sucker will take the bait.

In an unregulated market, they make whatever rules make them the most profit. I quit AirBnb 3 years ago when a $400/night place in NY clearly engaged in false advertisement by stating the wrong room size. It had pungent smell and generally was a hell hole. AirBnB would not refund. That’s the last I ever made a booking to AirBnB.

I really hope governments step up their game and bring some sanity. AirBnB as a monopoly is wrecking havoc to many cities. It’s like a virus.