[GordonS]

The most annoying things for me are:

1. If I set a filter, use it! As it is, it will show results matching filters first, but then also shows those that don't, and it's not obvious enough

2. When hosts have claimed to have amenities they don't have, and when hosts don't properly set what amenities they do have - makes it difficult to use filters to find what you actually want

[jmyeet]

The filters thing is a general problem with search because it's really difficult to distinguish between:

1. X is a must-have; and

2. X, Y and Z are all on my wish list so I want to see the most matches first.

Even Google is kind of awkward with this. It used to be you could add + to a term (before the Google+ boondoggle). Now you have to quote things.

Other sites will do so for specific criteria. Take a real estate portal: the bedroom numbers will be absolute but it may include surrounding areas to what you specify. Or there may be an option to turn that off.

It is frustrating but I can see why sites err on the side of caution by treating it as a ranking suggestion vs a hard requirement.