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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
There’s a lot of doomspeak in this thread, I’d say you can still find decent AirBNBs that don’t gouge. Just depends where you’re staying and always check the added fees before paying. Sounds like common sense and honestly it’s not really rocket science. My gf and I flip between hotels and AirBNBs still depending on the city, but always check VRBO or AirBNB first because sometimes you can find some cool places in the mountains for like $90/night (plus a $30 cleaning fee or so) which is cheaper and more memorable.
gpt
You can and I am literally about to book an apartment in a converted abbey in Scotland in a half hour, but there is a lot more sleazeball gaming going that makes it harder to use. 

Cleaning fees used to be modest and fairly consistent. Now, you have people with $200 cleaning fees that come in first in the results because their per night rate is less than the others, but the others will have cleaning rates a quarter that. In some markets airbnb is just exhausting to use.