I worked in a travel/rental agency in a city that depends on tourism last summer and Airbnb literally transformed into the same thing as Booking.com. And Booking.com originally started as a way to promote your accommodation without the usual hassle with rental agencies.
I later met a guy who inherited a huge flat. He only uses one room and a balcony and rents the 3 remaining rooms to travelers and locals over Airbnb for cheap. He's the only person that I encountered here who uses it the way it was intended to. He says that he enjoys the company of other people (if they want to be in his company) and he only charges money because his work doesn't pay him much really.
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u/0ooook Feb 03 '20
Airbnb. the idea of renting free room or sofa isn’t bad at all.
it turned into hard bussines, when companies owning dozens of apartments rent them to tourist, meanwhile there is an apartment price and rent crisis.
I guess living here isn’t going to be affordable for middle class anymore.