• Waldelfe@feddit.org
      2·
      3 days ago

      While I generally agree, there aren’t enough hotels who cater to special needs. For example I have two life threatening food allergies. Most hotels will tell me they can’t cater to my needs because everything is prepared in the same pots, pans and cutting boards. I can’t even have breakfast at most hotels.

      The two times when I went to hotels that specifically advertised themselves as being allergy-friendly, I still ended up with 1) hazelnuts as decoration on my steak because it was Christmas and the cook had forgotten about my anaphylaxis to nuts and 2) being told on arrival that contrary to the information via email they only have a breakfast buffet where everything is prepared on the same cutting boards and it’s all contaminated with nuts.

      And I’m sure I’m not the only one. People with severe gluten intolerance or other food-related restrictions are having a hard time. Hotels just don’t give a fuck for people with special needs. AirBnB or camping is currently the only way I can stay in a different city.

      That doesn’t mean I think what is happening with AirBnB and the cities is great, I just wish more hotels would be accommodating to special needs so they can be an option for everyone. For me it would already suffice if I could use the fridge and just prepare my own breakfast in my room, but most hotels allow fridge-usage only for medicine.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    18·
    5 days ago

    Homes should be used for… living in. Stay in a hotel, and maybe it will be affordable to buy a home again! Someday…

  • calisti
    6·
    4 days ago

    None of these are an option. All of these eat up our cities.

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    7·
    5 days ago

    I think people should sabotage Airbnbs. Literally damage the property. Cut those key safes off and throw them away. Pour salt into the water system. Silicone down the drain.

    • VodkaSolution @feddit.it
      2·
      4 days ago

      Worst advice ever. You would be a terrible person, get easily and immediatrly reported to police, have to pay for the damages you did and for the time the house could not host anyone. And that’s fair.

  • peaches@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    I personally hate to stay in a normal hotel. I like to have a kitchen to cook my own meals with fresh produce. Now, in some countries, I do often eat out because they have delicious food, like Spain, France, Italy, Greece… I also don’t like in the hotels that it is loud! Either from people talking loud on the corridor, cleaning ladies or gentlemen shouting at each other at 7 am, or the damn air conditioning systems they have. You can also can’t make the room completely dark, as I like it. We sometimes find an aparthotel, which is fine.

    I do agree that AirBnb sucks because they make cities more expensive for the locals, but we generally do not go to the big cities, we rather stay in the countryside and make a day trip if we want to see a big city. I think a good option is how they do it in France with their small gîtes, where they rent a mini apartment in their courtyard. I stayed in several like these and it was lovely. And the owner did not bother us. They make it a bit private. I this is a good option that would not affect the housing market, since they would probably not rent it long term, having it so close to their home.

  • sinnsykfinbart@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    Hotels are a lousy option for me and my family with small kids. We need an option where we can cook, play and be a family. I grew up using Intervac, which is a homeexchange service, where families from Germany, Austria, France etc lived in our house, whilst we lived in theirs. Now we do the same, but also need places to stay when we are driving down to the house where we are going to live.

    Renting out your apt or house whilst you are on vacation is not eating up the cities, but speculating in it like many are doing with AirBnB, should be regulated/illegal.