Current Events > Airbnb is getting ripped apart for asking guests to donate money to hosts

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https://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-asking-renters-to-donate-kindness-cards-backlash-2020-7

• Airbnb rolled out a new tool that encourages guests to send "kindness cards" and cash donations to their former hosts "impacted by COVID-19."
• The COVID-19 pandemic has tanked Airbnb's revenue, and the property owners who operate short-term rentals through the service have seen rent payments evaporate as people stop traveling.
• But critics lashed out at Airbnb's push for donations, questioning why renters should have to help shore up landlords' shaky financials.

Hosts have directed their anger at Airbnb, saying the company implemented cancellation policies at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that cost them even more money. Airbnb saidin March that it would spend $250 million to reimburse hosts for guests' cancellations that stemmed from coronavirus shutdowns.

The financial situation is especially dire for megahosts, some of whom bought up dozens of properties and built short-term-rental empires that made up their main source of income (about one-third of Airbnb hosts have more than 25 properties, according to the analytics site AirDNA).

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lol Fuck Airbnb and their hosts. We're all being effected by Covid19 in negative ways. Just because they are business owners, doesn't mean we should give them free generousity, because the risk of their shaky business endeavor is becoming apparent. Especially considering the only things that they do is buy and own a place, clean it up, and provide some additional amenities to be used by guests during their stay. Basically what people do at hotels / motels, yet they are entitled to ask for charity because of the pandemic? Fuck off.

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lmaooooooooooooooo

Shablagoo posted...

The financial situation is especially dire for megahosts, some of whom bought up dozens of properties

sucks 4 them

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Sorry not sorry

Your passive income is not essential

I had to deal with getting a $2000 refund from Airbnb when all of this shit hit the fan. Fuck Airbnb and fuck their hosts.
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It's pretty dumb to criticize Airbnb for doing this. Of course they are going to do this.

But Airbnb sucks.

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Oh no

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Number090684 posted...

We're all being effected by Covid19 in negative ways

completely true. some aren't even out of the dark woods yet (roughest year ever in american history).
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Airbnb has always been great for me. Landlords shouldnt be begging for money

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