Post by High Priestess on Jan 10, 2017 16:26:58 GMT
See the article by conservative author Mytheos Holt about host's price-gouging for the Washington DC Inaugural:
thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/313327-airbnb-leaves-trump-supporters-out-in-the-cold
Excerpt:
It sounds like the author of this article is unfamiliar with pricing by Airbnb hosts -- it's typical for nightly rates to be raised to very high amounts for special events-- a study of host's rates during SuperBowl festivities has consistently revealed this. And the prices the author quotes are not actually that high...I've seen places going for $9000 to $10k a night for Superbowl weekend!
thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/313327-airbnb-leaves-trump-supporters-out-in-the-cold
Excerpt:
It is no secret to anyone that the tech industry loathes president-elect Trump and his supporters. Despite attempting to make nice with the president-elect, the industry nevertheless remains a creature of the hyper-liberal culture in its hometown of San Francisco.....Specifically, Airbnb users in and around Washington, D.C., appear to be engaging in flagrant price gouging with absolutely no curtailment from the company...“We don’t trust Trump supporters to stay in our place,” another host told the Huffington Post, expressing concern that Trump supporters would damage her home after seeing her art collection and characterizing her as a “liberal elite.”.
It sounds like the author of this article is unfamiliar with pricing by Airbnb hosts -- it's typical for nightly rates to be raised to very high amounts for special events-- a study of host's rates during SuperBowl festivities has consistently revealed this. And the prices the author quotes are not actually that high...I've seen places going for $9000 to $10k a night for Superbowl weekend!
