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Can we please stop treating nepo babies like business moguls? It's gross.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-charge-my-airbnb-guests-cleaning-fees-2023-3?amp
IsaystoMable
I stayed at a place with a check list of chores required of us or we would be charged on top of the cleaning fee. If I’m paying 200 u do it.
FuryM0nk
“I exploit the system at every point possible” is what 99% of the articles boil down to. It’s like yea don’t you feel like shit for it?
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
oh. making money from money i see
OPlinko
Do not use AirBnB. They have bought up all of the cheap houses that could be owned by younger generations to actually live in.
Smarq777
marthafarquar
Written by corporate scum to justify the criminal extra fees that 45% of listings worldwide don’t charge
TanithRosenbaum
Not just any corporate scum. The biggest neoliberal publishing house in Germany.
TheGreatAtomsk
if i have to pay 250$ for cleaning i make sure as hell i'll get my money's worth!
InfocalypseRising
“Because I’m an entitled little shit” what a shock
ontarioOT
If you have to read articles from places like this, please approach it the same way it was written, as corporate-capitalist propaganda.
RustyNeX
$250 cleaning fee, i'm gonna do this instead of toilet paper: https://media.tenor.com/CzRBYLs2--UAAAAC/dog-butt.gif
GendouLovesDucklings
theMonkeyTrap
problem is not these assholes, its the publications printing this
TobiFuenke
Well, last weekend I was a taxi captain. Everybody had to follow my directions.
terriblethunderlizards
i like how her reasoning for charging the cleaning fee isn't absurd i guess. i didnt read this as a "see shes rich, you should be too" thing
FiftyShadesOfTiramisu
Starts with a brag. "I'm a 22-year-old Airbnb manager". So young & already a manager, much success. How did she do it? "Daddy, I'm bored."
bottledham
Yeah I don't get the hate. It's not portraying her as an entrepreneur or "business mogul" in any way.
Sheldonian
So charging overpriced fees to get money from daddy's investments... Rich kids "entrepreneursip" 101
bottledham
Is she pocketing the $250 cleaning fee?
RideTheStimutacs
Business Insider articles are always "I created a successful company from the ground up (using things that were just given to me)"
TanithRosenbaum
Oh god that article is painful to read. Alternative title: "Daddy is making me practice grifting before I get my trust fund"
bottledham
It doesn't claim she's a business mogul of any kind.
ADegenFromUpcountry
Stupid shit like multi-hundred dollar cleaning fees is why I’d stay in a hotel before I’d subsidize these assholes’ lives.
ADegenFromUpcountry
Also: “I help with the check-in process” - it’s not the Hilton sweetie. Telling the guest that the lockbox code is 1234 isn’t check-in.
LazyUsername99
Tbf, despite this article being about a complete nepo-baby, they do mention the apartments are on a resort. There's likely a process.
LazyUsername99
2/2 does that process equal a job? Absolutely fucking not. But there's probably something more to it than telling them a code.
spaceisnotthathard
This is so fucking cringe. Can we just arrest all these illegal hotel operators already?!
or0b0ur0s
See? All you have to do to survive in this world is have everything handed to you, and then act with contemptible cruelty and >
or0b0ur0s
underhandedness in all that you do. Simple. There's room at the top, they're telling you still; But first you must learn to smile as you >
or0b0ur0s
kill; If you want to be like all the folks on the Hill...
YourmomusesTinder
Lolz wtf? This is like giving your dog a chew toy. Rich parents asking you to manage two properties so you don't bother them anymore.
Jagerbeast
Quit clicking click bait and itll go away
SpanWolf
And still gets pissed when there's a dish in the sink, trashcan un-emptied, & the bed is left unmade. What's the cleaning fee for then?!
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
Won't be staying at those properties, I also refuse to pay a fee and have to clean.
bottledham
Completely agree. I'll tidy up and bag up the trash, but not much else if there's a cleaning fee.
ButtersTheCat
If I'm paying a fee, it's a given I'm not cleaning.
SarcasticComment
I will do respectful cleaning like load and run the dishwasher and tidy after myself. beyond that, no.
Idonotbelievewehavecompany
Damn straight
kayaker01
Yep
kuhzoo
I'm pretty sure nepotism has been rampant forever. We're just noticing and catching on more now.
cdownhour1
My father will hear about this.
TheMomaw
When everybody had a pretty decent life, nepotism was irrelevant. Now many are struggling, and nepotism is positioned as a "solution"
Gorapora
Socioeconomic mobility has measurably decreased since the 50s.
LemonToAKnifeFight
Inequality is the worst it's ever been in the US, which increases the importance of inherited wealth. Meaning nepotism is more of a thing.
ButtersTheCat
It's these god-awful think pieces that get me. Hearing a 22y/o describing her first job "managing" daddy's properties - just WHY? Interview
ButtersTheCat
a 7 year old with a lemonade stand, while you're at it. I'd like to know more about their business sense.
mustardburp
"I use real lemons and real sugar...also fentanyl."
AgainstMethod
Well no, it was perfectly apparent back in the day, too.
Session10
Problem is that these "business" articles love to feature them as examples of successful young people to "prove" that the system is fine.
TerrorAustralisIncognita
"In charge of 2 airbnb properties" - that's like... 1-2 hours a week?
fractalsphere
I wonder what the price of the rentals are. Better than hotel for the length of stay? If she built-in that price people wouldn't object.
fractalsphere
It's seeing a separate line item that people get all up in arms about.
StillNotYouTube
Air bnb's are substantially cheaper than hotels, even with the BS cleaning fees.
UsedCarSalesChick
Speaking from experience, yes.
thedarktowerguy
600 a night I think the article claimed.
CrunchWrapFrappuccinoo
Well that title is awfully misleading.
Mythanris90
loma45
How so? Property managers and owners are usually different people.
Turbogoat
We're supposed to be outraged that a 22yr old has rental properties that were bought by her Dad - but she doesn't claim to own them at all.
rakas90
I think it's more so that she's calling it a job to call handymen sometimes, and point things out to maybe 10 people per week.
bottledham
It's misleading to call it a "profile of a young entrepreneur"
loma45
Ah - I thought they were talking about the article title, not the imgur title.
bottledham
Oh good point I see now
cdlong
Yeah, the article isn't really about how great she is, just why she charges more. though I'm sure no accident that she's 22 and attractive.
SteveMND
Ah, I think some of us thought @CrunchWrapFrappuccino
was referring to the title of the article, and not the post, since most of these >
SteveMND
< types of 'nepo rich' memes complain about how the article's content doesn't match up with its headline.
SteveMND
How so? It doesn't say she owns them, just that she manages them.
dickblack12
It doesn't say why.
xovoxovox
So someone who helps manage their dads hardware store in their 20's, it's nepotism? FFS, we'll get pissed off about anything now..
loma45
I mean, property/airbnb manager isn't exactly an out of reach job for most 22 year olds. OWNING one is.
csp256
Yes it does. She pays her cleaning staff $200 per visit due to COL there and the $50 goes towards supplies, linens, etc.
csp256
Yes $50 for supplies sounds like a lot but you have to understand some tenants will cause thousands of dollars in damages.
keys79
They pay their cleaners $200 but charge people $250. There’s no way they go thru $50 worth of “supplies” with every guest.
caledric
lol you think they pay their cleaners 200... They pay their cleaners 50, and force them to buy their own supplies
alienInvader999
The article litterally says they pay 200 of the 250 to the cleaner.
keys79
I appreciate your pessimism. But I have a client who runs a housekeeping service and $200 is about average for a full cleaning. /1
keys79
And that’s for a modest sized home in the Midwest, nothing crazy. And yeah they prefer to use their own supplies for consistency. /2
caledric
Is your client an the entitled child of a millionaire who hates the poors?
keys79
Definitely not lol. She has a crew of 3 ladies plus herself. She’s very sweet and they work really hard.
keys79
And you can judge the entitled rich kid all you want. No argument there. I’m just pointing out that $200 is normal for a cleaning service.
unremarkableasterisk
And this is why people are bypassing ABB/VRBO etc and going back to hotels. The fees have gotten out of hand.
IsaystoMable
If enough of us boycott them they will drop $.
StillNotYouTube
Have you seen the prices of hotels? They are typically double the price of a comparable air bnb.
FinancialRavioli
Just reserved ABnB on two weekends for soccer tournaments because they were roughly half the price of any reasonable hotel in the area.
FinancialRavioli
Hotels have gotten absurdly expensive.
JesaraB
Execs have also admitted that they took an intentional loss for the first couple years to get people hooked, then raised their share.
Regularsizerudy
Put them out of business . Houses are for people not investments
SarcasticComment
even worse are the laundry lists of demands you do before leaving. I'm not cleaning the floors and doing your laundry.
paintingagency
Yeah, $250 is a whole night at a very mediocre hotel these days.
keys79
And some of the cancellation policies are strict. If you get sick and can’t go, you could be screwed. Hotels are usually much more flexible.
ZeroLogain
Admittedly they became more flexible due to airbnb if I remember properly
creepwood
A hotel with 30 rooms can deal with cancelations much better than a guy with 2 airbnbs so I get it, but I won't book it.
keys79
Yeah I totally get it. But for a family of 4, with how unpredictable things are nowadays, I need the flexibility of a hotel reservation.
Mooseman1991
Not to mention how often its basically used as extortion. I stay in Airbnbs about 3 weeks out of every month for work (construction) 1/2
Mooseman1991
Every place we stay we basically have to do a good clean ourselves (put towels and bedding in wash, clean dishes, wipe down, etc) 2/3
Mooseman1991
DESPITE paying about 150 in cleaning fees. BECAUSE of the owners ability to rate us as customers. We need a good ratings. Weve been 3/4
Mooseman1991
Openly dinged in the past because "towels were left in bedroom" or "trash wasnt taken out". 150 bucks to be told off like a toddler publicly
Gorapora
I've gone back to using regular taxis and avoiding grubhub too. Maybe the internet really was just a trend lol
skippieelove
I honestly kind of hope so. I’ll miss some facets of it. But fuck does it have a plethora of negatives on human capability
tankmayvin
Most of these businesses we thought were giving us a great deal were running at loss to build market share. Now we see the reality.
bamcobra
So… the Walmart scheme works for others too?
CantStopTheRock
You mean like how Netflix is as expensive as cable and the market is oversaturated again? Weird, almost like people don't understand...
ADegenFromUpcountry
unremarkableasterisk
Wut? I'm confused. Netflix is $15/mo. I don't think you can get cable for that amount.
MySushi
That's right. Cable is like 4-5x the price of internet-TV and basic cable channels can be had for free with a terrestrial antenna hookup
screaminginthewoods
Ah yes, I remember the antenna setup. Where I was, the options were PBS, 3 HSN channels, 3ABN, and a radio station
freezingpilot
Netflix+Prime+Disney+HBO+etc, it all adds up. When netflix was the one stop shop, piracy dropped. Make it less convenient however...
nero4ty2
Any cable package that people want is going to be 75-100 on top of internet, for 4-5 streamers you pay 50-60 with a ton more content and >
nero4ty2
The ability to watch whatever you want whenever you want, so much better
CantStopTheRock
Basic cable if you bundle it is about 15. Plus if you want to watch most things you have to pay for 3+ different services.
nero4ty2
where is it 15? OTA stations on a cable upgrade for me is $45
CantStopTheRock
We've come full circle back to cable, but now we're just paying different companies for it.
Micro2112
SerenePrincess013
I keep Netflix & the other streaming services as a solo protest until all mainstream television companies drop FoxNews.
CynicalPrints
Hotels prefer resort fees, parking fees, and other random hidden bullshit.
HenryLongfellowIII
Need some clothes cleaned? You might as well buy new ones at our prices.
Gorapora
I've literally never been to a hotel that had either.
blisfulloblivion
See those a lot in CA and FL. Ever head to Orlanda, most have at least a resort fee. Super annoying and I go out of my way too avoid.
zerovanity59
Appearantly you have never been to a hotel in Hawaii.
SirWadeWilson
You've never been to Las Vegas then.
WaveMotionGum
Post covid they still charge all those fees and then don't even give turn down service or fresh towels. It's fucked.
Gorapora
What weird hotels are you guys staying at?
WaveMotionGum
Would you believe resort casino hotels in Reno? It's nuts.