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nvidic
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Do you not believe in online news as it threatens newspapers? Newspapers have had to adapt to survive, not the same threat to hotels at all but they'll have to adapt instead of just blaming airbnb and those who use it
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Fintan
Liam Brady YBIG Mods are cool Joined: 30 May 2013 Location: Reading Status: Offline Points: 1558 |
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Don't worry I fully believe that the hotel and tourism industry will get through this period of private individuals who are si ply on the make.
What happened in Barcelona is an excellent example and hosts who are required to get registered, pay tax and insurance and run a real business will become a justifiable entity those who throw out a couple of candles and pot puri won't be assed and will stop renting out bedrooms. As I said before its a fad and like all fads will die. |
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horsebox
Robbie Keane Born n bred in darndale. Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 34893 |
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People want value for money. The prices for some of the hotels are extortionate.
Have a look at the hotel prices in Bordeaux or Lille. |
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When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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rossieman
Roy Keane Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 14254 |
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AirBnB is great for the consumer ,gives more choice and helps prevent hotels having the huge pricing power they had in the past.The hotels who adapt will survive just like when the online booking sites helped customers get better value by playing hotels/firms off each other.
AirBnB is no fad and its actually a good thing that there is more accountability now than when it started.It will continue to grow as more people come to thrust and recognize it as a legitimate way of booking accommodation. |
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ringerbell
Jack Charlton Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 8015 |
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You do chat some amount of sh*te. I'm from donegal and would happily sleep in someone's spare bed than pay the prices some hotels up here think they can charge The only thing air b&b will do to the hotel industry in places like Donegal and killarney is provide them with some competition which should bring the prices down which will benefit the public |
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the closest i will ever come to playing for ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_7w4JyvI4
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Colum
Liam Brady Joined: 04 Oct 2014 Status: Offline Points: 1005 |
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What do you think of minimum alcohol pricing, Fintan? Or price fixing? Or free market economics? Healthy competition? Protect the hotel owners, my arse. I was quoted €200 for a triple room in Lille with a shared bathroom in a f**king hostel for one night. Do I as a customer not have the right to say "No, thanks" and look elsewhere.
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Trap junior
Robbie Keane YBIG Minister of Doom & Gloom Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Irish Riviera Status: Offline Points: 39856 |
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Fintan what are you on about?!
Hotels have ripped people off for years and now cry when someone offers the public a more affordable alternative? Why should the hotel industry be protected from competition?! If you can't provide a service for a reasonable price you will be priced out of the market and deservedly so! I've zero sympathy for hotels. They are only too happy to charge ridiculously over the odds fees when an event is on in the locality e.g. concerts, matches etc... |
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Salzburglilly
Roy Keane Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Location: Salzburg Status: Offline Points: 12422 |
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Am i still a fad if i pay tax on my property ? There is a tax option included in all Airbnb host applications, not everyone refuses to pay tax on what they earn, you have "no right " tar every one with the same brush. |
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Nathan Collins - The best Kildare baller since Johnny Doyle!
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RogerMilla
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Down with urban university educated types !
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The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own.
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Bob Hoskins
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I think Trapjnr booked through ScareBnB.
Run for the hills TJ, run
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Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government.
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Fintan
Liam Brady YBIG Mods are cool Joined: 30 May 2013 Location: Reading Status: Offline Points: 1558 |
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Wow!
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Just saying like
Jack Charlton The truth is out there Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Location: World Wide Web Status: Offline Points: 5045 |
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I use sites like AIRBNB and VRBO regularly and generally find them very
satisfactory. I also use booking.com for hotel bookings and I was
shocked to learn recently just how manipulative and anti competitive
that site is. Apparently the prominence of a hotel's listing on
booking.con is determined by the rate of commission the hotel pays to
them. When signing up the hotel decides how much commission to pay
starting at a minimum 15% and going up to 35% and the higher they go the
more prominently their hotel is displayed. Hotels are precluded from
selling direct to the public at prices below the booking.con rates and
booking.con regularly make test calls to hotels to see if they are
breaking the rules. So next time you pay €100 to a booking.con hotel be
aware that the hotel may only be getting 65% of what you are paying.
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Salzburglilly
Roy Keane Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Location: Salzburg Status: Offline Points: 12422 |
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Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
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Nathan Collins - The best Kildare baller since Johnny Doyle!
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Fintan
Liam Brady YBIG Mods are cool Joined: 30 May 2013 Location: Reading Status: Offline Points: 1558 |
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[QUOTE=Salzburglilly] Fintan clearly owns one of those hotels.
[/QUOTE DAY 5......of the witch hunt and abuse for having a ddifferent opinion and outlook to tthe great and good of YBIG. Nice. Great bunch of lads altogether. |
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Salzburglilly
Roy Keane Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Location: Salzburg Status: Offline Points: 12422 |
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Nathan Collins - The best Kildare baller since Johnny Doyle!
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Just saying like
Jack Charlton The truth is out there Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Location: World Wide Web Status: Offline Points: 5045 |
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As far as I know booking.con doesn't generally take deposits on free cancellation bookings. In fact as far as I know they never take any money direct from the customer. You pay the hotel in full and booking.con sends the hotel an invoice for it's commission. This way you, the customer, never find out that booking.con is ripping you off by taking up to 35% of what you pay. |
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath Just can't get enough of lists Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Status: Offline Points: 15259 |
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Ever so slightly over dramatic |
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'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te
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