I have been a super host on Airbnb for over 6 years now. I currently have my home in Italy listed but this year I noticed a drop in bookings that I could not explain. I then had a look at the map and noticed that about halve of the listings in my city are controlled by an external operator that is not even located in the region.
The listings controlled by this company are kept at a very low price (being a company vs actual hosts this is easily done) so thy are basically controlling the market though the platform at the expenses of real hosts.
Is this what Airbnb has become?
This is a betrayal of the airbnb original mission as there is no host here but basically other companies tacking advantage of the platform.
As a dedicated super host, I had put money, time and passion in welcoming travellers in my home, now I regret trusting this company.
I have invested money in refurbishing my home to make it a profitable listing but now I will have to decide if it's time to leave this platform or not as now this is not what I had signed up for when I joined it.
