Airbnb will improve transparency around pricing
can be a chore for a few reasons. Chief among those is the fact it's not always easy to tell at a glance how much you'll pay for your vacation rental, since the cleaning fee or security deposit may not appear until after you click on a listing. However, Airbnb is at last set to make pricing a bit more transparent.that, starting next month, the company will offer the option to see the full price of a stay in search results, and on the map, price filter and listings pages.
There is one drawback, though. The price that you see in search results and on the map still doesn't include taxes. It would be helpful to see that at the jump as well, particularly given that many hotel booking sites show the full price with taxes included in search results."Our thinking was that since prices in the US are typically displayed pre-tax, that we should go with this convention,"Elsewhere, Chesky said that Airbnb will offer hosts more pricing and discount tools.
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