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Yeah, I have so much incentive to straight up lie. The average for the link you have is $108/night. That's above several hotels in my search. Also, most of these AirBnB listings only allow 1 person. Every hotel room will support 2 people and most will allow 4 (if you can get 2 beds).

Take that for what its worth. If I'm objectively wrong or a liar to you, cool.



You're comparing the average to the minimum. That's deceptive and unfair.

The average hotel room in SF costs hundreds of dollars a night. [0] So the average hotel is much more expensive than the average AirBnB.

Likewise, I showed countless examples of AirBnBs which have a lower price than the cheapest hotel you could find.

If both the average and the minimum for AirBnB is much lower than for hotels, we can safely conclude that AirBnB is substantially cheaper.

As a frequent traveler, I know that to be a fact. I would love if hotels were cheaper than AirBnB (I prefer them), but it's objectively not true.

[0] http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/07...




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