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I found this to be really inaccurate. I've been a host of an Airbnb for a few years. I've slowly moved my price up until I hit the maximum 70£/day. I have hundreds of positive reviews.

The price the website suggested was 120£.

I then went in to put an obscure address where there is no demand, and the price was $140/day. I've rented a hotel in the area for $30/day.

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"the maximum"? You mean you didn't get much interest above 70£?

$30? Where is such a place, Siberia?

There are plenty of AirBnB places in fairly touristed places in the developing world for 15-20€/day.

Hotel rooms, too

Room or a whole house?

Using Airbnb, I rented an entire 2 bedroom apartment in downtown Belgrade, Serbia for about 13 days. With fees, the price was $380-ish USD, just under $30/night. It was a really good deal!

In many countries, in that price range you can find everything. For example, last year on a cycling trip I ended up in an Albanian city on the one weekend a year when all accommodation is fully booked due to a festival. Lucky there was one remaining AirBnB host, and I rented his five-room house for 25€, fees included. He lived elsewhere, I had the whole place to myself (which was total overkill). Most of the other hosts, though unfortunately already booked, were offering rooms or entire spare flats for half that.

I rented (entire) Airbnb places in Berlin for one year because I was looking for a flat. I used this to scout each part of the city to decide where to look for rentals. I was always traveling during weekends, so I mostly rented during the week. There are top notch AirBnB apartments in Berlin that you can get for as little as 20€ a day.

A rental pretty much anywhere in Poland will be around that. I've paid as little as $20/day for a nice flat.

Asheville, NC

Prices on Airbnb seem close to the estimate : https://www.airbnb.com/s/Asheville--NC--United-States/homes?...

I thought that area was actually pretty popular with outdoorsy people.

imho its age related. retirees and seniors touring Ashville prefer more private and secure hotel accommodations.

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