Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
1
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
On the wildly popular Airbnb Reddit page, a poster who identified themselves as an Airbnb host garnered online attention after sharing a “crazy” experience working with the hospitality platform — involving a shocking and unexpected extra fee.
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who → identify → fee
The poster explained that they currently have five guests staying at their home, which was initially rented for a week.
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which → explain → week
The visitors wanted to extend their stay for 90 days — a decision that made the host “happy,” as they were excellent guests.
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they → want → days
In do-gooder hopes of saving the group money, the host advised their guests to wait a few days before re-booking their place, as they would soon be lowering their price to the “winter rate.”
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they → save → rate
“I offer a 20% discount for monthly stays bringing their rate (to me) down to $3100/month,” the host explained.
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host → offer → 3100
But the poster ran into an unexpected snafu with his thrifty plan:
They claim fees from Airbnb and Evolve (which they describe as their property management contract) had charged a whopping “50% surcharge on the monthly rate.”
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they → run → rate
The revelation shocked and baffled the accommodating Airbnb host.
“Who can possibly afford to pay near 5k a month?” the post questioned, addressing the virtual void.
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post → shock → void
They went on to share their opinion that the companies’ sneaky fees were going to “kill their own business.”
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fees → go → business
Faced with the guests leaving their accommodation — or worse, leaving a bad review — the host realized he could “cut out” Airbnb and Evolve as the middlemen, and offer the guests a short-term lease himself.
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he → face → lease
“Crazy, right?” reads the poster’s last sentence, appearing to expect Redditors to agree with his real-estate hack.
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Redditors → read → hack
Turns out, most did.
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most → turn → ?
“Wtf that’s an insane markup, basically doubling their cut for no extra work on a long stay,” one commenter said.
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commenter → ’ → stay
“Smart move just doing the short term lease though, you kept good guests and they probably appreciate not getting gouged.”
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they → do → guests
“I’ve seen larger [propery managers] do some really shady stuff,” added another.
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another → see → stuff
“Mark up the rates, mark up the cleaning fee, everything you can think of to make more money.
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you → mark → money
And then they don’t even do a good job of managing the rates and keeping the property booked.
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property → do → rates
It’s impossible for the owner to make any profit.”
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owner → ’ → profit
“You gotta go under the table if you’re renting that long,” said one more.
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one → got → table
“As long as you trust them.
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you → trust → them
However, one doubted the poster’s experience was actually true.
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experience → doubt → ?
“I doubt this is happening,” said one skeptic.
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skeptic → doubt → ?
“If it is, it’s Evolve (a nightmare choice) not Air B&B.”
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it → ’ → ?
This month, Airbnb debuted a surge in new offerings, including 3D floor plans to better show a space, grocery delivery services in Europe and even easy boat rental in South Florida.
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Airbnb → debut → Florida
It also maintains an online help center to assist hosts with their fees.
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It → maintain → fees
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