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They exhibit possible error of an Airbnb host for lodging for CDMX.
Price tag is unrealistic for the amenities and location it offers.
Announcement enters among the calls for fraud in tourist applications.
Offering services via the internet is increasingly common in our era; however, learning to use digital tools to fill automatic or programming platforms with data for electronic sales can become a risk, both for the prestige of the applications and for the entrepreneurs. This is the case of an advertisement for Airbnb that, apparently by mistake, offers a room in CDMX at exorbitant prices.
And it is that the application of accommodation to individuals and tourists is not the exception among the available platforms to which they come to find publication errors and “labelling” and for which accusations of “fraud”, “misleading advertising” can be blamed. ” or “false ads”.
Although the Web of the application has a manual for hosts and guests in which they seek to solve most of the frequent problems that may arise when renting a space, there is no apparent filter that supports new users to enter the correct information from your registration.
Room for rent: $350,000 a night!
Inés, an Airbnb hostess since 2018, published an unattractive and highly suspicious offer on the hosting platform, where she contrasts the price of her home with the amenities it offers.
“Private room in residential accommodation” – yes, just the room – is the offer found for 350 thousand Mexican pesos per night.
According to the publication, the place is located near the Historic Center of Mexico City and is suitable for up to four people, with two beds and a full bathroom. Without any other extraordinary amenities.
And yes, the images of the advertisement do not invite you to pay an amount of three zeros, since the only thing it offers is shampoo, towels, sheets, soap and toilet paper, washing machine, hooks, WiFi, area to work with a table, kitchen and smokers.
This is an example in which the room is surely for rent, but a poor filling of information and even a possible system error could have caused the hostess not to receive offers since its publication, since it is estimated that the intention The price of this could have been 350 pesos and not 350,000.
However, an error in the platform cannot be ruled out either, since the synergy between human and technological skills in the same process requires practical advice beyond digital, something that other users have also reported at different prices with smart charges.
How to spot fake offers when booking on platforms like Airbnb
With the relief of health restrictions this year, mobility grew and tourist accommodation reservations increased on applications such as Airbnb and Booking, where scams and false advertisements for apartments and stays for vacationers also grew.
One of the detectors that authorities around the world emphasize is the price, either very cheap or very expensive. It is important to verify that the website is the original and always consult the reviews and opinions of other users, which can lead to possible scams or, simply, places that it is better not to visit.
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