I remember booking my first Airbnb. Some friends and I were heading to beautiful Tucson, Arizona for a wedding, and didn’t have the guap to stay at the fancy resort with the wedding party. We found a modest house (decorated with a ton of Kokopellis) for a fraction of the price. And it came with a pool. Booking this home saved us hundreds of dollars, and for years after that wedding, we continued to use the service to make our money go a little farther while on vacation. Unfortunately for our wallets, the bargain benefit of Airbnb no longer exists.

It seems that over the past few years, the cost of renting an Airbnb has become astronomical, mostly due to fees. And people have started to notice.