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I've only used Airbnb twice but even I read the "fine print" (aka the entire description written by the host) as I quickly learned that they mention additional fees, city/country taxes and such in the text, which isn't in the Airbnb pricing/checkout.

I'm surprised OP has used Airbnb a lot and not noticed this. It's in almost every posting lol.

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> It's in almost every posting lol.

I've certainly seen that sort of thing¹, but not nearly on “almost every posting”. It is likely to vary between locations, so perhaps OP has been lucky and only used the service for places where it is rare.

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[1] I've never booked somewhere with extras like that though, I too read the details before booking and that² is a red flag for me.

[2] disingenuously deflating the headline price

I've used Airbnb probably 50 times. I've never been charged extra fees that aren't in the checkout process.

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