On: Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Pal...

[pengaru]

I'm just north of Palm Springs by JTNP and the airbnb next door has been booked pretty often despite frequent highs >110F.

It doesn't make sense to me either, but tourists still come here in the summer.

[wnc3141 → pengaru]

My guess is those vacations were booked long before checking the weather. Sure maybe a sunk cost thing but the commitment and scarcity of time off is pretty understandable

[pengaru → wnc3141]

Maybe for some tourists it's the extreme heat and dryness that defines what's unique about the desert experience? Beats me.

Even that well-known search & rescue story of the "Death Valley Germans" dated their van rental from July [0]:

  > The vehicle, owned by Dollar Rent a Car, had been rented to a group of four German tourists in Los Angeles on July 8, 1996.
  > The vehicle had been due back to the rental agency in Los Angeles on July 26, but had never been returned.

[0] https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hu...

Edit: if you didn't know this story, I'm so sorry about your next N unproductive hours.

[mgerdts → pengaru]

Apology accepted, and thank you for a pointer to such a great story.

[scarby2 → wnc3141]

there's a lot of people who visit palm springs party at night and sleep through the heat of the day.

[1letterunixname → pengaru]

Indoor golfing, bingo tournaments, and the last remaining shopping malls? ;-P