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I'm glad to have read this, as I've had the same notion of living locally during world tours. I am curious about a couple of things... All of these experience

I'm glad to have read this, as I've had the same notion of living locally during world tours. I am curious about a couple of things... All of these experiences were in New York. How would it have been different in Athens, Tokyo, or Sydney, in terms of misrepresentation? Also, using average apartment cost to gauge the amount to spend on the AirBnb unit is probably not apples-to-apples (for similar reasons that a regular full time salary is likely going to be significantly less than a contractor rates for the same position). I would have used hotel rates instead, which would have been much higher than $100/night in New York. It might be that had they stayed in higher priced lodging, they'd have had a better experience.

pavel_lishin 11y ago
I'm not sure how much higher; when we first came here to visit, before moving, we stayed at Hotel Marakkech on the UWS - a great place, and looking at their booking page, their rates for all of January are under a hundred dollars (with the exception of New Year Eve's weekend, of course.) To be fair, the rooms are much smaller than a typical AirBNB, and it doesn't come with a kitchen.
- voltagex_ 11y ago
  I wonder if you can even compare areas like that. There's enough of a difference between Sydney CBD and North Ryde that comparing them is difficult (even though hotel prices can be the same).