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I'm doing almost the same thing! Homeless for a year (at least): living in 12 countries for one month each, staying mostly at places found on airbnb.com. (Stay
by sivers 16y ago
I'm doing almost the same thing!
Homeless for a year (at least): living in 12 countries for one month each, staying mostly at places found on airbnb.com. (Staying in each place for one month each.)
Currently in Amsterdam at this place: http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23023 http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23023
Sitting on that red couch writing all day. Everything I own in one suitcase upstairs. (Except my bike, outside.)
I love it. Thanks airbnb. :-)
- Janteh 16y agoThat's one of the best places to be at in Amsterdam. Enjoy your stay in this beautiful country :).
- terpua 16y agoAny plans going to SE Asia?
- sivers 16y agoAbsolutely. The plan as of now is Amsterdam, London, Italy, Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica. Feel free to make fun of me in a year when it turns out completely different than planned. :-)
- davidw 16y agoStandard Padova, Italy HN offer: stop by Padova and we'll take you out for drinks in the piazza, show you around the area, take you out for dinner, etc... depending on time, availability and previous arrangements.
- jeb 16y agoWhen will you be in Hong Kong? We can have dinner of alligator paw and singaporean beer, or the vegetarian equivalent.
- terpua 16y agoIf you take a detour and happen to stop by the Philippines, please give me a shout. I also have an extra room if you need it (beers included :)
- pwim 16y agoWow, $4332 for a month. That sounds pretty expensive.
- rjett 16y agoOne of the things I love most about AirBnB is that a lot of the people advertising their space on the site are open for negotiation. So let's say Derek looks at this particular place's calendar and sees that in the recent past and in the near future, it has typically been booked for 20 of the 30 days of any given month. Well, 2/3 of $4332 is a great jump-off point for negotiation. I have had particular success booking last minute travel at greatly discounted prices on AirBnB. Negotiate everything!
- timcederman 16y agoDid not realise it was possible to negotiate, which actually meant I used the site a lot less.
- rjett 16y agoThere's nothing specific that says "negotiate this price" but I just email the people and see if they're open to it. Interestingly, there are a lot of things out there that don't seem negotiable at first, but you would be surprised how open a lot of people and businesses are to the idea. You just have to try.
- pgebhard 16y agoDo you have any good examples/tips?
- frossie 16y agoSo let's say Derek looks at this particular place's calendar and sees that in the recent past and in the near future, it has typically been booked for 20 of the 30 days of any given month. Well, 2/3 of $4332 is a great jump-off point for negotiation It's not just about the money though. There are disadvantages in signing up a "guest" for a month. What if they are really obnoxious? Three or four days you can wait them out, but a month?
- imp 16y agoI almost got jealous, but just yesterday I ran across an article of yours while fixing some messy PHP UTF-8 bugs (http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/01/turning_mysql_data_in_latin1_t.html http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/01/turning_mysql_...). Then I realized that you've busted your ass a lot more than I have so far to achieve what you've achieved. Just serves as more inspiration :)