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I've personally used AirBnb when I've stayed somewhere on my own and just wanted a spare room to crash in, with the added bonus of some company, and also to ren
by adwww 7y ago
I've personally used AirBnb when I've stayed somewhere on my own and just wanted a spare room to crash in, with the added bonus of some company, and also to rent an entire detached house in the French countryside with my family for 2 weeks.
Both of these AirBnb offered something way better than a hotel.
I do agree that that middle ground - a whole apartment in a mixed residential building - is problematic, and I'd feel awkward staying in that setting.
- terryf 7y agoYou make a good point - the "rent out my couch" type of thing and "rent out a whole separate house" admittedly break my argument a little bit. However there are still the questions of things like insurance coverage and other safety related topics. Basically if anything goes wrong in a hotel, there is staff who is required to be trained to be able to deal with it. Again, the cost associated with dealing with the 0.05% corner cases is distributed to everyone in the case of a hotel room, but to the specific person to whom it happens in the airbnb case. To be fair, if you really want to rent a whole house, the hotel industry doesn't often provide good options ....