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As a frequent business traveler I’ve had great experiences with using Airbnb as an alternative to hotels. Getting a nice Airbnb just helps break up the business
by grmtony 7y ago
As a frequent business traveler I’ve had great experiences with using Airbnb as an alternative to hotels. Getting a nice Airbnb just helps break up the business travel monotony. Every hotel room looks and feels the same, as we all know. Getting an Airbnb helps me ever so slightly to feel a little bit more at (a) home on business trips.
- dannykwells 7y agoWho needs to feel at home on a business trip? At least hotels don't pretend. Airbnb is like the uncanny Valley of comfort. It's not home, it's not not home. And verrry heterogeneous.
- tempsy 7y agoYeah, I mean it's fine most of the time, but if something happens (e.g. a delay and you get there at midnight) I like knowing that 1) a hotel is going to be in a busy, well-lit area downtown 2) the lobby will be open and there's going to be someone there to help me and 3) there will probably be a restaurant or bar or something I can go to within the hotel to eat at if there's nothing else around. Again, it goes back to minimization of travel-related risk. Personally there's nothing about staying at someone else's "home" that give me any feeling of being at my "home".