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It’s really a nice option when traveling with a large family. If you’re spread across four or five hotel rooms, you really spend much less time together than in
by dcolkitt 5y ago
It’s really a nice option when traveling with a large family. If you’re spread across four or five hotel rooms, you really spend much less time together than in a large house with a big common space.
Plus most AirBnBs are just dedicated rental properties. It’s pretty rare that you’re actually in anyone’s house anymore.
- Symbiote 5y agoThe pre-AirBnB version is called an Apartment Hotel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment_hotel
- noobermin 5y agoFor some reason it isn't common in the US but elsewhere you can rent a flat specifically for this purpose usually with less ammenities like you'd expect from a hotel and hence not as expensive.
- ghaff 5y agoOr a group of friends. Pre-AirBnB, multiple times a group of us rented a house for a long weekend. Much nicer than being in a bunch of hotel rooms. AirBnB didn't pioneer vacation rentals but it did make it take off.
- acheron 5y agoBut that has nothing to do with Airbnb. People have been doing vacation rentals for decades.
- pitaj 5y ago... and AirBnB provides a streamlined experience connecting customers with owners.
- dorchadas 5y agoAnd they've also helped completely destroy housing for locals in plenty of locations in the process as owners over-leverage themselves to buy up more and more property since they can rent it on AirBnB for more than they can rent it to locals.