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Cheaper alternative to AirBnB: CampInMyGarden.com
- rheide 15y agoIt's a very British (or perhaps European) thing to reserve someone's garden and pay money for it too.. Camping in someone's garden is great fun if it happens randomly and spontaneously but I wouldn't plan it for the world.
- thetwentyone 15y agoSo it's not an abnormal thing to wake up and find someone's pitched a tent between the sunflowers , next to the tomato plant?
- resurge 15y agoI'm pretty sure he means when you just go round ringing people's doorbells and asking them if you can put up your tent in their garden for a night. The few times I've done this the people who allowed me to use their garden turned out to be incredibly generous as well. Inviting you to dinner, giving you candy, soda etc... I don't think either that it would be equally as fun if it weren't spontaneous.
- Duff 15y agoTo be followed by: "crashinmybasement.com" and "hideinmyattic.com"
- va_coder 15y ago"sleepinmycar.com"
- prayag 15y agoNot to forget, "stay-in-the-closet.com" very popular among the politicians against the LGBT rights.
- dcosson 15y agoshould of gone for the R Kelly joke instead
- keltex 15y agorefrigeratorboxinmyalley.com
- kisielk 15y agoThere's already couchsurfing.org which appears to be hugely popular. I've used as both a host and a guest and it works extremely well.
- nopassrecover 15y agoPretty sure CouchSurfing is probably the inspiration for AirBnb.
- jamesjyu 15y agoAnd finally: "vandownbytheriver.com"
- mathgladiator 15y agoIf only I could convince the wife
- gavanwoolery 15y agoLet's not forget the cheapest option for those real emergencies: shitinmytoilet.com
- irrumator 15y agoWaaay ahead of you there partner: http://lifehacker.com/5837900/rent-out-your-toilet-with-cloo http://lifehacker.com/5837900/rent-out-your-toilet-with-cloo All we need now to cover all the bases is a rent a my wife for the evening sorta site. Edit: I love the comment by DoJo* there, very germane: "We're all clear, right, that there is no possible world in which this does not lead to someone advertising a bathroom and then filling it with 63 hidden webcams and selling the videos on the internet? We all aknowledge that it would be impossible for that NOT to happen, right?"
- adolph 15y agosquatinmyrepo.com will also file adverse possession paperwork for you.
- Eliezer 15y agosleepinagiantrowofhibernationcapsules.com
- zerostar07 15y agoThose were the guys who paved the way for "borrowmymattress.com"
- Shenglong 15y agoIntroductory econ courses need to start citing startups as an example of why economic profit is always 0 in the long run.
- rubyrescue 15y agoThat doesn't make any sense - couchsurfing.com existed long before airbnb, as just one example.
- AndyJPartridge 15y agoAs a UK guy, this is a great service for us: We always keep a tent, chairs and stove in the boot of our car. This service will help in finding somewhere to camp if we are in a random area of the UK and want to see a little more of it the next day. They should have a "Ok to pee in bushes" search option though ;-) A.
- gobongo 15y agoIf you've got a really big tent can you sublet part of it out on Airbnb? They'll need to make the Location field a bit more flexible, probably.
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- jsavimbi 15y agoThe site design is hideous and should've made a better attempt at mating Gowala with AirBnb, but I love the idea. I walked across a chunk of Europe a couple of years ago and made good with hostels and such, but many times would've just preferred to pitch a tent overnight and be on my way the next morning. That being said, I'm a quiet, respectful person. Can't wait to read about all-night raves and tweakers gone berserk out in the shed.
- marknutter 15y agoI was fully expecting this to be a parody site.
- n3m6 15y agoHow soon before HoBoMeetupApp?
- ja27 15y agoAll mocking aside, I've had this idea before. We've "car camped" around the U.S. when we were young and broke. I love the idea of having more choices and possibly cheaper campsites. But there's no way that this makes any financial sense for the property owner, especially here in the U.S. Liability concerns, bathroom issues, housing codes / deed restrictions / local laws, etc. all come up and it's hard to justify more than $20 / night. The only way it makes sense is as semi-charity or maybe for special events.
- mpclark 15y agoSleepinmybed.com -- get paid for staying in someone else's home