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In 2010 AirBnB would have been more novel, so maybe there wasn’t the same expectation. I stayed on Seoul a few months ago and in addition to a specific entrance

• jareklupinski 3y ago
  yup my host profusely apologized and emailed me back with the specific exit and a line i could use to ask locals for directions, but when we met I felt he was almost disappointed that I didn't get that we were obviously to meet by the entrance closest to the road which led to the property (it was his apartment that he was renting out for the summer because his family goes somewhere north for the summer) obvious to someone who goes there every day yes, but not to a jet-lagged traveler visiting for the first time :) i enjoyed being in the first cohort of airbnb guests, quirks and all; felt more 'personable' but yea I also remember that being probably the last year I felt comfortable traveling somewhere without a mobile device constantly connected