Here is my "experience" with AirBNB: I had to be 5 days (4 nights) in La-Defense[1] near Paris for an hacking marathon along with my co-founder who lives right

Here is my "experience" with AirBNB: I had to be 5 days (4 nights) in La-Defense[1] near Paris for an hacking marathon along with my co-founder who lives right there. AirBNB was my default choice, and I manged to spot a nice (according to the pictures) small apartment in that area, with WiFi etc. I booked, and thought all is well. Later on, say, 12 or 24 hours or so, I get a message that the owner has rejected me (no reason specified). I switch to Hotels, and managed to find a much better suite, in a far nicer environment for a little cheaper than that apartment, I think it was via booking.com. I don't think I will ever check this options again, as for me, the possibility of being rejected later on, with no reason, while flights and meetings are already booked, means a risk, I would not dare take. of curse this is my own single experience, and there are thousands of travelers who gets there BnB solution every day and all are happy. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_D%C3%A9fense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_D%C3%A9fense