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Airbnb is great when traveling with a larger group (family, colleagues of the kind you'd want to share a house with, etc). There are plenty of cities where che
by jpatokal 12y ago
Airbnb is great when traveling with a larger group (family, colleagues of the kind you'd want to share a house with, etc). There are plenty of cities where cheap apartment hotels that do short-term bookings basically don't exist, often for legal reasons. (I'm looking at you, Singapore and Tokyo.) When traveling with young kids, meaning you need a kitchen, a washing machine and more space than the average Japanese business hotel, Airbnb has been a lifesaver.
- dman 12y agoSo you are knowingly breaking local laws?
- jpatokal 12y agoNope, individuals can often quite legally rent out their apartments in situations where a company could not. See eg. http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/27065/are-short-term-rentals-airbnb-etc-legal-in-singapore http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/27065/are-short-te... for the complexities of the situation in Singapore, and I gather Japan is very similar.