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Working Internet, for one. I've dealt with prospective hosts that don't have wifi, and not stayed at their places because of that - and that was for leisure tr
by madcaptenor 11y ago
Working Internet, for one. I've dealt with prospective hosts that don't have wifi, and not stayed at their places because of that - and that was for leisure travel.
- nailer 11y agoI've stayed somewhere with working wifi, but the host mailed me and said its not working right now and I had to plug in. On a Mac that doesn't have wired Ethernet. Rant over, but for real I'd want to avoid airbnb surprises.
- madcaptenor 11y agoEven if you have a computer with wired Ethernet, who travels with an Ethernet cable these days?
- sethhochberg 11y agoI actually do, specifically for situations like this. A short (2ft) CAT5e cable lives in my backpack alongside a small 3-outlet surge protector, spare flash drives, spare battery pack for USB devices, etc when I'm on the road. I frequently work while traveling and don't want to gamble that a misconfigured access point near my gate, full power outlet, etc could cost me productivity. I've occasionally even stayed in hotels which didn't seem to provide wifi (or wanted to charge way too much for it), but, had an ethernet jack on the room's desk.
- cnst 11y agoI stay in hotels a lot, and I don't remember the last time I've used their internet -- it generally sucks! Having your own hotspot is generally a more pleasant experience, instead of having to re-authenticate all the time, and call the support when their inet is down or has ridiculously bad latency. And I'm talking about brand-name hotels like Courtyard by Marriott, or Hyatt House / Hyatt Place.