Airbnb and SC trips ?
Papi_Chulo
Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)
I don't travel for work but liking variety (both dancer and clubs wise) I like to take some out of area SC trips when I can.
Since these are personal trips they can get expensive when throwing-in airfare, car-rental, and hotel (particularly the hotel-room which seem to be pricey even for just decent 2-star rooms).
On my recent ATL trip I looked at the taxes on my airfare, car-rental, and hotel, and each had about a 20% tax-rate - f'ing ay.
Anyway - I've never done airbnb and was thinking it could perhaps be a way to save some $$$ on my SC trips where I often like to spend 4 or 5 days thus the hotel adds the f*** up.
Part of the problem I could see w/ an airbnb is me coming-in late at night past midnight from SCing and this perhaps being an issue w/ the host - I'm also not keen about staying in anyone's place mainly b/c I like to get-up late and like a quiet place where I won't be woken up or have a hard-time falling asleep b/c of noise in the house.
Anyone here done airbnb on SC trips - or airbnb in general? What has been your experience?
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I've only rented apartments where the owner was not present, and so I have had not issues with the hosts. It's cheaper to rent a room than a whole apartment. A host should not have any issues with the guest coming and going as he pleases--you're paying to stay there. And hosts have to be considerate of the guests and not make noise. You can read reviews of the hosts on the Airbnb site.
It's generally understood that you have 24/7 access to come and go unless the host says otherwise in the listing. Obviously if you're arriving at 3AM when the host is there, you would want to be quiet coming in, though.
Take all the reviews with a grain of salt. The hosts and guests review each other, so everyone raves about how great each other and the listing were. That's mainly so their next host doesn't see a string of negative reviews the prospective guest had left and deny the booking request to avoid having future business driven away. Anyway, It's generally easier to tell if the host is a crank by reading their listing and house rules. Also, If any stars are taken off for anything, that's usually pretty significant, since people generally rate the listings as though it were a 10 point scale, even though the max you can give is 5 stars.
If you're renting a room in a private residence, Airbnb hosts almost universally prohibit bringing in any guests who weren't listed in the booking, so keep that in mind, too.
I use AirBnB some - never had a bad experience yet.
If you can find another traveling companion it makes more sense to do this than a hotel room, because at least you'll have a kitchen. To fix a few meals a day in saves money. Even if you just are having breakfast and eat dinner out, it's better than a hotel room.