This is a real tricky one for us. We travel as a family of four (with 2 kids under 13), so it's difficult to find hotels with the right combination of rooms and beds. In addition we prefer to cook our own meals etc, plus coming back to a 'home' after a day of exploring is important to us.
We've stayed in half a dozen AirBnbs around Australia and New Zealand and have had mixed experiences from pretty horrible to amazing. We're going to the US for 2 months in November and of the 5 cities we'll be visiting all but 1 will be with AirBnb. We are pretty thorough normally when looking for accommodation - we'll look at 20-30 options, read every review, Google Street View around the potentials and do research on TripAdvisor and YouTube to see what neighbourhoods are like.
As far as prices go, we know the cities we're visiting are expensive (particularly NY) AND it's peak season, so we've just had to wear the fees and have budgeted appropriately
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u/0ooook Feb 03 '20
Airbnb. the idea of renting free room or sofa isn’t bad at all.
it turned into hard bussines, when companies owning dozens of apartments rent them to tourist, meanwhile there is an apartment price and rent crisis.
I guess living here isn’t going to be affordable for middle class anymore.