Completely Change The Way You Travel with AirBNB
Traveling is an incredible experience but finding somewhere to stay isn’t always easy. Some like planning months in advance while others (me!) like booking accommodation on the fly.
A few years back we decided to try out AirBNB, scrolling through hotels, motels was getting frustrating. But what if I told you that AirBNB will literally change the way you travel.
Well is did.
Our family has travelled all over the world, and I don’t say that to brag but instead tell you that AirBNB is always the first app I pull up when thinking about where we might book accommodation. It never disappoints.
We’ve staying in beautiful old homes and funky apartments high in the sky atop hills – each AirBNB place is different and each one is cared for by someone that wants your stay to be incredible.
Change the way you travel by staying in a home
Many short-term rentals are generally small because they are run as commercial businesses with huge overheads. However with AirBNB you are often booking to stay a someones home.
Staying in someones home means you often have access to a lot more space than if you stayed in a hotel, motel, cabin or caravan. One AirBNB home we stayed at in regional Australia was a smallish country town called Corowa. We were in Corowa for a good friends wedding and sharing the house with a another friend, as we left we all commented on just how relaxing the home felt and how wonderful it was to be able to stay at such a home that someone really does love.The property had an incredible garden all the way around full of roses in full bloom!
Save money with AirBNB
Staying at an AirBNB with a large group for a short period of time can be really cost effective.
When we travelled to HongKong last year with my Mum we stayed in an AirBNB apartment too, it was much cheaper than booking a hotel.
Unfortunately because the HongKong government doesn’t see AirBNB as a legal form of additional income to hosts I can’t show you photos but if you’ve been to HongKong before you’ll recognise these hills and the genius of taking this hiking carrier for Winston to explore the city.
When you look for an Airbnb rental just remember…
There are some things you will want to keep in the back of your mind to make sure you have a great stay:
- Always read the Airbnb reviews. Airbnb reviews can tell you a lot about the place and the host. There are Airbnb reviews that you can read right on the rental’s description page. Or, there are also Airbnb reviews for the host as well. You will want to read the reviews in order to see if the rental is the correct one for you, how the host is, and more.
- Read and understand the Airbnb description. Some places will have rules, such as if you can have pets, if you can have others over, and so on.
- Remember that Airbnb is not a hotel. This is something that I’ve noticed people forget. An Airbnb rental will not be the same as staying in a hotel. Someone won’t be there to clean the rental every day (unless you request that and pay an additional cleaning fee), there won’t be a concierge, and there might not be room service.
How to make extra money with AirBNB.
If you’ve been reading this post and thinking, hold on Edwena we don’t pay for accommodation we stay with family/friends.
If that is you, well you might be interested in MAKING some extra money with AirBNB as a host if you own your own home. Think where you live is too remote for someone to want to stay?
We stayed in a AirBNB short-term rental for three nights in a tiny town north of Denver – I don’t even remember how we ended up in the town but we were lucky there was an AirBNB option because we later discovered the town didn’t have any hotels or motels!
If you rent you’ll want to check your rental agreement before signing up as a host because many tenant agreements across America, Cananda, the UK, Australia, and NZ don’t allow tenants to sublet the property through short-term rentals (ie AirBNB).
I’ve meet people that have paid off their mortgage faster from AirBNB income and a couple that renovated their home using cash saved from the income generated through renting out a spare bedroom.
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