Wondering about this new type of service where you can stay with locals in their home...
I wanted to know if any of you had used services like this
Basically, from what I can tell, you can rent a room in someone's home for kinda cheap
Does anyone here have any experience with this website or related ones? What are your thoughts?
Reply to this Hello Ari 😊
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I saw a post by somebody in
the Other Travel Sites Forum about a site for renting a room in somebodies house for a night. You could look through the posts there and find it if you want. I will post it here if I come accross it.
Mel
Reply to this I am looking to travel 2000miles from Texas,my home, to Martha's Vinard. Looking to see if there are any websites that asist in staying in someones home instead of a hotel?
Reply to this Crownto -----> thanks, very usefull y=thread. I'm going to new york again soon and was thinkong about the same options. Going to look in the link Mell suggests.
Reply to this I remember my mother telling me about her trip to Europe over 30 years ago. The were looking for a place to stay when this woman from a balcony started to negotiate price with them to stay in her home. It was a cheep price that included breakfast and they took it. LOL
Reply to this The were looking for a place to stay when this woman from a balcony started to negotiate price with them to stay in her home.
Something like that happened to us, last time we were in Krakow, Poland around 9 years ago. It used to be a regular thing in the former Yugoslavia. That was how we got a lot of our accomodation there in those days.
I dont know how much it happens these days.
Reply to this I think the best word for that is to "bedspace" or "bedspacing". I already experience it when I was in Tokyo where I rent for a house that somebody lives in where you renting one of their room.
Reply to this Myself and my wife are travelling at the moment and go to New York on Monday where we are renting a room in a couple's house. I will let you all know how it was when we are done!
Reply to this We stayed in a couple's spare room in their apartment in Midtown NY. It was fine, a small room, cheap compared to other places in NY. Clean and they provided breakfast, we could come and go as we liked. We used the website www.airbnb.com It has places to stay in loads of places all around the world.Hope this helps.
Reply to this There's going to be a site coming soon, which specialises in cultural exchange, and will feature accomodation and hospitality by local people. They have an ethical travel motivation. Will post more as I find out.
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