AirBnB

• sportchampps

  Anyone book or rent on here before. We just rented a condo in OTR for Bunbury. My in laws are thinking about renting their vacation home in crested butte, co and possibly their home during the republican national convention. I don't know anyone who has rented on there before and would enjoy hearing your experiences.
• Fab4Runner

  

  I've rented apartments in Chicago and Boston and had great experiences both times.
• like_that

  

  Rented an apartment in Istanbul last summer. Great decision. A lot better than a hotel imo.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Did it last month in New Orleans. It was great. Much better than a hotel.
• Automatik

  

  I've done it a lot. It's the way to go compared to hotels, especially with 2+ people. You definitely "get what you pay" for and if it looks shady, shitty, etc. it most likely is. Go by the reviews.
• sportchampps

  Has anyone ever rented their place
• ironman02

  We rented a place in Salt Lake City on a western trip through several states. Great place and very affordable.
  
  A friend of mine has a brother who has a houseboat in Seattle. He rented his place out to a group of guys and they trashed it. I was told that he paid for some type of insurance plan that was offered, so the damages were covered and he was actually even able to increase the overall value of his place once it was fixed. I don't really know much about being the renter, but it sounds like you definitely wanna use whatever insurance plan is offered.
• BoatShoes

  Family Business owned a B&B at Put-In-Bay and in its last year we rented it AirBnB and it was so much better than without.
  
  Still hard for me to imagine renting my own personal home though. Went to a bachelor party in Nashville and stayed at an AirBnB place and sure enough somebody broke her doorknob, passed out in her shower with water running, etc.
  
  Thinking about doing it for the RNC but will probably pass.
• Apple

  

  We had a bad experience trying to book a place in Alaska using AirBnB, so we never even include them in our decisions anymore. We have had great success with VRBO.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  I've probably used it 35+ times and love it. Hotels can GFT.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Apple;1790817 wrote:We had a bad experience trying to book a place in Alaska using AirBnB, so we never even include them in our decisions anymore. We have had great success with VRBO.

  What happened?
• MontyBrunswick

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1790826 wrote:What happened?

  he had a bad experience
• Apple

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1790826 wrote:What happened?

  Having to give personal info up front prior to booking, i.e. SS# CC#, etc. We eventually contacted the owner personally and were able to book the reservation and stay at the place at a reduced price since AirB&B was not getting their fee.
  
  AirB&B creeped us out and made us feel like we were being scammed/having identity stolen.
  
  *Probably the craziest they requested was wanting a scan of our driver's license!
  
  *edit
• Apple

  

  MontyBrunswick;1790835 wrote:he had a bad experience

  Captain Obvious!
• QuakerOats

  Semi-related:
  
  How far from Cleveland do you think people would be willing to rent a house for the RNC?
• sportchampps

  My in laws lives in Hudson about 45 minutes away and have had neighbors already rent their places out
• QuakerOats

  sportchampps;1790900 wrote:My in laws lives in Hudson about 45 minutes away and have had neighbors already rent their places out

  
  Big money?
  
  AirBnB?
• sportchampps

  I think their neighbor was getting $1200 a night for their full house. I'm not sure how much AirBnB takes of that.
• OSH

  

  Did VRBO several years ago in Naples for my buddy's wedding. Definitely worth it.
  
  We had 4 couples in a private condo. If I can, will be doing this more than hotels for longer stays and I can plan it in time.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  1200 a night for a house in Ohio? That's the dumbest thing I ever heard.
• sportchampps

  There's a few houses in their town trying to book their places for 6k a night. They are huge executive houses but yeah 6k a night is crazy and I would be shocked if they find someone willing to pay that.
• sportchampps

  This is a house a few street away from them and 30-45 minutes from Cleveland asking $1600 a night. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/10465985?s=39-uTkef
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  seems crazy to me... that's what we pay for houses on the ocean for vacation.. not houses in Hudson Ohio.
• Iliketurtles

  

  sportchampps;1790920 wrote:There's a few houses in their town trying to book their places for 6k a night. They are huge executive houses but yeah 6k a night is crazy and I would be shocked if they find someone willing to pay that.

  People with money will do it if the house fits their needs
  

  sportchampps;1790921 wrote:This is a house a few street away from them and 30-45 minutes from Cleveland asking $1600 a night. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/10465985?s=39-uTkef

  This definitely seems like a nice house if you had 4 other couples traveling with you it'd only be $320 a night per couple so not bad a all.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1790928 wrote:seems crazy to me... that's what we pay for houses on the ocean for vacation.. not houses in Hudson Ohio.

  Not sure why you're so flabbergasted by this. Nice house goes on air bnb during a weekend where people from all over the country will be coming to town. Wealthy people will spend $1,200 to stay at a nice house.