The concept of living in a stranger’s home has a mysterious air to it that draws people around the world to Airbnb everyday. With listings available in over 190 countries, making it one of the top options for travelers. Long gone are the days when hotels and hostels were the only options for rooms. With Airbnb, travelers have the ability to find a space that reflects their tastes,personalities and that which allows them to explore a life and the world in a new way.
Booking a room with Airbnb provides for vast opportunities of living experiences. Whether you are staying there a few days or a few weeks, you are staying in an individual’s personal space, possibly acquiring not only their bed but also in a sense a temporary lifestyle. If you have the time, make sure to start your search months in advance -this will give you a wider pool of room options that suit the purpose or preferences for the trip. Enjoying a villa in a tropical destination instead of a condo or a cabin in the woods instead of a motel might be more your style. It adds to the atmosphere of the vacation experience. Booking in advance will allow you to have a greater variety of homes available within your price range, and for the amount of people who may be joining you. On occasion members list spaces based on a strict specific number of people it accommodates, others do not mind additional people but may charge for each additional person per night.
Communicate with your potential Airbnb room provider regarding the people staying, accessible amenities and about the neighborhood in which the place is located. Ask the host questions through the website’s message service. If you are looking into an entire home perhaps only certain rooms may be available -the owner of the listing themselves or other vacationers may be staying in the other rooms. Whether or not the place is entirely and solely available to you may or may not be something you would like.
Furthermore, one of the great aspects of booking with Airbnb are the amenities that may not be available to you at a hotel, such as a refrigerator, kitchen, or a sofa-bed. Do not limit yourself to a Google search, the people who actually live in the area, are often the best resources for taking advantage of your travels. More often then not, the owner of the listing lives or has lived in the house or apartment or cabin, but more importantly the area. Find out what is nearby, what there is to do, and how it looks could all help decide whether this is a place you would like to spend your time in.
Most significantly, Airbnb is your chance to walk in someone else’s shoes. Your host may be a pole fitness instructor in San Francisco, and right in the middle of their studio apartment may be a pole, which they may readily offer for you to try out. You are potentially living that certain amount of time in a space someone created, developed and designed according to their lifestyle and personal hobbies. When you walk outside this is the same streets someone walks as part of their regular living and not a trip. After research, pick-out a listing that you find charming and that will add to your trip and adventure. This in itself is an investment for your memories.
Keep in mind that Airbnb will help get you one step closer to a unique vacation every time you use their service. The site will allow you to bring an entirely new or different dimension to your trips in a way that you can only imagine until you try it out for yourself.
