🚀 go-pugleaf

On 6/9/12 7:07 AM, Bruce Esquibel wrote:
> Mark Anderson<mea@nospambradnylion.com>  wrote:
>
>> I can't see a business model that depends on people breaking both zoning
>> and licensing laws to survive for long.  It is interesting however.
>> There are risks as travelers too.  How do you know the place you rent
>> cheaply from airbnb doesn't turn out to be like the movie Hostel?
>
> Word of mouth I'd guess.
>
> Like they say, it's legal until you get caught doing it.
>
> Melissa stumbled across this a while back, she travels to NYC several times
> a year and instead of paying $500 a day for a shoebox sized NYC hotel room,
> she checks some site to see if anyone has a house/condo/apt for rent near by
> where she needs to be. The site permits comments so it's pretty easy to spot
> a good vs. bad place.
>
> We've been doing that as a family when we go back to Houston for an extended
> stay, there are a shit load of places that do exactly the same thing. It's
> some persons house/condo they just rent out like a hotel room.
>
> Parking right out in front of the place, residential neighborhood, had wifi,
> a fire pit/bbq grill out back, access to the local swimming pool. Cable tv
> in all the rooms, full kitchen with it partially stocked of dry goods.
>
> Only thing that is not there are landline telephones.
>
> It's probably half the price of a hotel stay and nicer digs.
>
> -bruce
> bje@ripco.com

Did the same thing for my brother's wedding in Hawaii. Rather than get 
murdered by hotel charges, found a condo online from a gay couple right 
on a beach in Maui. Place was, well, fabulously decorated and equipped, 
was able to pack a good chunk of the family into it, and we had a blast 
there for much cheaper than a hotel would've run.

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smr