🚀 go-pugleaf

On 2012-06-11, smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote:
> 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.

This is my M.O. for pretty much any vacation now. We've done it in Key West, 
Oregon, Washington, and Michiana Shores, and it's been vastly superior to a 
hotel room every time, especially with small kids (3 bedrooms FTW!).

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Kristian M Zoerhoff