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Frost000 posted:Has anyone done the whole AirBnB thing for multiple places in a row in different cities? How feasible do you guys think this is? I did this in October, going from Tacoma to NYC to Chicago. It worked well enough; the only real concern is that for your trip to go smoothly, more people have to get everything right. Tacoma was fantastic, but the apartment in NYC was (in my view) poorly represented, and I had a huge problem with the arrival time arrangements in Chicago. In NYC, the photos were somehow taken in a way to suggest that the room was twice as big as it was. In reality it was a queen size bed with maybe a foot of clearance on the three sides, filled with the host's knickknacks and the dining room table was apparently an art object which was not to be used. In Chicago, the host's listing specified "Flexible check in time" in the data table, and in the weeks between when I booked and when I was due to arrive never asked about my planned arrival time. So I got off my red-eye, tired as hell, and texted them with "Hey, I'm on my way", only to get a response that the room wasn't yet available and wouldn't be until 5pm. It turned out to have been mentioned at the bottom of the "house rules" tab that they couldn't guarantee a check in time earlier than 5pm. I thought this was bullshit and said as much to the AirBnb folks, while I sat blearily-eyed in a Starbucks watching marathon runners go past. They agreed, and now "check in time" isn't in the data table for the Chicago listing. Personally I wouldn't host, because I feel hosting carries a certain obligation of service which I don't want to be obligated to provide. But I do like staying in Airbnb places. Just make sure to read every single word on every single tab (and check the cancellation policy!)
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