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Re:Airbnb Is Popular, but Renting Out Your Car Is Another Story by skewart on Sunday June 04, 2017 @02:36AM (#14480169)
That's odd. Every AirBnB I've stayed at has been as impersonal as the most generic cheap hotel chain but with far more hassle and inconvenience.

The notion that you'd experience any kind of "community" or "sharing" with AirBnB has always seemed like pure marketing BS. It's cool that you've actually experienced it. Maybe it does happen sometimes.

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Re:Airbnb Is Popular, but Renting Out Your Car Is Another Story by kbutler on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:02AM (#14481338)
My wife and I did a trip through Western Europe a few years ago - meeting and visiting with our "hosts", talking about what they liked about living there, etc., was a fun enhancement to the trip. The couple of hotel stays were much less welcoming and more generic.

My wife made the Airbnb reservations, and she really likes meeting local people, so she may have selected for that experience.

It worked out really well for us.

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