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or check out home exchange, which has a huge european user base.
Does anyone have experience with https://fairbnb.coop/ ?
Another great Danish alternative for vacation homes (with destinations all over) is Novasol. I’ve used them a couple of times, my experiences have been great.
So I switched to Home to Go. It took me to the VRBO site when I went to book….which is a US company. Seems Home to Go doesn’t take you all the way through unlike Airbnb. It’s like skyscanner but for rentals which isn’t much use. I’ll try the others I think…
Hotels are a lousy option for me and my family with small kids. We need an option where we can cook, play and be a family. I grew up using Intervac, which is a homeexchange service, where families from Germany, Austria, France etc lived in our house, whilst we lived in theirs. Now we do the same, but also need places to stay when we are driving down to the house where we are going to live.
Renting out your apt or house whilst you are on vacation is not eating up the cities, but speculating in it like many are doing with AirBnB, should be regulated/illegal.
None of these are an option. All of these eat up our cities.
I think people should sabotage Airbnbs. Literally damage the property. Cut those key safes off and throw them away. Pour salt into the water system. Silicone down the drain.
Homes should be used for… living in. Stay in a hotel, and maybe it will be affordable to buy a home again! Someday…
stay in hotels
dont contribute to the ruination of cities
While I generally agree, there aren’t enough hotels who cater to special needs. For example I have two life threatening food allergies. Most hotels will tell me they can’t cater to my needs because everything is prepared in the same pots, pans and cutting boards. I can’t even have breakfast at most hotels.
The two times when I went to hotels that specifically advertised themselves as being allergy-friendly, I still ended up with 1) hazelnuts as decoration on my steak because it was Christmas and the cook had forgotten about my anaphylaxis to nuts and 2) being told on arrival that contrary to the information via email they only have a breakfast buffet where everything is prepared on the same cutting boards and it’s all contaminated with nuts.
And I’m sure I’m not the only one. People with severe gluten intolerance or other food-related restrictions are having a hard time. Hotels just don’t give a fuck for people with special needs. AirBnB or camping is currently the only way I can stay in a different city.
That doesn’t mean I think what is happening with AirBnB and the cities is great, I just wish more hotels would be accommodating to special needs so they can be an option for everyone. For me it would already suffice if I could use the fridge and just prepare my own breakfast in my room, but most hotels allow fridge-usage only for medicine.
