13 Types of Accommodation to Choose From When Traveling
| May 26, 2017
4. Airbnb
If there’s one service/website which literally disrupted the accommodation business, it’s Airbnb. When you think about it, the idea is brilliant: everyone can be a hotel! As long as you have empty rooms – or an empty house – you can start making money by renting them out.
When it was first launched, it was a lot cheaper, and a threat to hotels and hostels. As it grew bigger, so did the prices and nowadays, using Airbnb is more a matter of preference. Like Couchsurfing, you can also have the local house experience and like hostels, you have access to a kitchen which makes your trip slightly cheaper.
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