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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 3061500, member: 961"] We did an AirBnB recently in Orlando and it was fine, but, I've shopped for them in a number of places recently, and I've found something interesting. When AirBnB first came out, it was billed as an opportunity for folks to invite people into their homes and expose guests to the experience of their home town, all while making some money. Guests, in turn, would be able to have the experience of living in a home instead of a hotel, sort of living like a native. Sometimes that's true, but it is not how things have worked out in many cases. Instead, a whole new non-hotel industry has sprung up. Companies have formed to acquire condos and rent them to tourists at rates that are better than hotels but not quite what Mom and Pop would have charged, and without having to follow the regulations that hotels are subject to. So when we used Air BnB in Orlando, we were dealing with the owner, whose name appeared on some documents, the real estate management company, which took the money, and the resort company, which took the deposit and set the rules for when we could arrive, etc. It was more corporate than a Hilton. Now, all that is not necessarily bad if the place meets your needs. It's just important to know what youi're getting and what you're not getting in any one of these deals. [/QUOTE]