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Anyone booked their french accommodation with them? Or have used them before?
What's the deal. How does it work
Get the app, register. Search for accommodation. Book it. Loads of great bargains to be had. You're staying in someone else's place so you have all the convenience that brings plus, if it's a ladies house you might get to parade around the place wearing her knickers. If that's your sort of thing like.
We've booked all ours through them. Not sure how well it works just yet as we've not got there yet.
In most cases you send the owner an email via the site, they then email you back and you can agree to transfer the money. As mentioned there are some good bargains on there, we've got 10 bed villa with pool in Bordeaux for two days for around £220.
I am couchsurfing in Tours on the way down and in Chateauroux on the way back - and am staying in AirBnB accommodation on both weekends. The website is very easy to use but be aware that Customer Service is all but unavailable and cancellations will result in AirBnB withholding their Service Charge.
Don't register yet though. Send me your email address by pm and we should both get discount if I send you an introductory email.
All accommadation we are staying at willl be via Air BNB, some brilliant options..
BUT...
More than half have already cancelled on us and still not spoken to our hosts in Bordeaux next week!
Had 3 booked and confirmed places later cancelled on me. I would not recommend for Euros.
Everyone else that has used them though loves the site.
If you are looking for Hotels for the Euros, checkout F1 hotels. Not on most comparison sites. Got under £40 a night for Lille and Toulouse this week. Looking £200-400 for any other rooms.
Booked 3 nights accom in Bordeaux a couple of months ago for £85 each. No cancellation since and was in touch with owner yesterday and all good to go.
AirBnb is a great option, better than hotels in many ways and cheaper than booking commercial apartments, cottages, gites etc.
I have booked a place in Bordeaux for the Euros and have stayed at other AirBnb places in Europe and the UK.
I have only ever booked an entire place but i know people that have just booked a room in someone's house and that has worked for them, I am less keen on that option.
Used it for Brazil and our accommodation for Euros....keep in dialogue with the owners. We found some amazing appartement very cheap. Been great so far if you do your homework and try to keep to those with good reviews.
I rented my house out during the egg World Cup. Basically no one gets the money till the customer confirms to Air b n b that they are in the house, so it seems fairly safe. I've also stayed in a couple of places and always had a positive experience at a quarter the price of a hotel
does this have to be declared to the tax men?Originally Posted by Landaff the rising sun
Thanks for the replies. In the end I booked a hotel in Paris via booking.com, a decent place in Sacre Coeur
Got a nice little trip lined up.
Thurs: Cardiff - Paris via FGW and Eurostar
Fri: Paris sightseeing, Download festival (Iron Maiden)
Saturday: Parisienne breakfast, TGV to Bordeaux, Wales v Slovakia and a night on the lash in Bordeaux
Sunday: TGV back to Paris. Some chillin out on the streets of Paris before back to Download festival (VIP of course) for Rammstein
Monday: Eurostar / FGW back to Cardiff.
That's not quite right, I use Airbnb to rent my place in Pembrokeshire. I get paid around 24 hours after they arrive. Not a week later. Lots of people I know have used it. I good alt to hotels for city breaks or rural locations where there are no hotels. You get a personal rating from previous guests for all to see so if your dodgy everyone will know about it. Basically, it's good.
What happnes if they trash your place? how do you have a garantee?
We've got to pay a large deposit for the one we are renting.
Common sense is required, if it looks like a scam then it is. I was booking accommodation for a ski holiday and stumbled across a few obviously fake listings that were asking for you to email them directly and pay directly. This was a few years ago so maybe they have got better at banning dubious people. I remember one was absurd though like a 9 bedroom chalet in Chamonix in January with its own bar and an indoor pool for 250 quid a night or something.
it was the large damage deposit that made me wary.
I use them a lot and got all my french digs on them. It's my first site I look at when travelling somewhere now.
The deal is you rent directly from a host so places are generally a bit cheaper than hotels. Airbnb hold the cash until after the stay and if no problems then the money is released to the host.
It's a better experience than a hotel imo. Hosts are generally good at being a bit of a guide to the area as well which is handy. You feel more like you're living in the area than being a tourist there.
Airbnb cover it, it means the customers have broken the terms of booking. I also have holiday let insurance. Most people that have booked my place have stayed elsewhere so you can read reviews on them.
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