One of the biggest decisions that new retirees make when they decide to live nomadically is if they want to keep their home. There are many factors that go with that decision. Selling will probably bring the least stress to retirement, but we wanted a place to return to Seattle in the summer. We actually…
Tag: Airbnb
Are hotels the answer?
One of the reasons that we are able to travel the world is because we can stay in short term rentals. The invention of Airbnb opened up the world to a bunch of us that prefer to stay in places with kitchens and couches and really “live” in another country. Last month, Joe Gebbia, the…
Airbnb or Hotel?
I have written before about travelers guilt, especially when we are exposed to countries with a lot of poverty. When we are in lower cost of living countries, it is important to us that we spend our money with the locals. We try to eat at local restaurants and avoid any big international chains. We…
Dear Hosts,
In 2022, we stayed in 25 different Airbnb’s for over 110 days and have learned a lot about what we are looking for in a stay, and how to find it by searching the listings. But it shouldn’t be so hard! It is usually a real challenge to identify if a place meets our requirements…