airbnb

Airbnb has carved its place in the travel world. Although many still opt to stay at hotels while traveling, others prefer to rent out a room, apartment or entire home …

Airbnb allows cameras in rented properties, as long as they’re fully disclosed and visible, and, for obvious reasons, aren’t in bathrooms or bedrooms. Unfortunately, not all homeowners follow that particular …

Besides the run-of-the-mill rooms, apartments and homes you can rent on Airbnb in every size, shape and price range, they also offer “special” or “different” types of accommodations. We’ve stayed …

Hotels have been around for a long time. Centuries, in fact (Psst! Here’s a brief history of hotels & motels). Over time, different hotel brands and come and gone, and …

The only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. Hotel room taxes (a.k.a. “hotel occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “hotel accommodations tax,” a.k.a. “local occupancy tax,” a.k.a. “transient occupancy tax,” a.k.a. …

We visited Kauai for six nights in February of 2022. For the first three nights, we stayed on the island’s south shore at the Grand Hyatt Kauai. While that property …

Some of Airbnb’s rules have always been, for lack of a better word, “fluid.” For example, for the past several years, Airbnb has had ongoing problems with their rented homes …

In the fall of 2021, we stayed for 6 nights in New Orleans. We planned on spending most days eating and listening to live jazz, so we decided to stay …

Thanks to COVID, our travel patterns in 2020 & 2021 were much different from what we expected. Most importantly, we started to change our mind about vacation rentals, which included …

Randa B. is just an ordinary citizen, living in Central Florida. She works behind the scenes at a local affiliate TV station. She supports the arts. She loves animals. And …