>> I hired an AirBnB
I have to say I don't understand Airbnb, but perhaps it's not offering what I want.
Here are my preconceptions:
You book with the owner, via the Airbnb site, so no real guarantee of quality, of what you are actually getting, or accuracy of description or ease of refund/alternatives if there is a problem on arrival or part way through.
If that's actually the business model, I'd expect it to be significantly cheaper than a "traditional" holiday let with a well known company. But it doesn't seem to be.
As an example, I just tried "booking" a cottage for a week in a Yorkshire town in September. It's almost exactly the same as another I looked at in the same town, just a few yards away, with English Country Cottages a couple of days ago. Same number of bedrooms, facilities, location. The Airbnb one is over £500 more.
Maybe it has gold plated taps. Or tells you it does, but when you get there...
Tell me what I'm missing. Do I have it totally wrong?
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