February 11, 2026 • 17 mins
Show Notes: Worldschooling Q&A – Episode 21 Worldschooling Podcast Episode Title: Episode 21: How Can I Use Airbnb for Worldschooling? Hosts: Astrid & Clint, creators of The Wandering Daughter
In this episode of Worldschooling Q&A, Astrid and Clint tackle a question many traveling families rely on when planning long-term adventures: how to use Airbnb successfully for full-time travel. Based on over a decade of firsthand experience, they explain why Airbnb often works better than hotels for families and what to look for before booking.
They share practical advice on reading reviews, spotting red flags, communicating with hosts, and ensuring your space meets your family’s needs—especially when it comes to Wi-Fi, workspaces, and safety. The episode also covers asking for long-term discounts, understanding non-refundable bookings, and why being a respectful guest matters just as much as choosing the right listing.
Whether you’re planning a month-long stay or just starting to travel with kids, this episode offers grounded, experience-based guidance to help you feel confident booking your next home away from home.
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(00:00):
And so if you're showingup kind of late at night.
And.
It's dark and you're just like, yeah,
just the instructions for checkingin are just walk into the backyard.
It's like, this is night. And.
I don't want the neighbors to thinkwe're like learners or something.
This is world schooling q and a. I'mAstrid, creator of the wandering daughter.
(00:24):
As a traveling family,
we've spent four years travelingfull-time to over 18 countries and six
continents. Wherever we go,
we try to learn as much as we can aboutthe countries and cultures we visit.
While we didn't coin the term, welike to call this world schooling,
using the world as ourclassroom. Each week,
my husband Clint and I will answer onequestion about world schooling and share
(00:47):
our experiences of traveling the worldwith our kids ready to get started?
Great. Let's dive in.
So for this week, we areanswering the question,
what are your tips for usingAirbnb for full-time travel?
(01:09):
Yeah,
I think probably let's startwith why we choose Airbnb because
I think that's been a little bitof a hot topic in the last decade.
We've been using Airbnb since 2009.
Just.
To let you know, we wereearly adopters of Airbnb.
So there's severalreasons we choose Airbnb.
I think the one main reason thatwe choose Airbnb is for families.
(01:33):
The hotel industry is just notset up to support families,
especially when you get outsideof the United States and Canada.
Hotels are often booked by occupancy,
so usually you have to bookmultiple rooms or you're paying
really expensive rates. There'sno privacy in hotel rooms.
(01:55):
We cook a lot when we travel.
A lot of times hotels donot have any way to do that,
so we really want anapartment type of setting.
And so Airbnb gives us that ability. Now,
there's always beenvacation rentals and that.
Kind of stuff. I thinkthe other thing is that
(02:16):
when we travel,
sometimes we like to imaginewhat it feels like to live there,
and Airbnb,
especially booking a wholeentire house to yourself or
Airbnb or an entire apartment thatallows us to feel like we're living there
instead of just as a visitor.
(02:37):
And I think also when it comesto budget wise, hotels, hostels,
that kind of stuff,
they're not really expecting youto stay longer than a week or two.
So once you start trying to stay a monthor longer, that gets really expensive.
And then there's a gap betweenthem trying to find local leases,
because local leasesusually are only for three,
(03:00):
six or 12 months. Andso then what's that gap?
If you only want to stay for a month ortwo, it's really hard to find that gap.
So Airbnb fills thatspace nicely. But we also,
what would you say For the reviews,we also use it because of reviews.
What do you mean?
So one reason I think we likeevery mees is because we can vet
(03:24):
where we're going a.
Little bit. Yeah, yeah,that's true. If we're staying,
we're trying to go through a local lease.
I know we know some families who havedone found places through Facebook
marketplace, anything like that,
there's no way to really vet whether
(03:45):
the property that they're saying thatthey're offering is actually good or not
without just visiting there or walkingthrough it or anything like that.
And so Airbnb at least allows us,
we tend to only choose ones that havereviews so that we can read through them
and be able to see what otherpeople think about the place.
(04:09):
And that's a value of ours asa family. It's something we,
that's one of our points ofsecurity or safety that we feel like
we want a little bit of knowledge ofwhat the place is going to be like.
And even with Airbnb,sometimes that's unpredictable,
but that's actually the perfect transitionfor the rest of this episode because
(04:33):
what are some of the tips that we usefor using Airbnb to ensure that we get
something that we're hopefully expecting?
So we do read the reviews for that
to make sure that it's likethat people think to see
what people think about it.
(04:54):
Another thing about reviewsthough is we'll never book an
Airbnb that doesn't have any reviews.
And then we also look at the typesof reviews that are being left.
If it's just,
I think you can tell if it's ahost that's asking their friends to
write reviews and giveme all five star reviews.
(05:16):
We hardly ever stay ata place that's all five
stars because that kind of raisesred flags for us too. Wait a minute.
Realistically,
I guess if it's all five starswith only three reviews and they're
a new host, I guess,
but if it's like they've been around andit's like 20 reviews and it's all five
(05:36):
stars, you're like,
is it really exceptionally perfector there's got to be something?
Or if the reviews are just a hundredpercent glowing, this is amazing.
Perfect host, all that,where they're really short,
there's lots of little red flags.
So.
We look for things thatfeel more authentic,
something that has maybe a little bitof criticism or suggestions or advice or
(05:58):
things like that. Sometimes youcan't always get that in a review.
In.
Reviews, but that's somethingwe look for On top of reviews,
I think we also look for justhow well the listing is written,
the description and the location,how much detail is put into that.
I think that shows a lot ofcare from the host standpoint.
(06:23):
We haven't done Airbnb ourselveshosted Airbnb ourselves, for example,
but we've done other services similarthat's in the gig economy where we've
hosted things and we take a lot of pridein making sure there's a lot of detail
in the listing that we provide.
So we also look for thatin the location detail.
Are you telling me how many grocerystores are nearby or what the wifi speeds
(06:47):
are or some of that stuff?
Well,
and reading the descriptionsis also helpful for you as a guest because then you
know what to expect.
Or it sets expectationsif the pictures look like
if you're expecting something.
And in the description it clearly saysWe don't provide X, Y, Z thing. I mean,
(07:07):
that's on you for not havingread the description. For us,
we're always trying to see, becausewe work remotely when we travel,
we always want to make sure that we have,there's at least a desk or something.
And so usually the description will saythat there's a dedicated workspace or.
Something, and.
Then we'll look at thepictures and try gauge,
(07:31):
try and plan out like, oh, well, wecould work in this space here. Or like,
oh, well, there's the table.
Or if we need to take a meetingin a room or something like that,
oh, there's a room that can be closed.
So.
Those types of things are important to us.
I think one other thing about the reviewsis that we also check when the last
(07:53):
review is posted,
there are sometimes listings that we'llhave reviews that haven't posted for,
or there hasn't been a review in a year.
And so that sometimescan raise a red flag.
Sometimes that's just because they hadto take it off the market for a while.
And.
Then they put it back on.
I mean, the pandemic when that happened,
lots of Airbnb hosts didn'thave guests for a while,
(08:16):
so obviously that makes sense.But if it was like, yeah,
just look at it with acritical eye, I think, yeah.
I think that's where I thinkthe next point comes into play.
If there hasn't been a review postedfor a long time or there is gaps in the
description or something, what'sthe thing that we always do?
Well, we always send amessage to the hosts.
(08:38):
Airbnb is different from hotels,
and I think for people thatare new to using Airbnb,
you have to come with itknowing this is not a hotel.
So yes, they have the instant book option,
but I always suggest contacting the host,
(09:00):
send a message to them, readthrough the description,
and if there's any questionsthat come up, send it to them.
We usually have a set of questions likewhat are parks nearby for our family?
And it doesn't have tobe anything serious.
And then we also will askabout what's the internet
(09:22):
in the place and can yousend us a screenshot of the
speed test?
And.
Why do you think it's important toreach out to the host ahead of time?
I think for me, it helps gaugewho it is that you're talking to.
I know just through a couplemessages, it's really hard to do that.
But for example,
(09:43):
I think most of the times we're ableto suss out one of the controversies
Airbnb's had recently isthat there's their company
owned. So a company will have abunch of Airbnbs that they rent out,
and then it feels verycorporate-y and stuff.
And a lot of times you cantell that in the messaging,
if you're messaging them some of thesequestions and you get back a response
(10:04):
that really doesn't answer, or it feelsgeneric or it feels canned in some ways,
that can be a red flag that this is
not a single host or maybethat doesn't bother you.
One of the things about ethical andresponsible travel that we like to talk
about is that we do recognizethere's a problem with Airbnbs.
So one of the things we like to do istry to find Airbnbs that are locally
(10:27):
owned, usually by a single owner.
And so that's one way thatwe can kind of vet that out.
The other thing is also youmentioned the responsiveness.
I think that's a critical one,but also just who is answering.
So for example, in the past we've gotten,
the listing will be under someone's name,
(10:47):
but then the messaging comesback through someone else,
and then they're not listed as aco-host or something like that.
So that also feels a little bit,
why am I kind of getting a bait andswitch right now? And maybe it's nothing.
Maybe it's just the spouse that's notlisted on the thing or partner, But
(11:09):
those little things,
you'd be amazed just like little thingslike that can add up and actually turn
into something significantor they can be nothing.
So it's just our way of continuingto try to get a feel for,
I think the other thing that I like toreach out to the hosts for is I like to
ask them, what does the buildinglook like from the outside?
(11:30):
A lot of times Airbnbs onlyhave photos from the inside.
Yeah, that's true.
And so if you're showingup kind of late at night.
And.
It's dark and you're just like, yeah,
just the instructions for checkingin are just walk into the backyard.
It's like, this is nice.
I don't want the neighbors to think we'reburglars or something. Yeah, exactly.
(11:52):
Yep.
What about getting acheaper rate or discounts?
Do you ever do that?
Yeah, so we've done thisa little bit. This is,
some families do thisand some families don't.
One reason to reach out to the hostbeforehand too is to ask if you can get a
discount.
And so you kind of have to be carefulwith this because sometimes hosts will get
(12:13):
offended that you're asking for discount.
We've never really had ahost get offended. We just had hosts sometimes tell us,
no, these are the rates,and I can't budge on that.
We don't really askfor rates all the time.
I think it depends on if we areplanning staying a long time,
like a month or longer.
Hour longer. Yeah.
Yeah. We'll ask for a rate discountsometimes if they don't list a month
(12:36):
discount rate, a lot of times theAirbnb hosts will have a month discount,
but if they don't list a monthdiscount, that's when I'll usually ask,
do you have a discounted rate for a month?
Because the other dangerous partfor month stays through Airbnb
is that it's not refundable.So as soon as you book it,
(12:57):
I think you got like 48 hoursto cancel. But after that,
it's totally not refundable,
whereas short stays arerefundable in a lot of cases. So
before I give that money, I want toask, is there any monthly discount?
And if it's off seasonand stuff like that,
sometimes they'll give you a better rate.
And actually that's important to
(13:19):
really vet the stay thatyou're going to book,
because if you are staying for a longertime, that's a big chunk of your money.
And it's happened to us wherewe booked a month long stay
at an Airbnb and it just didn't work out.
And because it was already a month long,
it was like a monthly staywith no refunds. We couldn't,
(13:41):
we just had to eat that not money.
And we've had people tell us, well,
sometimes you can fight or you canfile a grievance against Airbnb
and they might work with you to try torefund that money or something. But.
Sometimes.
It's not worth a hassle. Yeah, yeah. All.
Right. So what about during your stay?
What are some things that families cankeep in mind or what are some things that
(14:06):
you would suggest to keep in mind for?
I think the thing that comes tomind for me is that it's home.
So just take care of it. Andthat's always been our philosophy.
We don't, like you said, it's not ahotel, so we always plan on, well,
we're going to have totake out trash ourselves.
We're going to have to sweep ourselves,
(14:26):
especially if we're stayingon months or longer.
Treat it like your normal house.We'll have to buy trash bags.
A lot of times we'll have to,those are the kind of things,
usually they have cleaning supplies,
so we don't have to worry toomuch about that. But what else?
Well,
I think something that weforget as Airbnb users is
that guests get reviews too.
(14:49):
And so you want to be respectfulof the places that you're staying
at, so that,
I don't think that hosts cannecessarily, what do you call it,
reject you for having a bad,
they can't profile you or whatever,
or they won't be able to see yourprofile before they confirm the booking.
(15:13):
But I think it's just acourtesy and you want to have a
nice reviews of viewer state as well.
Yeah, we pride ourselveson having good reviews.
That's something that we care a lot about.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I write a lot about stayingat Airbnbs. Like I mentioned,
(15:34):
we've used Airbnb since2009 and wasn't it called
something else before?
No, it's.
It's always been. They.
Just changed our logo.
Oh, yeah. So yeah,
we've used it since 2009 andI've seen the development
of the company into what it is today,
and we'll still use it for travels.
(15:55):
And so if you're curious to read moreabout some of the topics or tips that I
provide,
there are several articles on my websitefor using Airbnb with your family.
And we'll do another episode thattalks about alternatives to Airbnb,
but we'll keep that for another episode.
Yeah.
Anything else? Cool.
Well, that's all for today.
(16:15):
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and Clint.
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And so if you're showingup kind of late at night.
And.
It's dark and you're just like, yeah,
just the instructions for checkingin are just walk into the backyard.
It's like, this is night. And.
I don't want the neighbors to thinkwe're like learners or something.
This is world schooling q and a. I'mAstrid, creator of the wandering daughter.
(00:24):
As a traveling family,
we've spent four years travelingfull-time to over 18 countries and six
continents. Wherever we go,
we try to learn as much as we can aboutthe countries and cultures we visit.
While we didn't coin the term, welike to call this world schooling,
using the world as ourclassroom. Each week,
my husband Clint and I will answer onequestion about world schooling and share
(00:47):
our experiences of traveling the worldwith our kids ready to get started?
Great. Let's dive in.
So for this week, we areanswering the question,
what are your tips for usingAirbnb for full-time travel?
(01:09):
Yeah,
I think probably let's startwith why we choose Airbnb because
I think that's been a little bitof a hot topic in the last decade.
We've been using Airbnb since 2009.
Just.
To let you know, we wereearly adopters of Airbnb.
So there's severalreasons we choose Airbnb.
I think the one main reason thatwe choose Airbnb is for families.
(01:33):
The hotel industry is just notset up to support families,
especially when you get outsideof the United States and Canada.
Hotels are often booked by occupancy,
so usually you have to bookmultiple rooms or you're paying
really expensive rates. There'sno privacy in hotel rooms.
(01:55):
We cook a lot when we travel.
A lot of times hotels donot have any way to do that,
so we really want anapartment type of setting.
And so Airbnb gives us that ability. Now,
there's always beenvacation rentals and that.
Kind of stuff. I thinkthe other thing is that
(02:16):
when we travel,
sometimes we like to imaginewhat it feels like to live there,
and Airbnb,
especially booking a wholeentire house to yourself or
Airbnb or an entire apartment thatallows us to feel like we're living there
instead of just as a visitor.
(02:37):
And I think also when it comesto budget wise, hotels, hostels,
that kind of stuff,
they're not really expecting youto stay longer than a week or two.
So once you start trying to stay a monthor longer, that gets really expensive.
And then there's a gap betweenthem trying to find local leases,
because local leasesusually are only for three,
(03:00):
six or 12 months. Andso then what's that gap?
If you only want to stay for a month ortwo, it's really hard to find that gap.
So Airbnb fills thatspace nicely. But we also,
what would you say For the reviews,we also use it because of reviews.
What do you mean?
So one reason I think we likeevery mees is because we can vet
(03:24):
where we're going a.
Little bit. Yeah, yeah,that's true. If we're staying,
we're trying to go through a local lease.
I know we know some families who havedone found places through Facebook
marketplace, anything like that,
there's no way to really vet whether
(03:45):
the property that they're saying thatthey're offering is actually good or not
without just visiting there or walkingthrough it or anything like that.
And so Airbnb at least allows us,
we tend to only choose ones that havereviews so that we can read through them
and be able to see what otherpeople think about the place.
(04:09):
And that's a value of ours asa family. It's something we,
that's one of our points ofsecurity or safety that we feel like
we want a little bit of knowledge ofwhat the place is going to be like.
And even with Airbnb,sometimes that's unpredictable,
but that's actually the perfect transitionfor the rest of this episode because
(04:33):
what are some of the tips that we usefor using Airbnb to ensure that we get
something that we're hopefully expecting?
So we do read the reviews for that
to make sure that it's likethat people think to see
what people think about it.
(04:54):
Another thing about reviewsthough is we'll never book an
Airbnb that doesn't have any reviews.
And then we also look at the typesof reviews that are being left.
If it's just,
I think you can tell if it's ahost that's asking their friends to
write reviews and giveme all five star reviews.
(05:16):
We hardly ever stay ata place that's all five
stars because that kind of raisesred flags for us too. Wait a minute.
Realistically,
I guess if it's all five starswith only three reviews and they're
a new host, I guess,
but if it's like they've been around andit's like 20 reviews and it's all five
(05:36):
stars, you're like,
is it really exceptionally perfector there's got to be something?
Or if the reviews are just a hundredpercent glowing, this is amazing.
Perfect host, all that,where they're really short,
there's lots of little red flags.
So.
We look for things thatfeel more authentic,
something that has maybe a little bitof criticism or suggestions or advice or
(05:58):
things like that. Sometimes youcan't always get that in a review.
In.
Reviews, but that's somethingwe look for On top of reviews,
I think we also look for justhow well the listing is written,
the description and the location,how much detail is put into that.
I think that shows a lot ofcare from the host standpoint.
(06:23):
We haven't done Airbnb ourselveshosted Airbnb ourselves, for example,
but we've done other services similarthat's in the gig economy where we've
hosted things and we take a lot of pridein making sure there's a lot of detail
in the listing that we provide.
So we also look for thatin the location detail.
Are you telling me how many grocerystores are nearby or what the wifi speeds
(06:47):
are or some of that stuff?
Well,
and reading the descriptionsis also helpful for you as a guest because then you
know what to expect.
Or it sets expectationsif the pictures look like
if you're expecting something.
And in the description it clearly saysWe don't provide X, Y, Z thing. I mean,
(07:07):
that's on you for not havingread the description. For us,
we're always trying to see, becausewe work remotely when we travel,
we always want to make sure that we have,there's at least a desk or something.
And so usually the description will saythat there's a dedicated workspace or.
Something, and.
Then we'll look at thepictures and try gauge,
(07:31):
try and plan out like, oh, well, wecould work in this space here. Or like,
oh, well, there's the table.
Or if we need to take a meetingin a room or something like that,
oh, there's a room that can be closed.
So.
Those types of things are important to us.
I think one other thing about the reviewsis that we also check when the last
(07:53):
review is posted,
there are sometimes listings that we'llhave reviews that haven't posted for,
or there hasn't been a review in a year.
And so that sometimescan raise a red flag.
Sometimes that's just because they hadto take it off the market for a while.
And.
Then they put it back on.
I mean, the pandemic when that happened,
lots of Airbnb hosts didn'thave guests for a while,
(08:16):
so obviously that makes sense.But if it was like, yeah,
just look at it with acritical eye, I think, yeah.
I think that's where I thinkthe next point comes into play.
If there hasn't been a review postedfor a long time or there is gaps in the
description or something, what'sthe thing that we always do?
Well, we always send amessage to the hosts.
(08:38):
Airbnb is different from hotels,
and I think for people thatare new to using Airbnb,
you have to come with itknowing this is not a hotel.
So yes, they have the instant book option,
but I always suggest contacting the host,
(09:00):
send a message to them, readthrough the description,
and if there's any questionsthat come up, send it to them.
We usually have a set of questions likewhat are parks nearby for our family?
And it doesn't have tobe anything serious.
And then we also will askabout what's the internet
(09:22):
in the place and can yousend us a screenshot of the
speed test?
And.
Why do you think it's important toreach out to the host ahead of time?
I think for me, it helps gaugewho it is that you're talking to.
I know just through a couplemessages, it's really hard to do that.
But for example,
(09:43):
I think most of the times we're ableto suss out one of the controversies
Airbnb's had recently isthat there's their company
owned. So a company will have abunch of Airbnbs that they rent out,
and then it feels verycorporate-y and stuff.
And a lot of times you cantell that in the messaging,
if you're messaging them some of thesequestions and you get back a response
(10:04):
that really doesn't answer, or it feelsgeneric or it feels canned in some ways,
that can be a red flag that this is
not a single host or maybethat doesn't bother you.
One of the things about ethical andresponsible travel that we like to talk
about is that we do recognizethere's a problem with Airbnbs.
So one of the things we like to do istry to find Airbnbs that are locally
(10:27):
owned, usually by a single owner.
And so that's one way thatwe can kind of vet that out.
The other thing is also youmentioned the responsiveness.
I think that's a critical one,but also just who is answering.
So for example, in the past we've gotten,
the listing will be under someone's name,
(10:47):
but then the messaging comesback through someone else,
and then they're not listed as aco-host or something like that.
So that also feels a little bit,
why am I kind of getting a bait andswitch right now? And maybe it's nothing.
Maybe it's just the spouse that's notlisted on the thing or partner, But
(11:09):
those little things,
you'd be amazed just like little thingslike that can add up and actually turn
into something significantor they can be nothing.
So it's just our way of continuingto try to get a feel for,
I think the other thing that I like toreach out to the hosts for is I like to
ask them, what does the buildinglook like from the outside?
(11:30):
A lot of times Airbnbs onlyhave photos from the inside.
Yeah, that's true.
And so if you're showingup kind of late at night.
And.
It's dark and you're just like, yeah,
just the instructions for checkingin are just walk into the backyard.
It's like, this is nice.
I don't want the neighbors to think we'reburglars or something. Yeah, exactly.
(11:52):
Yep.
What about getting acheaper rate or discounts?
Do you ever do that?
Yeah, so we've done thisa little bit. This is,
some families do thisand some families don't.
One reason to reach out to the hostbeforehand too is to ask if you can get a
discount.
And so you kind of have to be carefulwith this because sometimes hosts will get
(12:13):
offended that you're asking for discount.
We've never really had ahost get offended. We just had hosts sometimes tell us,
no, these are the rates,and I can't budge on that.
We don't really askfor rates all the time.
I think it depends on if we areplanning staying a long time,
like a month or longer.
Hour longer. Yeah.
Yeah. We'll ask for a rate discountsometimes if they don't list a month
(12:36):
discount rate, a lot of times theAirbnb hosts will have a month discount,
but if they don't list a monthdiscount, that's when I'll usually ask,
do you have a discounted rate for a month?
Because the other dangerous partfor month stays through Airbnb
is that it's not refundable.So as soon as you book it,
(12:57):
I think you got like 48 hoursto cancel. But after that,
it's totally not refundable,
whereas short stays arerefundable in a lot of cases. So
before I give that money, I want toask, is there any monthly discount?
And if it's off seasonand stuff like that,
sometimes they'll give you a better rate.
And actually that's important to
(13:19):
really vet the stay thatyou're going to book,
because if you are staying for a longertime, that's a big chunk of your money.
And it's happened to us wherewe booked a month long stay
at an Airbnb and it just didn't work out.
And because it was already a month long,
it was like a monthly staywith no refunds. We couldn't,
(13:41):
we just had to eat that not money.
And we've had people tell us, well,
sometimes you can fight or you canfile a grievance against Airbnb
and they might work with you to try torefund that money or something. But.
Sometimes.
It's not worth a hassle. Yeah, yeah. All.
Right. So what about during your stay?
What are some things that families cankeep in mind or what are some things that
(14:06):
you would suggest to keep in mind for?
I think the thing that comes tomind for me is that it's home.
So just take care of it. Andthat's always been our philosophy.
We don't, like you said, it's not ahotel, so we always plan on, well,
we're going to have totake out trash ourselves.
We're going to have to sweep ourselves,
(14:26):
especially if we're stayingon months or longer.
Treat it like your normal house.We'll have to buy trash bags.
A lot of times we'll have to,those are the kind of things,
usually they have cleaning supplies,
so we don't have to worry toomuch about that. But what else?
Well,
I think something that weforget as Airbnb users is
that guests get reviews too.
(14:49):
And so you want to be respectfulof the places that you're staying
at, so that,
I don't think that hosts cannecessarily, what do you call it,
reject you for having a bad,
they can't profile you or whatever,
or they won't be able to see yourprofile before they confirm the booking.
(15:13):
But I think it's just acourtesy and you want to have a
nice reviews of viewer state as well.
Yeah, we pride ourselveson having good reviews.
That's something that we care a lot about.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I write a lot about stayingat Airbnbs. Like I mentioned,
(15:34):
we've used Airbnb since2009 and wasn't it called
something else before?
No, it's.
It's always been. They.
Just changed our logo.
Oh, yeah. So yeah,
we've used it since 2009 andI've seen the development
of the company into what it is today,
and we'll still use it for travels.
(15:55):
And so if you're curious to read moreabout some of the topics or tips that I
provide,
there are several articles on my websitefor using Airbnb with your family.
And we'll do another episode thattalks about alternatives to Airbnb,
but we'll keep that for another episode.
Yeah.
Anything else? Cool.
Well, that's all for today.
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