Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys!
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@malte It's been a while since I rented anything.
When I did, most owners would rather you go direct to them for bookings instead of 3rd parties taking increasingly larger cuts. Just using Booking or search engines to find a place and booking directly - though it comes with its risks.
Not many platforms will have the same pan-European inventory. There are:
https://www.hometogo.pl/
https://www.check24.de/ in Germany
https://slowhop.com/en in Poland
https://www.vacavilla.com/en/ in Italyetc.
Or more US solutions like Whimstay, HomeExchange (close to Airbnb in spirit)
Having said that, individual policies and stances on the Israel/Palestine situation need to be checked.
@diemkay Great tips!
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte I think couch surfing still works?
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@malte I think couch surfing still works?
@Koefoed Good question. I might check it out again. It's been 15 years since I used it and back then I had a sense that the community aspect was disappearing as the organization behind it commercialized, which really made a lot of hosts quit (myself included).
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@Koefoed Good question. I might check it out again. It's been 15 years since I used it and back then I had a sense that the community aspect was disappearing as the organization behind it commercialized, which really made a lot of hosts quit (myself included).
@Koefoed Just looked it up and on top of commercializing the community it also became a paid service. I do remember lots of old couchsurfers started a new initiative called #BeWelcome so I'll try reactivating my account there. Thanks for triggering me to think about this!
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@Koefoed Just looked it up and on top of commercializing the community it also became a paid service. I do remember lots of old couchsurfers started a new initiative called #BeWelcome so I'll try reactivating my account there. Thanks for triggering me to think about this!
@malte let us know what you find out/experience along the way.
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte I once heard about fairbnb and thought I should check it out at some point. I never did but maybe you could?
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte Sadly, www.fairbnb.coop has been offline for 8 months - their website was hacked and who knows what has happened to them?
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte don't.
No idea why people are so obsessed with booking sites.
You know you can just rock up to a hotel and negotiate a rate, right?
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte I use booking.com to find/filter/screen places, but then usually contact and book with the hosts directly. In many cases this also is cheaper, since they waive the 5-15% booking fee
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Looking for tips on booking accomodation on journeys! I know #AirBnB is profitting from the economy of genocide in Palestine by renting out apartments on stolen land. The same goes for #bookingcom. I don't want to support that kind of business. What other options and alternatives do we have? Hit me with all you know.
@malte see if homestay.com has anything nearby. More (UK-based but still generally useful) suggestions here: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/transport-travel/shopping-guide/ethical-sustainable-travel-companies
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@malte see if homestay.com has anything nearby. More (UK-based but still generally useful) suggestions here: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/transport-travel/shopping-guide/ethical-sustainable-travel-companies
@JSAMcFarlane Thanks, I was specifically looking for UK this time
