When you are travelling and don’t want to stay in a hotel or hostel, maybe you need more privacy or just want to live like locals, you can rent a flat or house from locals. There are different websites for this, but I have only used Airbnb and can recommend it. I started to rent out my flat about a year ago. As it is my home and it is complicated for me to move out often, I only rent sometimes for a weekends or school holidays. Depending on where you live and your conditions you can look around on that website to find similar ads to have a picture how much to charge. Anyway it is a good way to earn some additional income, no matter where you live, there are probably people looking for accomodation. If you like to give it a try, you can sign up for free and there is a little gift if you sign up with these links – if you are planning to host, you will recieve 46 euros, which can be used on your next travel https://www.airbnb.com/r/merlia?s=8&i=
If you are going to travel and searching for accomodation, you can sign up here http://www.airbnb.com/c/merlia and recieve 19 euros.
I wish you all happy travelling.
I have met so many people from different countries, different cultures and backgrounds, I am truly happy for this opportunity to experience different cultures without going anywhere. Most of my guests have been from our neighbouring countries – Latvia, Russia and Finland, but I had also guests from Portugal, Poland, UK, Germany, Austria and furthest was from India.
Here are some photos from my window.
I found your post is very helpful thank you :))
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Thank you, glad I could help 🙂
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This is very helpful and very well written! 🙂
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well, it,s really good to know about strategic places in other countries. Thanks for sharing
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It’s good to know that you had an amazing experience with airbnb….
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I did. Are you on Airbnb as well?
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Nopes. Not so far
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Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing – got some real good ideas.
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Thank you, glad I could help.
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Such amazing pictures ❤ I've got some really good ideas x
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Thank you, glad I could help you.
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Helpful post, we also work with Airbnb in Sardinia, especially if we talk about homestay and B&B!! thanks for sharing it
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Can you leave your Airbnb link, maybe I will go to Sardinia in this winter and was planning to stay with Airbnb.
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Very helpful post, thanks for sharing your experience 🙂
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Thank you, glad you found it helpful.
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love AirBnB. I have stayed in an AirBnB here in the states, Spain, Thailand, Peru, and Trinidad & Tobago. They are always great and easy to use and save me money when I don’t want to stay in a Hostel!
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I’m glad you have good experience with Airbnb as well.
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Nice post, thank you for sharing.
Glad that you obviously made such great experiences, same as we did many times with airbnb. But unfortunately we also experienced some bad moments with booking with airbnb, but that’s actually also part of the game 😉
Happy travelling, Hendrik & Birdie
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I guess I have been lucky then. Can you tell me what kind of problems you had with booking?
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We love Airbnb at Global Girl Travels too! It’s such a convenient way to find accommodations we love!
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Always glad to hear that. Good luck on your travels!
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I have used Airbnb while travelling but not yet to rent out my place. It’s certainly something I would consider. When I was renting an apartment in the Gold Coast, I did host a lot of CouchSurfers, so I would image it would be a little like this – except of course, you would get some money in return.
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Yes, it’s similar except the pay. I have been on Couchsurfing as well.
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This is interesting. I can see the positive and negative sides but I am pleased you have had such good expereinces and this works for you 🙂
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Have you tried Airbnb? I’m interested to know what kind of negative sides you can see, as I can’t think of any, except meeting people with bad intentions, but for that helps having references.
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This was quite helpful. Thanks for sharing this
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Glad I could help. If you haven’t tried Airbnb, you are welcome to try it out :))
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I have never used AirB&B but another similar webpages like Wimbdu when traveling (I have never rented mine though). I find them very useful, and like you did, I did also met crazy loads of people when visiting foreign countries.
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Well you have a chance to try it now, with a 19 euros discount link, it’s a good start. I haven’t heard of Wimbdu before, will check it out.
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Im glad you had a good experience.
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Thank you.
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Good tips. Airbnb has been quite popular for the last few years. We have still not got the opportunity to use them though.
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Thank you. Well you have now chance to try them on your next travels with 19 euros discount link :))
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I love airbnb! I’ve been using it for about two months now as I am relocating across the country and it’s been super helpful. Good to hear that it was a good experience as I would love to to be able to rent out my apartment or house some day through it.
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I hope you had a good experience as well.
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its really good to know more about other places. Hope you had fun.
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I did, thanks.
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Thank you for sharing. Its very helpful.👌👌
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Glad I could help.
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i didn’t know that airbnb offer such. But this is interesting, huh yet quite scary. I am not just sure about the safety of one. It’s not that I am judging though. What I am just trying to say is that be extra careful in opting this offer. But if you are really that comfortable, then why not?!
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There’s nothing to worry about. This site offers opportunity to leave references and before you let anyone to your house you can read their references.
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I have not personally used Airbnb. However I have browsed through the site and have found some really good places at cost effective rates. Hope to try soon.
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You are welcome to sign up with links in the post 🙂
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Glad to know you’ve associated with Airbnb. I once stayed with a welsh family I found on Airbnb when I visited Cardiff near the beach and it was one awesome stay. Best wishes!
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Glad you had a good experience as well. Best wishes to you too!
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OMG, such a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you.
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I love Airbnb. You can sometimes find such awesome places here.
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Great you like it.
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Didn’t knew about this m I’ll definitely try this the next time I travel. Thanks
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I hope you will have as good experience as I had.
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Aw o think it’s good to meet new people from different places and so good you rented out your place for other people! Your photos are really pretty ☺️ Tishhlah x
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Thank you. I love meeting all different people.
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I spent 3 weeks in Mexico in a house rented from AirBnB. Amazing experience, we even had two super cute dogs! X
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I love Travelling too, and guess what? I love going alone, your experience is wonderful.
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Great links, thank you for sharing them! 🙂
ddalginanabeauty.blogspot.com
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AirBnb is really cool. I love travelling with AirBnb
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Thanks for sharing.
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Well composed and informative…
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I used Airbnb many times and always had a great experience as well. Good way of meeting locals 🙂
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We’ve never used Airbnb but have heard great things about it from those who do! We will probably try it out on one of our next adventures!
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Thanks for sharing! We’ve used Airbnb a lot! Always helpful for places to stay.
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Thanks for sharing this post as we had little knowledge about airbnb. now we are definitely going to try this.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. It helps.
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very informative post. I stayed in airbnb in germany and it was not that great
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