# AirBnB - Anyone ever use it? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508 "2012-01-04T06:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/1 "2012-01-04T06:39:39Z")
> **[Vacation Rentals, Homes, Experiences & Places - Airbnb](https://www.airbnb.com/)** > > Unforgettable trips start with Airbnb. Find adventures nearby or in faraway places and access unique homes, experiences, and places around the world. Apparently it’s a way to get a cheap place to stay when you travel. For example - I found an appartment in NYC 2 blocks from Times Square for $100/night that sleeps 4 people. That’s $25/night to stay in Manhattan! Just curious if anyone has ever used it and could tell us a little more. There’s also [http://www.rentmix.com](http://www.rentmix.com) which is really neat but seems to be a little more expensive. I think places on rentmix might offer a little more though as far as services. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/2 "2012-01-04T06:42:35Z")
I would ask facebook see if any of my friends tried it… oh wait you don’t use facebook ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/3 "2012-01-04T06:44:25Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I would ask facebook see if any of my friends tried it… > > oh wait you don’t use facebook Haha, nope. I know that no one on my friends list of my dormant account would have though - here, I wasn’t so sure. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/4 "2012-01-04T06:47:34Z")
With the large number of weird people in NYC that might be sketchy… Other areas might not be so bad I think I watched Hostel to many times. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/5 "2012-01-04T06:50:10Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > With the large number of weird people in NYC that might be sketchy… > > Other areas might not be so bad > > I think I watched Hostel to many times. Haha yeah Hostel has made me skeptical of going to Eastern Europe. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/6 "2012-01-04T06:52:55Z")
I think it would be hard to find many sketchy apartments in the time square area. I would still be careful, though. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/airbnb-anyone-ever-use-it/219508/7 "2012-01-04T07:19:05Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I think it would be hard to find many sketchy apartments in the time square area. I would still be careful, though. ![http://www.thesnipenews.com/thegutter/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/american-psycho-2000-16-g.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/8/78254b8223a3cfcc89249a1418462b7ac096422e.jpeg)