If I’m travelling to a popular destination during high season, I will book months in advance. I like to book with AirBnB as soon as I have my travel dates set and transportation confirmed. The further in advance you book, the better the options you’ll have. This sounds like an obvious piece of advice, but great listings get booked first, even more so if it’s high season or there’s a special event or festival taking place in that particular city. My tips for booking with AirBnB 1) Make your booking well in advanceįirst things first, if you want to end up in a great AirBnB, you need to book in advance! Over the years we’ve booked with AirBnB to stay in unique properties like an Art Nouveau mansion in Nürnberg, a trendy attic apartment in Krakow, and a historic cave in Matera!Īfter booking over 80+ properties to date, we’ve also learned a thing or two about finding the ideal space when booking with AirBnB, so here are 10 tips to get you started. The whole concept of accommodation-sharing sites was just starting to pick up, and we slowly found ourselves transitioning from staying in guesthouses, hostels and hotels to staying in properties that offered more space, better prices and put us in residential neighbourhoods. I first started using AirBnB back in 2013 when Sam and I hit the road full time. For those of you who may not yet be familiar with it, AirBnB is an online marketplace that connects travellers with hosts who want to rent out spare rooms and entire homes, and you can find some pretty unique properties! Today I’m going to share some of my top tips for booking with AirBnB.