When I travel for bar business, I have taken to using Air BNB, an Internet matching service that hooks me up with folks willing to rent out a room or an apartment for a few days. The price is a fraction of what it would cost to stay at the meeting venue, and I have found the places to be uniformly clean, well-appointed, interesting, conveniently located and full of surprises, like the place in Portsmouth, N.H., where I got fresh blueberry muffins twice a day delivered to my private apartment in the rear of a neat Victorian home.
Of course, I understand there are risks. Renting out rooms is probably an income-producing activity prohibited under the host’s homeowner’s policy. So I guess I am on my own if I break an ankle due to the uneven floor or poor lighting. And if the place burns down, my wife will probably be limited to my life insurance, as most of the hosts don’t seem to be persons of wealth. Renting rooms for profit is also a regulated activity in most places, and I doubt my hosts have any permits to do what they do, but that’s more their problem than mine.
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