We were/are planning on using AirBnB to book a place for us and the kids in NYC. This is exactly the kind of thing that will keep us from doing it. Note that you don't even have to be a psychopath to create a nuclear problem for our trip; all you have to do is, at the last minute, decide "your profile is too hidden!" and cancel our room, so that we show up and have no place to stay.
I reallllly want this service to work. But the concept is already so intrinsically out of my comfort zone that it doesn't take much of a nudge to send me back to super-pricey VRBO.
I reallllly want this service to work. But the concept is already so intrinsically out of my comfort zone that it doesn't take much of a nudge to send me back to super-pricey VRBO.