Airbnb - finding and renting private apartments (apartments and houses)

All of the web-based resources that offer travelers intermediary services for finding an apartment or house in the private sector abroad, the airbnb accommodation booking site is one of the most popular and is a big competitor to the hotel booking services. Its functionality is quite simple, but a little instruction for those who have decided to find a place to stay for the first time on their own, would not be out of place.

A few useful tips about how How Airbnb works are illustrated, so you should have no problem getting things exactly right, and go to holidays in Thailand (or anywhere else), knowing that you have a place to lay your head. All you have to do is go to the site and fill out the search form.

1. Registration

If you want to rent an apartment on Airbnb, you must sign up for an account on the site. Many people are not too fond of showing their contact information to the world. In the case of Airbnb, they sweeten the bitter pill with a bonus: a $25 signup gift. It can be spent only on lodging in Thailand, more precisely in 190 countries. Based on the average proposed prices for accommodation, they are enough for just one night in a comfortable apartment.

2. Searching for housing

After that, Apartment Rental on Airbnb starts with a very common process on the World Wide Web: filling out a search form. You are required to specify your destination, the anticipated check-in and check-out date. It is necessary to specify how many people are traveling. Then click on the red “Start search” button, and you will be directed to the preliminary results page.

3. Screening Unwanted Housing

You might not find what you see too appealing, because the most expensive offers will be first on the list. To house on Airbnb on your terms, there are a number of additional filters you can use. The most important one is the anticipated price range. If you move the right-hand slider to the left, you will be able to find the best prices available. The left hand slider is for sifting out very low budget options, which are clearly not suitable for the comfort we offer.

4. Useful Filters

“More Filters”. Airbnb will offer you to choose the number of bathrooms and toilets, the presence or absence of internet (more about internet in Thailand), washing machine. At the sight of this wealth try to be practical. If you are traveling on business – you can not do without the Internet. Accommodation for more than three days without a kitchen may seem too extreme. But having a pool is a nice, but very expensive and not quite appropriate bonus.

You can always expand the range of accommodation comfort options offered at Airbnb if you click the triangular icon to the right of the main set. For example, under Equipment, at first you will only see Internet “TV and Kitchen.

Clicking on the triangular icon on the right will show “intercom”, “fireplace” and other options. By ticking all the boxes against the desired options, you will reduce the number of offers. The remaining ones will be exactly what you would like to get. By using all kinds of filters, you’ll find that prices on Airbnb are affordable for most travelers.

5. Selecting Offers on Map

You can now see the offers “in person” by seeing their photo (on the right side of the Airbnb page) and location (on the map to the left). The scale of the map can be changed in the same way as in the Yandex service. If you are interested in a specific area, click on it to get the final set of options for renting accommodation. At the bottom of the map is a button Language and currency . By clicking on it, you will get the opportunity to choose both in Ruble price format and in local currency.

6. Detailed Review

The detailed review of each lodging option you like on Airbnb can be viewed twice: both the house itself and the host. Clicking on the preview of the house, you’ll go to a page with its full description and a small photo gallery. You can read the reviews of the guests about his host by clicking on the avatar, which is located below the preview.

If the information is in English, and you are having difficulty with the translation, look for the red sign “Translate into Russian”, the service Airbnb will translate it for you. Remember: any text that is highlighted in red hides additional information. Don’t be lazy to click on it, so you won’t get any surprises when you move in.

7. Final Moment

After you’ve decided on your final housing option, start booking your apartment on Airbnb. The procedure is just as simple, but you have to follow an algorithm.

If you’re still hesitant, but don’t want to lose sight of your favorite option, add it to your wish list by clicking Save to Wish list.
In the absence of information that only the owner of the house can tell you, click Contact the owner.Be prepared for the fact that he may not know English or another language that you understand.
When all doubts are resolved, click Confirm booking. In the window that appears, fill out the fields with information about you and your bank card. This is also where you can ask the host again.
Fill in all details and details about your bank, click Agree to all terms and click Come on further. Click it and wait for the landlord to respond.

The Airbnb host transaction is completed if the host responds within 24 hours. Approximate wait times can be found in his reviews. The money will be deducted from your account only after the landlord’s final agreement.

The ability to rent lodging around the world on Airbnb imposes certain obligations on the borrower. The community guiding principle for members of this resource is that “Anonymity is bad for trust. So on your profile page click on Trust and Confirmation and then click the red button Confirm my Profile. Then follow the step-by-step instructions. After verification you’ll get a quick and fair resolution to any disputes.