I used Airbnb once — and it wasn't horrible. In fact, it was quite pleasant.

Airbnb is a sharing site where registered users can rent out their house, apartment, or even just a room within their home to travelers who are looking for a comfortable place to stay, but don't want to pay hotel prices. I used the site back in February to book a chalet in the Pocono Mountains for a weekend getaway.

We arrived at the house and it was clean and comfortable, complete with clean bed sheets, a gas fireplace, and food in the pantry we were welcome to help ourselves to. The owner left us a set of instructions to follow that included what temperature to keep the thermostat at and how to lock the place up properly. We followed the instructions and made sure to tidy up and bring all our trash with us when we left. All in all, it was a pleasant stay and the renter gave us a positive review for leaving everything just as we had found it.

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