B&B Antica Dimora Piano di Sorrento view

Airbnb Sorrento: B&B Antica Dimora, Stay Local for Less

With two days in Sorrento, I asked my Facebook friend and Italian tour guide, Marcello, to recommend an affordable place to stay.  He told me to contact friends of his who have two rooms in their residence in Piano di Sorrento that they rent out as B&B Antica Dimora (no […]

Sunset in Navigli in Milan

Airbnb Milan – The Milan Studio in Navigli Entertainment District

When Milan hosted Expo15 last year (formerly known as The World’s Fair) finding a reasonable hotel room proved to be difficult for my dates (three nights) so I turned to AirBnb. Searching through all the options, I kept coming back to the Navigli apartment – it was located in Navigli […]

Gozo residential streets

The Quirky (and Dirty) Airbnb House on Gozo

My friend said to “book the quirky Airbnb house on Gozo” when I gave him a few choices for our last minute trip as he was more familiar with the island than I was.  He wanted a private pool and a farmhouse.  I still blame him for our calamities! Walking […]

Airbnb Venice San Marco Apartment with Canal View

So I reluctantly left the great Fenice Flat with my gondola view. Lucky for me, the owner, Maurizio (an Airbnb Superhost), had a few other properties in Venice and could host me for one night in the Venice San Marco Apartment. Unlike the boutique designer inspired flat, I’m now in […]

Airbnb Venice flat Fenice Apartment

I Didn’t Want To Leave this Airbnb Venice Flat with a Canal View

From the AirBnB site, it looked amazing! This large Airbnb Venice flat along the canals with a view of the gondolas in Venice outside. It seemed too good to be true. I looked at the calendar of availability and was immediately crestfallen as it was rented out for the whole […]

Venice last gondola workshop

Budget Venice: An Affordable B&B in Dorsoduro

My first Airbnb stay would be a single room in the Dorsoduro section of Venice. I needed to find two nights in Venice to complete my lodging puzzle and the Santa Margherita Guesthouse, a private B&B, seemed a perfect base to explore the city.   Dorsoduro Dorsoduro is one of […]

Milan Airbnb Studio

10 Reasons Airbnb for Business Travel Isn’t Good

Here’s an email I never received at work “I want to use an Airbnb property instead of the luxury Ritz Carlton, Starwood or Marriott property for my business travel happily forgoing my loyalty status and points”.  In my former role as a Corporate Travel and Finance Manager, I managed business travel […]