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airbnb Wins NYC Appeal- Resident Must Be Home

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Kim, Lucas and I tried out airbnb in the Summer of 2012 in Singapore and had an amazing experience. We’d definitely try it again if the situation called for looking into alternative ways to find where to stay while traveling.

I’ve heard about it being illegal to rent out rooms and apartments through airbnb in the New York City area but wasn’t too sure of the rules (and it’s not like I am looking for a place to crash in the area).

I received an e-mail from airbnb about a NYC host- Nigel Warren who won an appeal related to the city’s short term rental laws. Warren was fined $2,400 about a year ago for breaking the laws when renting out a room (through airbnb) in his East Village apartment for 3 nights at $100 per night.

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Our Awesome Experience with Airbnb

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Hotels in Singapore can be quite pricey. From what we could tell most moderately priced hotels ($80-$100 range) had horrible reviews and seemed downright dirty.

For our first night’s stay in Singapore I decided to use my free night from the Chase Priority Club credit card that I earned after my first anniversary. For a $49 annual fee I think I got a very solid value. We booked the Intercontinental Singapore  which would’ve cost us around $250 US had we just payed for our stay. The hotel was very nice and is in a great area.
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We procrastinated on booking a hotel for the last night of our trip which was back in Singapore. Since we were arriving from Kuala Lumpur around 9:00pm we’d basically be just showing up and passing out. I couldn’t justify using the Priority Club cash and points option to stay at the Intercontinental which would’ve been 15,000 points + $70. We weren’t going to get much use of the room-  so I really needed to find a place to stay in the $80-$100 range.
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Kim and I searched many different internet sites for a room and nothing was catching our eye. We had a couple of local, budget hotels on our list for consideration if we couldn’t find a better option.
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This is when I started thinking of other ideas. I had heard about Airbnb a while back but never seriously considered using the site. From what I understood, most rooms were in people’s apartments or homes. It didn’t sound like the ideal situation while traveling with an infant.
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