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@Anonymous wrote:
@icyhot wrote:
I do travel extensively. My biggest spend is travel because I live two hours away from my school and have to go to class. So I'm trying to see if there are ways I can maximize all the programs or if it's best to scale backYou definitely should look into AirBNB. My friend took my advice, and strictly used airBNB for his masters program, saved him several grand. They are much cheaper than hotels. You wouldn't earn the miles of course. But the savings is better than staying and earning.
This is becoming less and less true as cities are leveling the playing field by levying occupancy taxes on AirBNBs the same as they do on hotels and motels - and as AirBNBs in popular locations are beginning to charge just as much as hotels (and sometimes more than motels). I have stayed at AirBNBs during my Europe trip and the experience was less than pleasant. Plus they tack on cleaning fees, sometimes hosts aren't willing to meet you at your time table (I can get to a hotel anytime I want and if the room isn't ready, they will hold my luggage), and hosts are often not accessible when there's a problem. I would much rather find an inexpensive hotel or motel deal.