But is it time for a mid life crisis? Image via Twitter (Brian Chesky). And polite.Īirbnb's website in 2008 was quite different to how it looks now. The perception was that hosts were doing guests a favour simply by letting them stay (on an airbed at that), and because of that, guests often went the extra mile to return the favour and reward the trust (think: stripping their own bedsheets without being asked, doing random chores, etc.). In the early days, when Airbnb really was all about "living like a local," it was a bit more like Couchsurfing. It's not just that prices have increased and dictionary definitions of words have expanded. But sometimes the reality is all "take off your shoes and wash the dishes." Images via Instagram Well, despite the fact that Airbnb's Instagram 'aesthetic' is a Hobbit-style cabin in New Zealand, a treehouse in Nusa Penida, a freaky modernist contraption in the Arctic and so on, the Airbnb reality for most of us, most of the time, is grimly trying to find a cool, but reasonably priced apartment in a city, thinking to yourself "I swear this used to be easier," "maybe I should go crawling back to hotels?" and "I wonder if by 'entire apartment' they really mean 'entire apartment?'" The Airbnb aesthetic is all hobbit houses and rustic farmstays.
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