What Are The Best Value for Money Airbnbs That You Have Been to?

A Banana4scale on 05/03/2025 - 00:14

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I went to a mountain top tree house in Sideman, Bali overlooking Mt Agung that blew me away, and now I want to know if Australia has places like these

I'm trying to find your absolute best value-for-money Airbnb experiences.
I'm looking for:
* Seriously cheap and amazing: Did you find a place that was so ridiculously affordable you thought you were stealing from the hosts.
* Worth every penny even if it costs loads
* Unique or quirky finds like a treehouse, a converted van, a historic building.

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Comments

  • AngoraFish on 05/03/2025 - 00:23
    +7

    What even is this?

    • 87percent on 05/03/2025 - 06:54
      +3

      An ad for how bad AirBnB is

  • bargaino on 05/03/2025 - 00:23
    +10

    Easy! That would be 10 years ago when airbnb was new and cool, before the enshitification happened.

    Like Bali, you are too late to ever know how good it once was.

    • Bruceflix on 05/03/2025 - 00:58
      +2

      Bali was ever good?

      • bargaino on 05/03/2025 - 10:49

        I hear Bali was awesome in the 70s.
        Even in the '90s you just needed to keep away from Kuta. And Denpasar, obviously.

  • holdenmg on 05/03/2025 - 06:34
    +1

    Have a look at UHOTW Australia @ https://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/Country/Australia
    Not AirBNB per se, but interesting.

  • Wiadro on 05/03/2025 - 07:36
    +6

    My best Airbnb is going to a traditional hotel

  • 87percent on 05/03/2025 - 07:56
    +5

    My best AirBnB was when they had rules that every dish we left out after washing was $20, or if we wanted to use the hot tub, we could only use it between 12pm-4pm, or, when they wanted to “fine us” $45 for “breaking” a plastic soap dish

    • Gunther on 05/03/2025 - 11:32

      How's that a fine if you broke it?

  • Darayus on 05/03/2025 - 09:51
    +1

    I have stopped staying in any shared house or apartment ( Ab&B), as they lack quality appliances (normally all old junk furniture or appliances are kept). With a lot of checks, at one ABNB there was a condition not to open the window. I have opened my bathroom window after the shower to allow the steam to go and get fresh air in to clear the space. and don't know how she came to know she sent me an SMS and warned me if I broke the rule she would cancel my lock access and I would be left outside to breach the T&C.

    Another classic, I was sharing a room at Abnb and there was the condition that I can only use kitchen once in the evening after the host finish her cooking after 7 pm for 30 minutes under her supervision as she does not want anyone to burn her house. I asked what about morning tea and hot water and she said go to cafe which was 10 minutes drive away.

  • wannagrababargain on 05/03/2025 - 10:39

    Cheap + Australia doesn't exist.

    Value for money / quirkiness wise those tiny homes popping up around the place can be good. Check out Red Rock Hut - King Island

  • DingoBilly on 05/03/2025 - 11:19

    I've never found airbnb to be good value. I honestly found the whole movement bizarre and it never made sense to me.

    Always just overpriced and a worse customer experience. Hotels do a much better job and have good standard policies they've done hundreds of times which make things smoother.

    • tenpercent on 05/03/2025 - 12:39
      +3

      The only pro for air bnb is most are self-contained including kitchens. Most hotel rooms are not.

  • plmko on 05/03/2025 - 11:56

    Airbnbs stopped being "BnB" a long time ago it's just yield chasing and slum lord'ing.

    The founder himself admitted Airbnb had lost it's original vision.

  • fenric on 05/03/2025 - 12:19

    Airbnb's start to make sense when you are travelling either with kids or with other people. Hotels are very bad at catering to anything more than 3 people, and even then you are usually all in the same room. An Airbnb is more expensive than a single hotel room, but usually cheaper than 2 hotel rooms while catering to 3 or more people. Other bonuses are having a washing machine and cooking facilities if you are in a country with expensive food.

  • try2bhelpful on 05/03/2025 - 12:38
    +1

    We did 53 days in Europe Sept/October/Nov last year. We did a mixture of hotels and AirBnB.
    In all honesty in both cases the accomodation was middling. There were pluses and minuses with both options.
    Air BnB
    - usually more room.
    - has its own kitchen, maybe washing machine and dryer
    - in residential neighbourhoods
    - good hosts give you points of interest and good restaurants nearby
    - the handover can be difficult as there is no front desk
    - you are living with other peoples stuff
    - there can be wild variation in layout of the properties and type of furniture
    - you are rated as a guest

    Hotels
    - less room
    - often no kitchen or washing machine
    - more cbd
    - less independent localised knowledge
    - front desk for handover
    - generic room furniture and layout

    I’ve done Air BnB on a number of trips now and the answer is go good value rather than cheap. The best we did this trip was a really nice place in Budapest where the pictures were actually like the property and the host gave us pages of attractions, local restaurants, hints and tips. I think AirBnB takes a bit more homework.

    • Shoppingisfun on 05/03/2025 - 12:51

      That's a great summary!
      I'm currently planning a trip to Europe in June and it's taking an enormous amount of work looking through all the accommodation options!
      In addition to the kitchen and washer/dryer pluses with AirBnB, the biggest plus for me is when travelling as a family of five you can't really get a hotel room to fit you all or you have to book two rooms which is $$$!
      I am hoping for a bit of a personal touch as well which can really add to the experience.

      • try2bhelpful on 05/03/2025 - 14:41
        +2

        Have a really good look at the comments. Often it is what has been omitted rather than what has been said. Not sure where you are travelling but if it is somewhere like Spain or even Paris then air conditioning is a definite advantage. If you have a rental car find out what the parking arrangement is. The other thing is getting luggage up and down, many don’t have lifts. We’ve done five stories carrying backpacks before but not recommended.

  • star-ggg on 05/03/2025 - 13:34

    How cheap was it? Google says there's heaps of tree house hotels in Sideman.

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