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Have you ever booked a vacation rental condo or home? Although this trip style is slightly less pampered than a hotel stay, a vacation rental offers other freedoms like having your own kitchen, staying in a unique accommodation and dabbling in the local scene.
Attracting more design-savvy units and hip travelers, Airbnb, one of the newer, kitschier vacation rental sites, has just launched an app which I happen to like as much as the website! In it, you can search from 8000 cities and 170+ countries to find a private apartment or private island. One of my favourite features within the app is the categories it lists when you first start searching: Top 40, Oui Oui Paris, Unique New York, Planes Trains and Automobiles, I love Glamping, etc...
{Stay tuned for more info on Airbnb and other holiday rental sites tomorrow in our Vacation Rental Round-Up.}
Airbnb App Details
- Free
- Works with iPhone & iPod Touch. I'm told a mobile site is being developed this quarter which will serve other mobile platforms; once this is done the company plans on developing an app for the iPad and android.
- Book a space through your iPhone
- Use "Find a place, tonight!” for last-minute availability
- Message guests and hosts directly from your phone
- Access your upcoming itinerary, complete with directions to your destination
- A 'daily deal' feature has been added, which could be cool, but it is still in beta testing, so look out for future updates in this regard.
Other Travel Apps Don't forget to peruse the other 60+ travel apps we've reviewed from travel first aid, to luxury and boutique hotel finders, to border waits, to trip itinerary management. Here are the most recent: