Month: June 2022

Why We Airbnb

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn Weekend GetawayLeave a comment

A few weeks ago we drove to San Antonio to visit our daughter and her family. She lives in the Denver Heights area that’s very close to downtown. Because we don’t really like staying in hotels because with two teenagers it can get cramped quickly, we opted to find an Airbnb.

i couldn’t believe it when I found one just a couple of streets over from my daughter’s home. (If anyone is wondering why we just didn’t stay with them, it’s because they have a 2 BR, a 10 month old and 4 dogs and we have 2 teenagers)

The price was right on budget so we booked it and was pleasantly surprised. It wasn’t “fancy”, but neither are we. It was clean, spacious and well stocked.

this was the morning we were leaving. You walk straight into the living room from the front door. Super comfy couch.
Tv in the living room. It was small, but it had all the streaming services and we even watched The Batman. There are larger TV’s in the bedrooms, but we seriously didn’t really watch TV much.
the dining room was spacious.
I loved that our host included a little library that had all different genres. (Excuse our stuff. We were getting ready to load the car)
The kitchen was older, but clean and well stocked. The laundry is off the kitchen with the door leading to the outdoor patio and yard. I didn’t get a pic of that.
We didn’t really cook anything except some pizza for a late night snack.
The bathroom was clean.
The shower head was awesome.
Hallway with bedrooms on each end and bathroom in the middle.
One of the bedrooms. Both beds were super comfy.
Bedroom.

We stayed here 2 nights, then it was on to Hurst to see Donny’s mom and brother. We got into the DFW area around 6 and went to the hotel we normally stayed. Completely booked. Turns out unless you wanted to pay $300 for about 15 total hours in a room, you were out of luck. We sat in the parking lot and called everywhere to try to find a room. Finally found one with a king bed and pull out couch. It was more than we paid per night for the Airbnb, but we were tied and cranky.

Turns out there was a big Elvis convention in town ( they were crowning the new reining Elvis impersonator and there were Elvis’s from all over the world. Ya can’t make this stuff up) Also there was a board game convention. Again, who knew that even existed. Throw in 2 graduations and you have overload in the fort worth area.

So, this is the hotel room we stayed in at holiday inn express grapevine. This is why we will always stay in an Airbnb. I got this pic off the website because our room was so jam packed with our stuff all I could think about was packing and leaving.

this photo makes it look much bigger than it was.

Yes, you get a free breakfast at hotels, but trust me, a free muffin is not worth it.