r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 7d ago

Wholesome Moments You can tell how much this meant to him.

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u/ioughtabestudying 7d ago

Oh this is awesome. This is what Airbnb was originally meant for - meeting people from different cultures and sharing experiences, creating connections. Beautiful!

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u/Jungy_Brungis 7d ago

If this is the experience you’re looking for, try Couchsurfing instead of Airbnb! Hosted over 200 people in Chicago and it was amazing!

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u/squarepancakesx 7d ago

used to couchsurf when i was younger, always grateful to the people who have opened up their houses to host!

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u/Jungy_Brungis 7d ago

We had an absolute blast. Met so many interesting people from so many different places and now I have friends all over the world. Couldn’t recommend it enough!

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u/ioughtabestudying 7d ago

Yep, haven't done it myself but have heard lots of good about it. What is sad to me about airbnb is that the original idea was the same, it was essentially couchsurfing with a fee. Not it has turned into private hotels. https://youtu.be/16cM-RFid9U

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u/Jungy_Brungis 7d ago

Yep. I remember when Airbnb was expected to be an interactive experience and now 9/10 times the owner isn’t even in the same state lol

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u/thenewyorkgod 7d ago

I bet his cleaning fee is three hugs and a birthday cake

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u/AndrewWilsonnn 7d ago

Back in 2018 I had to travel to a pretty remote part of Washington to interview for a job. Ended up AirBNBing at a cozy little house full of knick-knacks, art, collections, you name it. The lady that owned it mainly did AirBNB because she really liked meeting whatever new people came to her little town. She was one of the managers of the tiny local theatre company they had there, and surprisingly was friends with the owner of the company I was interviewing for too. We had tea and talked about a bunch of stuff before shuffling off to bed. I ended up doing the interview, then also stopping by the theatre and talking with some of the folks there.

THANKFULLY I didn't get the job (In hindsight it probably would have set my life back half a dozen years or so), but I am glad I got the opportunity to hang out with a genuinely cool person for what would have otherwise been a rather exhausting/stressful evening