15 things I learned about hotels and Airbnbs after traveling the world for a year

Harrison Jacobs

May 4, 2019 2:29 PM

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1. It's not just you: The community and the listings on Airbnb are changing, for better or worse.

I spent a year traveling the world as Business Insider's international correspondent .
In that time, I stayed in nearly 100 hotels and Airbnbs t hat ran the range from ultra-budget to mid-tier to luxury.
Some of the most important things I've learned include checking the electric kettle when you enter a hotel room, always asking for late check-out, and cross-checking prices between Booking.com and Airbnb.
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Over the last year, I've spent 300 days or more on the road. That's a lot of nights in hotels, Airbnbs , guesthouses, and everything in between.

Still, every time I walk into a hotel room or an Airbnb in a strange city, I get excited. I love the feeling of trying to turn a strange city into home, even for a few days.

That being said, I've definitely made a couple mistakes along the way. In February, I assumed a luxury hotel I was staying in had a noon checkout, like nearly every other hotel I've stayed at in the world. I was wrong. In Tanzania, the standard checkout is 10 a.m.

Here are the hotel and Airbnb lessons I've learned and the tips I've picked up after a year of traveling around the world.

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