Hey everyone. I'm seeing this develop on the Prime forum, but I could see this being useful information for anyone attending a PAX. If you have useful / insightful experiences with the AirBNB service, I'm sure other forum goers would like to hear them.
I only have booking experience, as I'm using the service mostly blind. The site has been super easy to navigate and payment for an apartment in downtown Seattle was painless. Most owners I talked to were quite polite and responded to any of my requests in a timely fashion. I just hope check-in and check-out go smoothly!
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Between you and me, Peggy, I smoked this Juul and it did UNTHINKABLE things to my mind and body...
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Check-in for me at every place was usually a "whenever I finally made it there" sort of deal. 3 of the 4 places my wife and I arrived when the owners weren't around, but there was either a door code or hidden key that they placed out for me and texted the location to me. I'll be happy to answer any other questions that I can, but this is all I can think of off the top of my head while F5-ing the Prime registration page.
2015 PAX Prime Omeganaut (I will forever hate Katamari)
Did you ever try to repeat the same place (since you had a good experience with them previously)?
2015 PAX Prime Omeganaut (I will forever hate Katamari)
It may seem like an odd thing, but I really enjoy how good the bakeries/cafes are in Seattle. Mmm, croissant omelette sandwich...
I have used AirBnB for both PAX and Emerald City Comic Con for the last 3 years and loved each place. Getting the same place is hard because of the popularity of it now too.
Wait now that I'm thinking about it ignore everything that Hingo and myself have said about AirBnB it's bad! You don't want to make reservations that way...
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I've hosted about 400 people now and have made a lot of friends... seriously, It's worth checking out if you haven't used airbnb before. It helps out the local residents and is potentially cheaper than hotels and you can even get some rent credit if you get someone to refer you.
2015 PAX Prime Omeganaut (I will forever hate Katamari)
Woa, that's brilliant!
ONLY TWO(ish) WEEKS TO GO!
I was looking back at my old posts and I take back the praise I said for this place. The food is still good, but I'm against the Chef's standpoint on wage equality issues. He makes a ton of money, but is against giving his employee's a fair wage. Boooo
Randomly reading through threads and stumbled here to see your post, stv.
Not promo-ing or anything, but my friend and I stayed with Bankruptsteve for another con in Seattle and literally had the most amazing time. Not going to lie, not what I expected, but 10/10 as far as experiences go. Plus, he's literally friends with every person in the downtown area, we got like 8 free tickets to a comedy show that was pretty darn amazing. I definitely prefer AirBnB to hotels.
Duuuuuuude!
This year we're taking 9 and I started looking for housing the day we got the tickets (May 7th). I was able to find two apartments much closer to downtown, minutes from the light rail, and I have very high hopes for the experience.
I've used airbnb on my own numerous times and would highly recommend them, though at this point I doubt you're going to find much for this year's PAX. :P