air bnb

[makkahakka]

just wondering if anyone has used this site to book their main summer holiday before?
money is tight and I am hoping to grab cheap flights and get accommodation through air bnb. I have seen apartments on there for £25 per night that are advertised as £600 + on the apartment blocks official website. how can this be? could it be a scam do you think? I am willing to risk accommodation not being as nice as advertised but not a last minute cancellation or there being no record of my booking upon arrival!
if anyone has used it I would be very grateful to hear your experiences, thanks

We rented a lovely villa in Spain via this website.
Just make sure you get the total cost though, as we asked to stay in a villa that was advertised at £800 for a week, then the owner came back and said it would be £3000! But we'd not paid or agreed at that point so no problem.
I've booked a few things on there and it's always been fine.

We used them and had a great experience. However, the people we rented an appartment from had bought several apartments with the express purpose of renting them out, and air bnb was one of several websites they advertised on. We've found air bnb to be less useful when trying to rent someone's actual home IYSWIM

We went to London through them for a couple of days last month. Had a brilliant time. However, we have been unable to post a review of the host - shame as he was fab- or book any further trips with them without verifying our identity by downloading a scan of our passport or driving licence. No way Jose.