Airbnb in Florida

[Oldmotherhubbardlivesinashoe]

Has anyone used Airbnb to book a villa in Florida? There seems to be lots of places at good prices. I'm just a little nervous about going all that way to find it's a scam.

I know a lot of people who have had successful stays in Florida Airbnb’s .. but I personally wouldn’t do it as I have previously booked a condo & a villa (difference years) and had them both cancelled by the owners at short notice.

Both times it was caused by owners deciding to sell..

Re worrying about being scammed.. there is a site you can check property details on ... hopefully someone else will be able to direct you there as I can’t remember it x

Hhmmmm, I didn’t think it was legal in Florida or may be it’s New York? I’d check but holiday accommodation is plentiful without using air B and B.

Yes, at Encantada (Orlando), and we were very happy. I suspected they would change the villa before the date and I was right, but they added the pool heating for free when I agreed to the switch.

Also booked an RV in Ocala through AirBnB and that was great too.

I've booked apartments in Miami twice with AirBNB.

One cancelled at short notice (I later found out the Miami Open was on at that time so I suspect they cancelled me so they could rent it out for a lot more money). It was really annoying as all the reasonably prices decent places were fully booked and I ended up spending a lot more money on a hotel.

The other was fine. So that's a 50:50 success rate. I used AirBNB quite a lot. Miami is the only cancellation I've ever had.

Yes! I'm in one now. Check out Storey Lake, we booked through Airbnb.