The reluctant Airbnb host: why I rent my spare bedroom to pay my own rent
by Ruth Fowler from Technology | The Guardian on (#2Y1NN)
As rents soar in Los Angeles and elsewhere, the room-sharing service can be helpful - but it has also faced some of the blame for the housing crisis
I've never found scrubbing other people's fecal matter from my toilet seat particularly fun, nor does sharing my shower appeal, and yet this is my daily routine.
I'm an Airbnb host. It's not that I enjoy losing my spare bedroom and my privacy to entertain out of town visitors: I use the platform to be able to pay rent while I go through a difficult financial time. Ten nights a month, I have to tolerate a stranger using my bathroom to get 20 nights blissfully alone with my son.