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airbed and breakfast
February 2009 
Help Each Other Through a Bad Economy
KareAnderson
Instead of staying in a hotel, rent a room from a local. Travel cheap. Discover more. Try the 
“temporary bed and breakfast” peer-to-peer sites, AirBed & Breakfast or Roomorama where a night’s stay can range from $45 to $100 or so. Anyone with a bed, airbed or couch can rent it out for the night. Reserve your night online, paying with a credit card or via PayPal.
AB & B charges guests a 5 to 12 percent service fee and Roomorama charges 8.
Live in a hotly-contested state for the upcoming presidential election? Then AirBed & Breakfast suggests you host at your home a visiting, get-out-the vote volunteer.
Want to sidestep the service fee oh brave one? See house swaps or vacation rentals at the venerable Craigslist.
Braver still? Get a free room through couchsurfing. While you’re laughing at this 
approach know that it has nearly 470,000 users.
Want a more posh and private place to stay where you
can still benefit from a local’s recommendations? Then join Home Exchange. Enjoy encampment in a villa or a vacation home.
There’s always that reliable place where Tom Bodett promises, “We’ll leave the light on for you.”
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