Air BnB Versus Hotels – The Barcelona Effect

The post discusses the ongoing debate between choosing Air BnB rentals and hotels for travel accommodation. It highlights personal experiences, the convenience of hotels, and the challenges of apartment rentals. The author also addresses the economic impact of short-term rentals on housing markets in cities like Barcelona and Melbourne, suggesting potential regulatory changes.

Accommodation Review – Hotel Almond, Busan, South Korea

G’day all and here I am again with another patented ‘Accommodation Review’. I don’t know why I say that, honestly. Today let me take you the place I stayed at in Busan back in May this year. It was called (and presumably still is) ‘Hotel Almond’, I paid roughly $80AUD for it or $53USD per …

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Accommodation Review – Park Avenue Changi Hotel

G’day all. Yes, another review for you! Hope you are well on this day! Today’s hotel in question is the Park Avenue Changi Hotel. It’s a hotel not too far from Changi but not one that is actually at the airport, so it required transportation to get there. It does have a metro stop right …

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Accommodation Review – Pelangi Beach Resort, Langkawi

G’day folks. Welcome to another patented ‘Accommodation Review’ here on the blog. Today I’m reviewing for you perusing the Pelangi Beach Resort, which I stayed in in early December last year for a full week. This five-star Malaysian resort cost us $268AUD or around $181USD (at the time of writing this review) and is located …

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Inside a Japanese Apartment – Air BnB Review from Fukuoka

Folks, a Japanese apartment is clean, usually pretty small and features tatami mats in the bedrooms. Well, when I went to Fukuoka I stayed in a Japanese apartment via Air BnB and I thought I would do a short video to show you all what it was like. So come and check out what was …

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Accommodation Review – Ora Beach Resort, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines

Howdy all to yet another ‘Accommodation Review’, and today I am sharing with you my comfortable digs when I visited El Nido, on the island of Palawan, in the Philippines late last year. I stayed in the ‘Ora Beach Resort’, which was not in the centre of El Nido town, rather further down the road …

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Staying in a Large Cupboard in Seoul

Howdy all. Time for a patented Andy’s World Journeys ‘Accommodation Review’ for you today! I’ve got vlogs from all my recent stays in April/May this year when I visited Japan and South Korea, but I thought some of them were worth doing written reviews of too and I imagine that there are many that watch …

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