Daydreaming of a long weekend...

posted Apr 22, 2010

airbnb coxsackieWe were quite happy to recently come across AirBnB, a site that's "an online marketplace allowing anyone from private residents to commercial properties to rent out their extra space." For two reasons:

  1. We got to feed our desire to gawk at real estate
  2. It allowed us to indulge in a little daydreaming about heading off to the country for a long weekend. For example, at this gorgeous place in Coxsackie (photo on the right).

There aren't a ton of regional properties listed. But there are a handful, many of them in Western MA and the Hudson Valley. And, of course, there's always Montreal...

[via Swiss Miss]

3 comments
tags: Hudson Valley, travel, Western Mass

Comments

Wow... that's really cool. I gotta check this out next time I'm travelling...

... said Slacker on Apr 22, 2010 at 4:53 PM | link

Thanks for that site! I'm going to use them the next time I go to NYC too...

... said Summer on Apr 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM | link

Ever tried Couchsurfing? Kind of the same thing except, you know, free.

We've done it dozens of times. It's fabulous.

http://www.couchsurfing.org/

... said Stick Figure Man on Apr 22, 2010 at 5:57 PM | link

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