This summer I'll be beginning my career in big 4 consulting in NYC and with rent for a 1 BR at $2000, I was wondering if any consultants used Airbnb to rent out their space Monday-Thursday. Apparently, this practice is illegal in NY but I'm willing to risk it if it means pretty much living in my apartment for free. Anyone have trouble with landlords, neighbors, Airbnb guests, etc.? Any feedback is appreciated in advance.
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In my experience, it's best to keep it discreet. If your neighbors start to catch on , the worst can happen is that they'll mention it to the landlord, and you should probably desist.
Keep in mind that you can choose to accept or deny requests on the basis of other people's profiles. If you have doubts about anyone, even just for lack of guest reviews, you can deny them. If the guests don't cause problems for the landlord of neighbors, it will probably go unnoticed.
You'll probably want to only rent to one guest a week, since you won't be able to tend the room in between.
Using Airbnb for first two weeks of training in NYC - dumb idea? (Originally Posted: 07/02/2014)
Want to get some feedback. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Due to some miscommunication with the realtor, my lease doesn't begin until the 1st week of August, but I start training 2.5 weeks before then. My other roommates found a studio to split, but I need a place to stay during that time, and I'm wondering if using Airbnb would be worthwhile instead of craigslist and the like for somebody who's never used the site before. Right now it's looking like I'll pay anywhere from $850 to $1275 for the 15 nights I'd stay at these places.
I'm also wondering how many hours to expect during training (HR says 8-6 M-F and some weekend work, does that sound accurate?) and whether living on the LES 2 blocks from a subway station is close enough to take me to midtown-ish in a reasonable amt. of time (e.g. 30-40 minutes).
Basically I just need a sanity check - does this sound reasonable? I'm new to the city and shit, my internships didn't have training, and I've only ever been to NYC for the interviews so I don't know anything about what to expect.
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