We've been staying at some really nice local(ish) places during the pandemic.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/8486416?s=67&unique_share_id=8ca6f636-244f-41e5-882f-44b66a33739e
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/28643568?s=67&unique_share_id=d2a2a1bc-e321-4cdb-b656-52547c1f8e1c
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/31261505?s=67&unique_share_id=ae1f0420-5e0a-456c-9028-b3c6c19bf9ce

Anonymous wrote:https://t.vrbo.io/vKX3S6ldH7

This was such a fun place near Manuel Antonio. We’d see monkeys and sloths every day and had a pool. Also walking distance to a great boogie boarding beach.

This looks amazing. I wish I could plan a trip to Costa Rica right now.

Bumping this thread. Would love to see other's favorite airbnb and vrbos. Please share your gems!

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Anonymous wrote:https://t.vrbo.io/vKX3S6ldH7

This was such a fun place near Manuel Antonio. We’d see monkeys and sloths every day and had a pool. Also walking distance to a great boogie boarding beach.

This looks great. Did you hire the private chef or eat out or cook your own food?

We did hire the private chef. Christopher and Elias were wonderful and really catered to our family’s tastes. I highly recommend it! Also, if you opt to cook, there’s a grocery store nearby that delivers for like a $4 charge, but if you hire the chefs, they’ll take care of groceries for you.

Has anybody ever heard of the Q Street AirBnB party house, turned “we swear no parties” AirBnB house, turned marijuana popup? I did not sleep there, but we used it as a film location for two days years ago for work. That place is wild. When you walk inside, you’re on a glass bridge over a koi pond with a huge water feature wall. There’s an elevator styled like a red UK phone booth. There’s a heated rooftop pool. What felt like a maze of bedrooms on the upper levels. Video of the place in the article below.

https://dcist.com/story/19/10/02/infamous-dupont-party-mansion-turned-into-weed-pop-up-per-police/

Anonymous wrote:https://t.vrbo.io/vKX3S6ldH7

This was such a fun place near Manuel Antonio. We’d see monkeys and sloths every day and had a pool. Also walking distance to a great boogie boarding beach.

This looks great. Did you hire the private chef or eat out or cook your own food?

One with a roof terrace across the street from the Seville cathedral and one no longer listed on Lake Tahoe

I don’t think they’re renting our favorite place anymore because I can’t find a link. It was in Istanbul, had a view on one side of the blue mosque and on the other side you could see the Bosporus. An apartment with a wrap around balcony where we watched the sunset each night. And it was less than $100/ day

https://t.vrbo.io/vKX3S6ldH7

This was such a fun place near Manuel Antonio. We’d see monkeys and sloths every day and had a pool. Also walking distance to a great boogie boarding beach.

I won't say, because after years of being a frequent VRBO customer, I'm never using VRBO again, and I don't want to encourage anyone else to do so. The owner stole my deposit and ghosted me, and VRBO has done NOTHING to help. Others here have posted similar stories. You would be much better off dealing with a local rental agency.

These are SO pretty!

https://www.vrbo.com/15202?noDates=true

It's not luxurious, but we stayed here a few years ago when our kids were younger and they each brought a friend, and we had the best time. It was like our own summer camp with boats and fishing and badminton and a campfire with smores every night. During quarantine our family was talking about vacations and we agreed this was our favorite.

Does it have to be through Vrbo or Airbnb?

https://www.vrbo.com/8174103ha?adultsCount=1&noDates=true

Amazing. Ocean front. Beautiful balcony.

Anywhere in the world. Send links! Thanks