{"id":839,"date":"2014-10-11T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/using-airbnb-wimdu-or-another-social-travel-site-how-to-avoid-being-conned\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T08:17:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T01:17:20","slug":"using-airbnb-wimdu-or-another-social-travel-site-how-to-avoid-being-conned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/using-airbnb-wimdu-or-another-social-travel-site-how-to-avoid-being-conned\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Airbnb, Wimdu or another social travel site? How to avoid being conned"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA few precautions will help ensure trouble-free letting for both guests and hostsWhat can you do to ensure a problem-free letting through Airbnb, Wimdu and other \u201csocial travel\u201d sites?According to a survey by Direct Line, as many as three million homeowners would be happy to rent out part of their property or their whole property as a short term let. It says UK homeowners can earn an average of \u00a354 per room per night this way, but suggests hosts check with their insurance company that their home and possessions are covered when paying guests stay. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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A few precautions will help ensure trouble-free letting for both guests and hostsWhat can you...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-dx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11788,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/berlin-authorities-crack-down-on-airbnb-rental-boom\/","url_meta":{"origin":839,"position":0},"title":"Berlin authorities crack down on Airbnb rental boom","date":"May 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Owners can no longer let whole properties to tourists, as officals blame websites including Airbnb, Wimdu and 9Flats for driving up rentsBerlin began restricting private property rentals through Airbnb and similar online platforms on Sunday, threatening hefty fines in an attempt to keep housing affordable for local people. 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