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Hawaii

TexasTowelie

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2. I try to avoid the tourist traps myself

Reply to mahina (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 01:08 AM

Sep 2019

or when I do visit I try to do it on off-days so the experience will be more pleasurable. I don't think that the AirBnb model was ever made to be such a large scale endeavor. When it goes from a few houses in town to entire neighborhoods hosting guests it diminishes the character of the neighborhood.

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Great. mahina Sep 2019 #1

I try to avoid the tourist traps myself TexasTowelie Sep 2019 #2

Same but when Waikiki beach is less crowded than our neighborhood beach, mahina Sep 2019 #3

Kudos Mahina for perspective I never considered... RealityChik Mar 2020 #4