Until a few weeks ago, you could change the payment currency on Airbnb to the host's currency. That saved you Airbnb's ridiculous 3% currency conversion fee. As long as you paid with a no-foreign-transaction-fee credit card, you got the conversion done for a 0% fee.

Since I've spent most of the year in Airbnb properties, that saves me a lot of money.

Then Airbnb took that option away.

Update 8/19/15: This is dead. Airbnb removed the option. Now you have to do this to avoid the 3% conversion fee.

Right now I'm in Eastern Europe, visiting the capitals of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for a week each. Then I'll head to Belgrade, Serbia for around a month. For all of these stays, I'm staying at Airbnb properties. Check out "I’ve Been a Nomad for Eight Months.

Airbnb is now in Cuba, and I've booked myself a stay that I should currently be enjoying. (Since internet access in Cuba is not the easiest thing in the world, I've queued up this post in advance. Here's how I booked my flights to Cuba.)

My favorite site to book accommodations now lists properties in Cuba that you can rent online. Here's How Airbnb Works (Plus a $25 Credit You Can Use for Your First Stay). If you sign up through this link, we'll both get $25 on your first Airbnb stay.

Airbnb is now in Cuba, and I've booked myself a stay that I should currently be enjoying. (Since internet access in Cuba is not the easiest thing in the world, I've queued up this post in advance. Here's how I booked my flights to Cuba.)

My favorite site to book accommodations now lists properties in Cuba that you can rent online. Here's How Airbnb Works (Plus a $25 Credit You Can Use for Your First Stay). If you sign up through this link, we'll both get $25 on your first Airbnb stay.

Airbnb is the site I use to arrange lodging for the vast majority of my nights on the road. Whether I am coming to a city for four days or four months, it is the first place I look because:

Apartments have better amenities than hotels (kitchens, multiple bedrooms)
Apartments have better locations than hotels (residential areas and nightlife areas instead of business districts)
Apartments are cheaper than hotels

Last night, my mom and aunt were picking my brain about cheap lodging options in Europe.