{"id":339857,"date":"2015-05-13T10:27:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T02:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/not-ritz-10-unusual-airbnb-rentals-check-339857.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T18:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T10:25:00","slug":"not-ritz-10-unusual-airbnb-rentals-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/travel-hk\/now-or-never-hk\/not-ritz-10-unusual-airbnb-rentals-check-339857.html","title":{"rendered":"Not The Ritz: 10 Unusual Airbnb rentals to check out"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Slogging away at the office and dreaming of your next getaway? It's already May and it just might be time to plan that much needed summer<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/travel\/readyhaute-vacation-fashion-designers-hotels-collaborate-79439.html\"> vacation<\/a>. <em>Great!<\/em>\u00a0You think as you plan your destination and your hands hover over the book it link on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/travel\/now-or-never\/quelles-destinations-plebiscitent-les-voyageurs-de-tripadvisor-83839.html\"> TripAdvisor<\/a> hotel booking page. But hold it right there! Is another holiday at a run-of-the-mill hotel with cream walls, uniform beige carpets and standard buffet fare really what you want?<\/p> <p>Might we tempt you with the prospect of staying at your own treehouse or ancient British castle? Perhaps having full reign over your own Aegan island<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/travel\/destination-accomplished\/top-5-bali-villas-view-70050.html\"> villa<\/a> should do the trick? Believe it or not, these interesting abodes are open to holidaymakers on<strong> Airbnb,<\/strong> the\u00a0\u00a0vacation-rental community driven website which allows you to rent homes from locals all over the world.<\/p> <p>We know planning a vacation is tough enough so we've\u00a0done your homework and picked some out-of-this-world straight up unusual places you can rent on Airbnb. No cookie-cutter hotels guaranteed!<\/p> <p>Go ahead and make your treehouse childhood fantasies come true!<\/p>  <p><em>Karen George<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Photos: Airbnb<\/em><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When staying at the usual hotel or holiday home is just too mainstream...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":95135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"When staying at the usual hotel or holiday home is just too mainstream, you can rent anything from treehouses to castles via 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