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10 of the world's most unique vacation rentals
Imagine sleeping in the renovated fuselage of a vintage 727 airplane in Costa Rica. Or how about feeding giraffes over the breakfast table at a castle in Kenya? These one-of-a-kind lodging experiences, and others, are available through online vacation rental websites like Airbnb, and often for less than the cost of a shoebox room in a budget hotel in downtown Manhattan.Take, for example, the following sampling of Airbnb's unique vacation rental listings:
- Boot and Breakfast (pictured at right). A childhood tale comes to life in Tasman, New Zealand. $225/night.
- Romantic Igloo. Temperatures in Igloo Village Krvavec in Slovenia hover around 0-5 degrees Celsius – perfect for cuddling. $189/night.
- Alone on your own Fiji Island. Really get away by booking the private Fijian island of Nanuku. $350/night.
- Ecopod Boutique Retreat. A low-carbon pod designed in partnership with Zendrome, Berlin, in the woods of Appin, United Kingdom. $241/night.
- Aircamp Furillen. A vintage Airstream on tiny Furillen Island in Sweden. $204/night.
Airbnb also groups their most notable listings into fun collections, like "Trees and Zzz's" for treehouse lodgings, "Grape Expectations" for wine country accommodations and "I'm On A Boat" for, well, boats.
For 10 of Airbnb's most unique vacation rentals, check out the gallery below.
For 10 of Airbnb's most unique vacation rentals, check out the gallery below.
Gallery: World's Wackiest Vacation Rentals
Filed under: Photos, Hotels and Accommodations
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gregory Schwartz Mar 14th 2012 8:57AM
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, her c--t fell off!
Cathy Mar 17th 2012 1:07PM
I buy almost everything except food and clothing from online penny
auctions. Most people aren't aware of the almost unbelievable deals
that they can get from online auction sites. The site that has the
best deals is hTtp://bit.ly/BiggestDeals and I checked with the Better
Business Bureau and was told that it is all legit. How they can sell
gift cards, laptops, cameras, and all kinds of goodies that we all
want for 50-90% off, I don't know. I do know that I bought my son an
iPad there for less than $100 and my husband a $250 Loews gift cards
for $33. Why would I even think about shopping anyplace else?
Pat Mar 17th 2012 8:14AM
The world's tallest animal uses its reach to get a neck up on other browsing animals.
Physical Description: Giraffes' long limbs, necks, and tongues enable them to reach vegetation in the trees—well above where other browsers can reach. Nine subspecies, differing in coat pattern and number of horns, live in different parts of Africa. Giraffes' distinctive orangish, rusty, or blackish coats are broken into patchworks by whitish outlines. All-whitish giraffes are a rare find.
Size: Males stand up to 18 feet tall and weigh up to 4,200 pounds; females grow to 16 feet tall and weigh up to 2,500 pounds.
Geographic Distribution: Giraffes inhabit many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but are now most widespread in East Africa and the northern parts of southern Africa, where they find refuge in national parks.
Becky Mar 17th 2012 8:11AM
I thought you'd be interested.
Magnolia Mar 17th 2012 11:59AM
I wonder if those enjoying the giraffes and basking in luxury in the Nairobi castle know that just a few miles away exists the largest slum in Africa - Kibera. Ask for a tour of the shanties, the filth and sludge that flow downhill from Nairobi into Kibera. People live in a huge dump where children pick trash to survive, where medical teams and volunteers go to minister to orphans... quite a different picture from the castle, eh?
Casey Hutchinson Mar 17th 2012 12:45PM
One could also ask to see the home of Obama's birthplace.
rex Mar 17th 2012 8:48PM
Do your writers and editors have dictionaries, or access to Wikipedia?
"Unique" cannot be modified. It means "the only one in existence", so a thing cannot be the most unique. Same goes for "very unique". The word that is called for is "unusual".
There still exist enough of us old dinosaurs to know how poorly educated what has grown to be a majority of today's writers are.
pat Mar 17th 2012 3:59PM
are there giraffes at obama;s birth place?