[snoble]

So the faults of AirBnB would be much clearer if the author would make clear that he understands he made obvious mistakes. This is one of those cases a little bit of mea culpa would have made his point so much clearer. As it is the reader skips over judgement for AirBnB and only thinks about how can this author think what he did to his family was ok.

[vikramgoyal]

I agree. What I did to my family was risky by booking via AirBnB for such a short notice accommodation.. that is the whole point of the article...