Hey I'm Adam Jusko from ProudMoney.com and as I make this video we
are heading into the summer travel season so we're gonna look at the
experience of staying at hotels versus Airbnbs and other vacation rentals like
VRBO kind of stuff and especially if you have not stayed in vacation
rentals or done Airbnb in the past we'll talk about sort of what the upsides and
downsides are to each one and you can decide if you want to have that
experience for yourself. And I'd love to hear from people that have done both,
which you prefer. Before I talk about any of that, though, let's please have you
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I thank you for doing so. So we're gonna look at about nine or ten different
aspects of the travel experience here with hotels versus Airbnb and other
types of vacation rentals. Number One is price. Now you might think, price, one
would have it over the other, but really that's not necessarily so. Obviously there's
hotels all the way from the super expensive to the super cheap and that is
true on the other side as well. Many vacation rentals, if they're in
prime locations and you're in a place where a lot of people are
coming, obviously it's a vacation and those can be just as expensive or more
expensive than hotels. On the other end, if you're going to a city that
is not as well traveled, you might get a really super deal through
Airbnb or through another vacation rental place. So neither one necessarily
has the upper hand there, even though maybe on the surface you might have the
idea that staying in someone's apartment or whatever is going to get you a much
cheaper price than if you're staying in a hotel. So you have to do that research
for yourself and figure out how the prices stack up in whatever area you're
going to. So the second aspect is what I call reliability or confidence in the
experience. When you go to hotels, you obviously know, especially if you're
dealing with a major hotel chain, you kind of know that you're gonna
get that "brand" experience and you know what you're getting. So it's sort of the
same as if you were choosing a new little restaurant versus going to
McDonald's. You know what you're gonna get at McDonald's, you don't necessarily
know what you're gonna get any other place. Same thing with hotels versus a
vacation rental --- you pretty much know what you're gonna get with the hotel,
especially major brands, but with a vacation rental, an Airbnb apartment,
whatever it is, you don't necessarily know exactly what you're gonna get. You
can do as much research as possible on the Internet
and look at other people's reviews but you don't know exactly what
your experience is going to be. You have a pretty good idea when you stay in a
hotel what your experience is going to be. Now the third aspect and this is kind
of where the vacation rentals and the Airbnbs really shine is character.
Basically if you are going after a vacation rental or an Airbnb
experience, a lot of times you are doing it because you are going to get sort of
an interesting place to stay hopefully in an interesting place as well. So
you might... if you want to stay in a certain neighborhood, you want to feel
like a local, Airbnbs and vacation rental
places are really good for that. They are there they are their own things,
so it's sort of the flip side of the reliability/confidence thing --- you may not
be as confident in the experience you're gonna get but you might have a more
interesting experience and maybe more character to the place you stay. There
may be, you know, a different type of neighborhood that you stay... may be either
closer or further away from the main attractions... but that's really kind of
you know the upside for a lot of people in staying in Airbnb and VRBO and other
vacation rental type places. The hotel, you know, hotels are hotels no matter
what they do. Some of them are nicer than others but it's still sort of the hotel
experience. You can kind of clamp on some luxury things to the
hotel experience but it is still essentially the same. And oftentimes
depending on the city you're in, especially if you're looking at major
chains, oftentimes they're going to be situated in a place where there's a lot
of other major hotel chains around or whatever and if you want to be in
somewhere a little funky or whatever... in a neighborhood... you're not
necessarily going to get that with your major hotel chains. The next aspect is
the amenities. Now obviously in the hotels you sort of have an experience
where they are there to serve you. So you've got swimming pools, you've got
restaurants on site, you can go to the front desk and ask questions,
you just have someone sort of on call for you and you have a lot of
things at your disposal right there in the hotel. You do an Airbnb, you do a
vacation rental type of situation, you're kind of on your own ---
you get a place to stay. Now that can be good or bad, but you know you've got to go
and you've got to get your own food if you don't want to eat out all the time. You
have.. you're not gonna have anyone
to sort of help you if there's questions. You might have a phone number somewhere
of someone to call but you don't have anyone on site to help you and
especially if it's, you know, you think about the 24 hour a day aspect...
if there's any issue overnight or whatever, you're kind of on your
own... you're staying in a place that is more like home versus staying at a hotel
where you've got service. The next aspect I'll talk about is
the living space itself. Now while a hotel may have a lot of amenities, what
it often has in addition is a fairly small, cramped room. So if you are someone
that likes to be able to spread out, you're on a vacation and you don't
want to be in this little space, then a lot of times a vacation rental and
Airbnb is going to give you that aspect of living in a home more than
just living in a little cramped room with a couple beds shoved together and
the TV four inches away from your knees when you sit on the edge of the bed.
You can have a full kitchen and, you know, you can kind of make yourself at
home a lot of times in a vacation rental in a
way that you can't in a lot of hotels. Obviously hotels have different aspects
and some of them are more like suites but, still, overall I tend to think of the
Airbnb vacation rental experience as being a place where the space feels more
like your own and more that you can sort of spread out and not have your
suitcase shoved up against the wall and you can barely walk through and all that
sort of stuff. The next is, and this is sort of a large
aspect --- or many aspects to this aspect --- it's sort of the type of traveler
or what your personal situation is. Some people when they are
going on a trip, they are going to... maybe they want to have an
adventure --- that would sort of make you think more the Airbnb... you want to go to
a neighborhood, you want to do something really interesting, an adventure. Maybe
you just want to relax --- that means you may be more likely to want to have a
hotel where you don't have to think about what you're doing every day. You
can just go down to the pool, you can go down to the beach or whatever and
you're good to just sort of enjoy yourself without having to
think about too many aspects of things. Now on these same lines, in terms of
types of travelers, you may be someone that has physical limitations.
So that may be something that you have to take into account as well.
Hotels obviously do a much better job of dealing with people that have
physical limitations, whether that means you're in a wheelchair or you just, you
know, can't walk up flights of stairs or whatever the situation is.
Last summer I with my family stayed in Portugal and we stayed in two
different Airbnb locations, which were awesome, but they were on the fourth
floor and the sixth floor I believe with no elevator and very
narrow stairs that were very steep and we had to haul our luggage up all there.
There was a lot of work to get to those apartments, even though the apartments
themselves were nice and we were staying in interesting locations. If
we'd had physical limitations, we could not have stayed in the places that we
were. So the next thing is: are you alone? Are you with others? If you're alone a
lot of times you're probably more likely to want to choose a hotel, right? Because
you're sort of, you don't need a big space and to have the
amenities around and whatever is... it's just as good for you as
staying at an Airbnb type situation. The next aspect is something that will
come into play for some people and that's rewards. Obviously some people
that travel often for work will get rewards through hotel rewards programs
or other rewards programs they might have. And that may make you more
predisposed to staying at a hotel, where if you were thinking about staying at a
vacation rental, that type of thing, most of them are not connected in any
way to any of these reward programs so you are just going to be paying that
money out of pocket. And so that is going to affect your decision in many cases.
The next aspect is privacy. In a hotel you obviously have a lot of people
around and while your room itself may be private, when you go into your common
areas, there gonna be a lot of people around. If they're serving breakfast in
the morning there's going to be, you know, a hundred people trying to get to the
oatmeal. And so you're just gonna have to deal with the fact that it is a
little more of a bustling place. A lot of times if you do an Airbnb or you are
doing some sort of vacation rental, because you're on your own, you
pretty much wake up on your own and you're
in your own space, it's a little more like being at home, and you don't have
other people that you're sort of dealing with during the day and
especially at times when, you know, you don't feel like dealing with other
people --- like the early morning, for example. The next aspect to talk about is
safety. We talked about traveling alone. If you are someone who's traveling
alone obviously safety comes into play. You don't want to
necessarily put yourself in an Airbnb apartment in a neighborhood that
maybe you're not real familiar with in a city that you don't know very well.
Because you're alone you don't have anyone else to kind of work with you and
it's more likely that you might have... might have an
issue if there's crime in the area.
Obviously if you have more people, then maybe you have
obviously more people to sort of deal with any potential criminals, you're less
of a target if you have more people in your group in most cases. So, obviously, if
you're alone, the hotel is going to look a little more attractive than an Airbnb
type situation. The last thing I will talk about is: how long will you be there?
The longer your trip is going to be, the more it makes sense to go
after an Airbnb or other vacation rental. If you're only going to be around
for a day or two, it makes sense to just stay in a hotel.
The other ones are really more for... vacation rentals are really more for an
experience where you're gonna be there a while, where you can kind of stretch out,
you can open that suitcase and pull your stuff out and kind of make
yourself at home for a while. If you have just a short trip, it doesn't make as much
sense to go after a vacation rental or an Airbnb
because you're just... you're just not looking for that longer-term
experience. All that said, there are many times there are hotels and
vacation rentals that are sort of you merging or... that experience
is changing as well. So you may come across many other things that are
sort of a a fusion of the two. I was just in Austin not too long ago, ended up
staying in a "hotel" that really was an apartment building where they
had to give me the codes to get in and everyone I dealt with was by
phone, by text, by email. I never saw anyone, there was no
front desk. There were people who lived in this building while we were
considered to be hotel guests. But in essence it was almost the same as having
a vacation rental. It was a nice spacious apartment that we were staying
in versus really being what you would think of as the traditional hotel room.
So there obviously are, you know, blurring lines between those things. But those are
the many aspects to think about when you are planning your vacation travel or maybe
even your business travel. I would love to know what your preference is,
especially if you have tried both... when you stay at a hotel versus
when you stay at a vacation rental... and what your reasons are for that.
Thanks for watching. Please go to ProudMoney.com where we talk about
other personal finance topics and do product reviews and all sorts of other
stuff too. Thanks for watching. Bye.
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What is It About Just Brittany That Everyone Seems to Have a Problem With? - Duration: 7:58.
What is It About Just Brittany That Everyone Seems to Have a Problem With?
Just Brittany is about to get into a fight. again.
Just Brittany vs. Keely
This weeks episode of Just Brittany Vs. Everybody Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, Brittany pops off on the one person thats been her ally, Keely.
All Keely is trying to do is mediate a contract dispute between Stevie J and Brittany but things went left real quick.
Seriously, watch the sneak peek video above to see things go from business to real personal.
With all of the screaming and yelling this moment feels eerily familiar to almost every other scene that weve ever seen Just Brittany in.
Like, why is sis always attracting drama?.
Just Brittany vs. The Cast of Signed
We first met Brittany on Signed and even though she caught Rick Ross eye, she insisted she was there to only focus on herself and personal grind.
Lets just say she didnt make a strong first impression on the rest of the cast during a game of cards.
Sure a game of spades can be tense, but she turned up from 0 to 160 pretty quickly.
Just Brittany vs. The Women of Signed
Then there was the time M. Rose was heavily criticized for sampling music and Just Brittany was praised for doing the same thing.
When cast mate Bria called out Brittanys attitude for not understanding their gripes about the double standard (and called her a bitch), Just Brittany stood up and shouted Youre mad because Im sexy? Youre mad because I have a body?.
Just Brittany vs. Erica Mena (feat. Estelita) Round One
We were shocked to see Just Brittany join the cast of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, but werent shocked to see her make another explosive first impression.
When Estelita showed up to Brittanys rehearsal to give Stevie J a piece of her mind, Just Brittany made a comment that rubbed Erica Mena the wrong way.
Somehow, a conversation where Estelita was screaming at Stevie turned into a dragging match between Erica and Just Brittany.
Just Brittany vs. Erica Mena (feat. Estelita) Round Two
During a good old fashioned Love & Hip Hop dinner table sit down to discuss an upcoming showcase, their beef was reignited for round two.
Still upset by the fact that Erica insinuated that she slept her way to the top and had a yeast infection on her face, Brittany told Erica to calm down and go take care of her son.
Erica does not play when it comes to her kid, so as youll see int he video above things got especially heated.
Security!!!.
Now that weve taken a good look at her past beefs, we gotta ask:.
Does Just Brittany bring this drama on herself?
Its not her fault if people are jealous of her.
She definitely has an attitude problem.
Im JUST here for the drama.
Be sure to watch the drama continue to unfold on Mondays episode of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta at 8/7c.
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What Is the Difference Between Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR)? - Duration: 4:24.
Alicia?
Alicia!
Oh, yeah?
Are we starting this thing?
Okay, okay!
Hello there!
Sorry about that.
You may be wondering what I was doing before that had me so distracted?
No?
You're just wondering why we didn't cut that part out of the video?
It was for "comedy" okay, guys!
Just play along.
Like I was saying, I was checking Instagram.
You see, I love the gram.
I low-key strive to be an Insta influencer
by posting thoughtfully curated photos and stories.
See? It's going well, isn't it?
But I'm going to let you in on a little secret — this isn't my reality.
Shocker, I know.
But not only am I not in a different country every other day,
I don't even look exactly like this!
Most of these stories have been enhanced with augmented reality, or more commonly known as AR.
Umm AR?
Don't you mean VR?
No, Megan.
Ugh, I knew this was going to happen.
People always mix up augmented and virtual reality.
Okay, cue the new title card.
Augmented reality?
Virtual reality?
Sounds like a science fiction movie, but the two technologies
have been getting a lot of hype.
They allow us to travel to unknown destinations
and become PokéMasters right from the comfort of our living rooms.
But how do these two technologies differ?
Let's break it down.
Augmented reality, or AR, allows people to add digital elements into their actual environment.
You've probably interacted with this technology already.
Pokémon Go, social apps, and even the NFL all use AR.
My Instagram stories?
Yeah, those were taken with the help of Instagram's life changing AR technology …
the pretty filter.
Virtual reality, or VR, is a wholly immersive experience that allows the user
to interact with new virtual worlds.
Instead of placing a palm tree in your kitchen,
it makes you feel like you're drinking rosé in the South of France.
Oh, I could get used to this.
Okay, so AR adds things to your existing world and VR changes your world,
but which play is better to incorporate into your work world?
If you're looking to completely escape your office
and avoid being interrupted by your annoying co-workers, we recommend VR …
and possibly finding a new job.
But if you're looking to upscale your content and interact with your audience
in a smart, thoughtful way, we recommend AR.
Augmented Reality presents real opportunities for SMBs now.
Why?
Well for starters, billions of consumers already own an AR device …
their smartphone.
Apple and Android are encouraging developers to build AR applications
to better connect with their customers.
Retailers like Wayfair are already taking advantage of the technology
by letting shoppers see how their home would look with a piece of furniture before they buy it.
And Bud Light partnered with the NFL to sponsor an AR face painting feature on the Denver Broncos,
Houston Texans, and Philadelphia Eagles' apps.
Imagine the impact AR could have on one-to-one customer service interactions.
Businesses could leverage AR and video-calling technology
to walk consumers through repairs more efficiently.
For example, a contractor could draw on a live image of a prospect's kitchen
to show them how they would tackle a remodel.
If businesses have the technical talent or an engaging idea on how to leverage existing applications,
AR could be worth exploring.
On the flip side, VR requires specific hardware, like an Oculus Rift headset,
which only a small percentage of the population owns,
making widespread adoption slow.
The opportunity for AR is now
and with no clear brands leading the pack, businesses that invest early on could see a huge payoff.
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