@Helen3
Helen, I huff and puff about Airbnb, but in reality, it is out of sympathy for others.
I have had the greatest experience with Airbnb, sure they aren't perfect......who is?
There are not words to describe the wonderful people that Airbnb have brought into my life, I would love to detail those experiences again but...... it just gets boring!
You can't manufacture the lovely stays that come out of nowhere!
If I can just take the liberty of relating one to you.....
Monica and Dave were from Mt Macedon in Victoria. They belonged to a world wide service club and had a 67 year old Japanese woman named Sakura here as part of an exchange program. They wished to show Sakura some of the Australian outback so took her to the Flinders Ranges in my state. On return back to Mt Macedon they booked to stay here for one evening, being the half way point between the Flinders Ranges and home.
It was a lovely warm evening and we were all sitting out in the garden having a drink or two and a cheese plate and the conversation got around to me having a piano in my man cave! Sakura asked if she could see the piano so, we all moved into the mancave!
The next few hours were pure magic! Sakura sat down at that piano and was, hand down, the best jazz pianist I have ever heard. We got a mess of Indian food, polished off a few bottles of wine, and had a night I will take to my grave. Here is Monica's review.....

You can't plan or engineer nights like this, they come out of nowhere.....but there have been so many of them and they have enriched my life so much.
With hosting we do need to keep a balance, sure I know lots of hostings here go off the rails but I need to say that....most don't, they make our lives better!
Cheers.......Rob