airbnb stories Archives - PaulHorne.com https://www.paulhorne.com/category/airbnb-stories/ This tagline isn't necessary Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:55:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 31546029 Pretty little cream puff liar http://www.paulhorne.com/pretty-little-liar/ http://www.paulhorne.com/pretty-little-liar/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:30:09 +0000 http://www.paulhorne.com/?p=960 As a part-time Airbnb host I’m now basically a full-time maid, and have become an expert at quickly cleaning and prepping both my guest rooms and the 2-bedroom unit I manage upstairs. I assumed I’d be constantly tossing out dead hookers and trying to get blood stains out of the carpet — but for the most […]

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]]> http://www.paulhorne.com/pretty-little-liar/feed/ 0 960 I am my mother http://www.paulhorne.com/i-am-my-mother/ http://www.paulhorne.com/i-am-my-mother/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:14:46 +0000 http://www.paulhorne.com/?p=1099 My mom is obsessed with getting the perfect table in a restaurant. The joke was that the first sitting was just so she could have a moment to look around the restaurant and find a more ideal table before requesting to switch. Growing up we were used to this so we just let her drive […]

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]]> http://www.paulhorne.com/i-am-my-mother/feed/ 0 1099 Don’t touch me there. Or anywhere. http://www.paulhorne.com/dont-touch-anywhere/ http://www.paulhorne.com/dont-touch-anywhere/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:06:39 +0000 http://www.paulhorne.com/?p=1078 Being an Airbnb host is a crash course in multiculturalism, as you may be suddenly living with guests who have never been to America, seen a Western toilet, or know what a Bloomin Onion is. One guest insisted I remove the plant from her room, because she was positive the plant would “eat up all […]

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]]> http://www.paulhorne.com/dont-touch-anywhere/feed/ 0 1078 Charming racism and fish http://www.paulhorne.com/charming-racism-fish/ http://www.paulhorne.com/charming-racism-fish/#respond Sat, 04 Mar 2017 18:32:41 +0000 http://www.paulhorne.com/?p=983 Today I had a sweet couple from China, who had just arrived from Vegas on a typical West Coast tour. After losing $100 in Vegas and visiting the outlet shops, they asked for my advice on a fish tackle shop to find a gift for the girl’s fisherman father. I said “If you want to […]

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