There is a popular fallacy going around the internet regarding your listing’s placement in the Airbnb search. Many hosts are certain that in order for their listings to be shown in the first few search results, it’s essential that the host goes to their...
For many years, the Chamberi station – part of Madrid’s metro system – was left abandoned.It was part of the original underground when it was built in 1919. It was one of the eight stations that formed the original network and was designed by...
Have you seen the 1962 movie, The Longest Day? It’s a docudrama (as these things are now called) about the World War Two Normandy landings. D-Day in other words. If you’ve seen the film you might remember the part played by Red Buttons. He played a...
There are some people who are under the impression that Airbnb is still the same as it was when the company first began in 2008. But if anyone is in any doubt that the company has come a long way since its early days then a quick look at Airbnb Luxe will show exactly...
I wasn’t really sure that there were any of the old telephone boxes left in England but there are – about 8,000 of them apparently. Why, I’ve no idea. I don’t know about you but I honestly can’t remember the last time I use a public...
It’s a common complaint from Airbnb hosts – “I can’t find my listing if I search Airbnb in my area!”But this doesn’t mean that potential guests aren’t finding your listing. As we’ve mentioned before, there are many...
The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village was and is a gay bar on Christopher Street. It was in 1969 that a police raid here led to the Stonewall riots, one of the most important events in the history of LGBT rights.If you’d like to visit the Stonewall, please see...
In 1971, so the story goes, people who lived near an abandoned military base in Copenhagen broke into the place. Their intentions were to let their children use the ex-base as a playground.Just a couple of months later, a journalist whose main contribution to the city...
Architecture buffs visiting Montreal are sure to head to see Habitat 67 in the flesh. I’d live in one of its 148 apartments in a heartbeat. What a fabulous complex in a wonderful location. I’d live there in a heartbeat. (Oh, I said that already – two...
Sometimes, it really astonishes me to see what people in history could achieve. That’s especially when it comes to matters of mechanics and the decorative arts. And therefore I’m amazed when I realised that Prague’s Astronomical Clock is over 600...
