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'Wow, You're Using The Kitchen Again:' The Irritations, Perks Of Longer Airbnb Stays

Airbnb is known for offering short stays in someone else's home, but now more people are using it for a month or more. Those longer stays can bring frustrations and weirdness.
Long-term stays are a growing part of Airbnb's business. In August, the company announced it was buying Urbandoor, which helps people find apartments for extended stays. And Airbnb says these longer stays are a big part of its future.

Will Andres crammed in with seven other people into a two-bedroom Airbnb in Washington, D.C., this fall. He needed an affordable place for an internship.

Andres slept on a bunk bed. A new roommate showed up every few days. And while he liked meeting so many new people, it was a weird living situation.

"People would be staying for one, two, three days on end and since I was staying there for a couple months it was ...

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