I’ve been living in Airbnb’s since June 2015: Stayed for four nights. Great but with issues. The great: Right in the center of a tourist district (3 major attractions less than a block away). Attractive and spacious rental with a comfortable bed, and most of what you’d need, or you can ask the owner for it (mother in law suite attached to her home) and she’s happy to oblige. Really nice helpful owners. The full sized refrigerator has no freezer, but she’ll give you access to the one in her garage. The Wifi clocked slowest at 2.45 download and about the same up at 7pm, but 17.23 down and 21.24 up at 2pm — so pretty good. The issues: WiFi glitches on a semi regular basis, probably the provider’s fault. All the windows open to the driveway and are visible to the apartment building next door, yet there’s no privacy shades, just blackout curtains (should have both). If you’re concerned about safety I suggest only opening the UPPER windows, and keeping the large ground level ones closed, otherwise their construction makes them super easy to open completely from the outside. (The only one you can’t do this with is the bathroom window, but there’s a fan) The bathroom opens right into the kitchen, which health & safety codes make illegal in US, AU, UK, etc, because of what goes airborne when you flush if you don’t lower the lid … but NZ is the most deregulated country in the OECD, so guessing it’s to code here (but its something to stay aware of when using the kitchen). Overall, keeping all of that in mind, along with price and location, I would still happily stay here again … OH, and the owners have a motion activated security camera installed in the living room which they promise is only on when they’re out of town or the apartment is unoccupied.