In the end, I baulked at paying tribute to Fifa, whose lawyers crushed all attempts to market World Cup lodgings through any channels other than their own.
According to the study, guests renting apartments or lodgings through Airbnb spent $12.7 million on their accommodations, but spent an additional $43.1 million on local activities and events.
Well, it had a really big night last Saturday, hitting a new record with more than 60,000 guests booking lodgings through the service.
GRABBING the Yellow Pages, I thumbed through the lodgings section, and selected the first hotel I saw with a Madison Avenue address, located somewhere in the 90's.
Local heroes For an insight into local culture, book lodgings with a family through a company such as Homestays Grenada (07429 540 849; homestaysgrenada.com), and join in activities including Caribbean cookery and steel-pan lessons.
The jump to Android comes with a refresh of the company's web app as well, and now both Android and mobile web users can search for listings through their phone, book lodgings the night of, access their itinerary and host details.
Using the iPad's big screen, you can flip through photos of destinations and lodgings, create itineraries and discover flights, hotels, restaurants, activities and more.
After each day's work and a sparse but leisurely dinner, with or without electricity, Jacques walks me down the hill through the night back to my lodgings.
GREENS WITHOUT FEES -- Through Feb. 28, guests at the lodgings on Sea Island, Ga., will receive one round of golf each day on the islands' three courses, designed by Davis Love 3rd, Rees Jones and Tom Fazio.
B & B THE FRENCH WAY -- A six-night package in France offered by Country Cottages of Boca Raton, Fla., starts at $1,098 a person, double occupancy, through June 15, including bed-and-breakfast lodgings, round-trip trans-Atlantic air fare and a rental car.
Confused by the lights and loud sounds, he ducks into Snooty Towers, where he predictably picks his way through a human family's food and lodgings, to humorous effect.
