Same, wife's photo allows us to book wherever. Airbnb got rid of the host being able to see pics upfront though so it should get better on the tipEvery trip... we used it in NYC, Paris, London and Croatia. Only place we kinda got burnt was London, but we picked the cheapest place we could find there. Lesson learned. I prefer it though... nobody rifling through your shyt, nobody in your business watching you come and go, and you don't have to eat out every meal. I like to cook so it really works well.
Going to use it in Barcelona and Tel Aviv next month. They can be on that though, my wife books everything