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Hi Mike, just a cheeky thought. Would you have the space for four people paying for a week in January? A Brasilian girl, boyfriend and parents want to visit Edinburgh then and want to stay with locals, so the thought struck me. It's that or a Gilmore Place B and B which I thought of first. Linzi.
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Hmmm, yes that is a cheeky thought! I probably will put up travelers now and again but unfortunately not 4 folk as its not that big a flat. I can only swing approximately half a cat in the kitchen..

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Hi Mike, just a cheeky thought. Would you have the space for four people paying for a week in January? A Brasilian girl, boyfriend and parents want to visit Edinburgh then and want to stay with locals, so the thought struck me. It's that or a Gilmore Place B and B which I thought of first. Linzi.
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Sirry, just a thought. The people really don't want to stay comfortably but isolated from the culture. B and B it is then. Linzi.
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The could register with couchsurfing.com

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Couch-surfing is a great way to get over the blues if you've got a couch (or even if you haven't actually). Sign up and make an offer or two and the world comes to you, it's almost like travelling and far cheaper. You get to meet new people, get to see where you live through their eyes, and of course you can end up with a bunch of contacts to visit on your next trip. I've had people stay from all over the world and also from just round the corner, and it does seem like most people who do it have the travelling mindset. I've also couchsurfed with people who really don't live that far away from me, and again it gets you out of the "I'm at home, so I'm not travelling" blues.
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