Skip Home For An Extra Kinky Getaway

It’s that time of year.

- Sean Arenas

It’s that time of year. Mom calls to know when you’re flying in to town. Everyone is going to be here, she says: grandma, grandpa, the cousins, your two brothers, your kid sister. You’re quick to assure her that you’ll book a flight immediately— but that’s when the dread sets in. You can already hear your siblings’ bickering or your mom’s well-intentioned nagging. You can already feel the emotional fatigue from having to make nice with everyone.

There’s a titillating alternative, however, to rushing home for the holidays. For the sexually experienced and those looking to dip their toes (among other things) in BDSM, there’s KinkBNB, described by cofounder Darren Mckeeman as “a sex-positive space sharing community.” Since 2015, the subscription-based service, headquartered in San Francisco, has grown to roughly 500 hosts in over 50 countries, giving users the ability to plan a sexy staycation by renting dungeons and playspaces from kink enthusiasts.

The site boasts seemingly endless options for a range of budgets, locations, and desires. For example, in Orange County, California, a listing claims to be “SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S FINEST BDSM DUNGEON AND MEDICAL FETISH CLINIC,” while in Comox, British Columbia, you can rent a “PRIVATE ROOM WITH PRIVATE YARD & HOT TUB.” The former is listed for $750 a night while the latter is $175. But KinkBNB has nobler ambitions than to be merely a kinky version of Airbnb (although Mckeeman admits they “started out as an Airbnb clone”).