Misterb&b (misterbnb) review 2026: fees, safety and the alternatives

What is misterb&b?

Misterb&b was founded in Paris by Matthieu Jost more than ten years ago. He has said in interviews that being made unwelcome as a gay traveller is what led him to start it (Travel + Leisure, 2024). It began with gay men in mind and now welcomes guests and hosts of every gender (Nomadic Boys, 2025).

Its home page talks about a million LGBTQ+-owned rooms, apartments and LGBTQ+-friendly hotels. That mix matters when you book. Some listings are a spare room in a gay couple's flat, some are whole apartments with no host around, and some are hotels. Misterb&b describes its hosts as "LGBTQ+ locals or allies", so not every host is LGBTQ+ themselves, and it's worth reading each profile.

It also lists clothing-optional stays. We cover those in our guide to clothing-optional B&Bs and homestays.

Misterbnb and misterb&b are the same company. You'll see both spellings, plus "Mister B&B", and the website lives at misterbandb.com.

How much does misterb&b charge?

Guests pay a service fee on top of the nightly price, and hosts have a fee taken from their earnings. Misterb&b doesn't publish a fixed rate for either. Its help centre says the host fee depends on the type of property and where it is, and each host sees their own rate in their listing (misterb&b Help Center).

So the nightly price on a listing isn't what you'll pay. The total you'll actually pay appears before you confirm, so compare that figure, not the nightly rate, when you weigh misterb&b against anywhere else.

What do guests say?

When we checked Trustpilot on 5 November 2026, misterb&b had a TrustScore of 3.9 out of 5 from 3,635 reviews. Just over two thirds gave five stars and 9% gave one star, and the company had replied to 89% of its negative reviews (Trustpilot). Misterb&b's own home page showed a higher figure (4.5) on the same day, so it's worth looking at Trustpilot directly.

Happy guests mostly mention friendly hosts and meeting people they'd never have met in a hotel. The unhappy ones tend to raise the same few things:

a total at checkout that's higher than the price they first saw

a Weere subscription (misterb&b's paid social add-on) that some reviewers say they hadn't meant to take

cancellations and deposits, and who pays when a host cancels

slow answers from customer support

listings that didn't match what turned up

Most booking sites get some of the same complaints. You can catch the first two yourself: before you pay, check the final total and whether any subscription or add-on is selected.

Is misterb&b safe?

Misterb&b says it builds trust through reviews, verified profiles, secure messaging and a trust and safety team that watches for suspicious activity. You can report a host or a listing with the flag icon (misterb&b Help Center). Some profiles also show that an ID has been checked.

Like every site of this kind, it can't promise what a stranger's home will be like. A few habits help wherever you book:

Keep messages and payment on the site, so there's a record if something goes wrong.

Read the reviews, and look at the dates, not just the stars.

If you'll share a home, ask the host about house rules before you book, not on the doorstep.

Check whether the host is LGBTQ+ or an ally, if that matters to you.

There's more in our guide to checking a host before you book.

The alternatives to misterb&b

Airbnb. Airbnb's current non-discrimination policy says hosts may not turn guests down because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. One exception: a host who shares common spaces with guests can choose to welcome only guests of their own gender (Airbnb Help Center). The catch is that you can't search for LGBTQ+ hosts, so you're relying on the policy rather than choosing who you stay with. Our guide to gay Airbnb goes into this in more detail.

Booking.com Travel Proud. Properties that complete a free 90-minute inclusive hospitality course get a rainbow suitcase badge, and you can filter for them. Booking.com says there are more than 150,000 in 163 countries (Booking.com, 2026). The badge means at least one member of staff has done the training. Booking.com doesn't say how many of these are rooms in someone's home.

ebab. A Berlin-based site offering rooms in private homes for gay and lesbian travellers since 1996 (ebab). It's small and simple, and it doesn't publish how many hosts it has.

Purple Roofs. For years this was one of the best-known gay travel directories. Its home page now carries a notice saying it has shut down, dated 28 September 2026 (Purple Roofs), so check before relying on an older recommendation.

Stay with a local on Among Our People. This is ours (Stay with a local). You stay in a room in an LGBTQ+ host's home, with breakfast if your host offers it. Every new listing is checked before it goes public, and hosts can earn an ID-verified badge by passing a check with a photo ID and a selfie. Guests join free and pay their host, and we don't take a commission on bookings; hosts pay a small fixed listing fee instead. The honest drawback is that we're new and hosts are still joining, so in many cities misterb&b will have more choice today.

So which should you choose?

If you want the most choice right now, especially in big cities in Europe and the US, misterb&b is hard to beat, as long as you check the final total and skip any add-on you don't want. If you'd rather stay in a real home with a host who lives there, and you like the idea of your money going to the host rather than a booking fee, try Stay with a local and see who's hosting where you're going. If you're new to all this, our guide to what a homestay is explains how it differs from a B&B or a hotel.

Questions people ask

Is misterb&b safe? It has reviews, verified profiles, secure messaging and a way to report hosts, and most guests on Trustpilot rate it well. As with any site, read the reviews and keep payment and messages on the platform.

How much does misterb&b charge? Guests pay a service fee and hosts have a fee taken from their earnings. Misterb&b doesn't publish a fixed rate, but you'll see the full total before you pay.

Is misterb&b only for gay men? No. It started with gay men in mind but now welcomes guests and hosts of every gender.

Is misterbnb the same as misterb&b? Yes. They're two spellings of the same company, whose website is misterbandb.com.