Martina Devlin: Out of principle, I no longer stay in Airbnbs – but ministers need to take a stand too

When we stayed in an Airbnb in Serbia’s capital Belgrade in 2019, we felt we were living like locals – here was an apartment owned by Serbians, in a block full of Serbians going about their daily business, situated in a community rather than a tourist area. We exchanged nods with residents on the communal staircase, queued behind them in the supermarket and drank in their local bar..