This is the second time we’ve made our way to a farmstay in the dark. And unlike most Airbnb arrivals, farms are usually tucked far away from street lamps, which meant that as we approached the Cottage at Oak & Hare Farms in Cannon County, Tennessee, our headlights were slicing through pitch black forest as we bumbled down a shoulderless road the same width as our car. In the name of full disclosure, these are the moments when doubts about our booking decisions bubble up. We were heading towards a brand new Airbnb that was just five reviews old. But the online photos were enticing, those five reviews were all raves, we needed a Tennessee Airbnb, and the last minute nightly rates in nearby Nashville were staggering. So here we were, winding through pitch black backroads waiting for Google to say “You have arrived.”

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