Presidential Innauguration Vacation Rentals in Washington DC

People are taking advantage of President-elect Obama’s inauguration and listing their homes and apartments on craigslist.

The economy may be bleak, but this week, cash-strapped young D.C. professionals and wealthy Washingtonians alike have found a quick way to make a buck: By renting their homes to travelers hoping to witness history in the making.

With Washington’s hotel rooms filling quickly for President-elect Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inauguration, local D.C. residents are getting creative. So are Virginia residents, miles from the festivities, in Tyson’s Corner, and Marylanders as far as Accokeek and Annapolis.

All of them are offering up their homes for inauguration week in late January and contributing to an explosion of ads posted since Election Day on Craigslist.com.

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