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Yeah there's extended stay America too. But usually not where I'm traveling to, and when there is one it's always been completely booked.

The comforter is BRAND NEW it is MADE FOR ME

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Some people are into the smell of mildew.

Location is a biggie for me. You often get a better feel for the city you’re traveling to in residential neighborhoods than hotel areas. Then there are some unique Airbnbs out there. Castle? Tower? Treehouse? I haven’t stayed in any of these, but it’s another reason people look at Airbnb.

Your own pool. 😎

I have an old school style “I live on the property” airbnb (just a spare bedroom with it’s own entrance I walled off) and it’s 1) cheaper than nearby hotels and 2) much nicer, more private and has free snacks and drinks. These new rules only impact shitty hosts who hurt my product. Fuck em.

Traveling with kids it’s nice to have more than 2 beds and a place to do laundry/cook food but they are expensive!

For my gf and I, we prefer to have a laundry machine when we hit multiple places in one trip abroad so we can pack lighter. Also helps to be able to reheat leftovers (most hotels scrapped microwaves, especially similarly-priced boutique hotels in Europe) and cook if we feel lazy to go out

A lot of it is finding the right host - I want people who live local, either the resident who stays there or someone who lives around the corner and checks on the place frequently. Can't be a management company or something like that, then it's basically investment capital.

A comment I regularly think about in the hotel vs airbnb decision is, paraphrased, "if there's a problem with a hotel room, they can switch your room, or otherwise have the supplies to fix the problem right then. Good luck with that in an airbnb."

However, fuck Airbnb.

I've seen hotels with kitchenettes before but I'm not sure if they've been stocked with cookware. I'd definitely prefer a hotel one way or another.

For the big group when they’re like “we can stay up all night,” my response is always give me a hotel so I can close the door and see you folks tomorrow.

This is legit and we’re big fans of the various “Inn & Suites” chain hotels for this purpose (but only one young kid so we don’t need a full second bedroom yet), sometimes even adjoining hotel rooms are cheaper than a decent Airbnb lately. But not having to do the chores anymore is big.

Laundry is another motivator on a longer trip, especially if you have small kids in tow. Hotel laundry prices are $$$$$, and having a washing machine in the apartment means you don’t have to spend several hours at a laundromat—you just do it late at night or during other down time.

Doesn't make sense to me when hotels have offered adjoining rooms literally forever

I mean is it really cheaper than an extended stay hotel that has the kitchen in the room? Honest question as I’ve never done the Airbnb thing for the very reason of not wanting to deal with hosts

Especially if there's any medical issues involved.

Oh the kitchen is what seals the deal for me. You mean I can make a quick breakfast/coffee and save ~$20 every morning on my trip? Yeah I'll take that. Hotels with small kitchens are also clutch

oh yeah the kitchen so you don't have to spend $16 for chicken tenders twice a day is clutch

I'm okay w/starting the dishwasher on the way out, but if they ask for "all dishes washed, dried, and put away", that's an absolute dealbreaker for me. Like, you want me to spend 8am to 11am on checkout morning hanging out waiting for the dishwasher to finish? NO.

Just book a suite

Yeah, that's insane. In my opinion, AirBNB should explicitly ban this "empty the dishwasher" requirement.

one time, when we only had one baby, we fit the pack-n-play in the closet 😬🤷‍♂️

Wife and I rented a small VRBO condo on the beach and returned there for several years. We treated it well, informed owner of a few minor issues and offered to take care of a few small ones. After the second visit, the owner had us book with them directly to cut out corp fees.

If you have more than 2 kids, Airbnb can solve a lot of problems.

Kitchen

I'm at the point in my life where I just need a bed and and enclosed space.

I do airbnb for solo stuff if it's markedly cheaper. I Couldn't find any bulk rate hotels for a week long trip but i was able to talk to a host and stay at this shitty studio for like 80 bucks a day. More pizza money

Hotels are fine, but when you get a neighbor that parties all night, or has screaming kids up at all hours and the hallway is just doors slamming & wedding reception shenanigans until the wee hours…it sucks. Fuck AB&B, though

I could see it for something like Mardi Gras— you actually wanna be in the neighborhood and situated. But that said I’ve still never stayed at one and probably won’t

I think it used to be super cheap but now it certainly isnt and only makes sense for a big group trip.

getting waited on hand and foot VS i cook my own food using the finest kitchen utensils to be found at a nearby goodwill

And your own breakfast chef. What's the point of being away if you have to be sober enough to cook your own breakfast. Even mediocre hotel breakfast is better than hungover cook breakfast.

Chicago has extensive regulations for Airbnb and is not known for encouraging it. Hotels, however, are ubiquitous, well beyond the Loop.

Work trip where you literally just need a single bed and a toilet, cost of a random AirBnB is like 4x lower for a night than an actual hotel

The price really varies depending on the area. Sometimes you can save a lot through Airbnb, sometimes it’s a terrible deal! I always check though, it’s like comparing airlines before booking a flight.

the other place Airbnbs justify themselves is the "resort" space, where you are staying at a nice place as the point of the trip. but that's fundamentally not how I vacation. I have a hotel so I can leave it to go do cool stuff, not because hotels are nice.