Also, the amenities: you can never get a hotel room with a washing machine and a stove, so you either need to pack a lot of clothes or go to the laundry shop (if there's any). And you cannot cook anything, you cannot even heat up leftover food. Hell, there aren't even any cutleries.

Also, most of the case Airbnb wifi worked for me better than hotel wifi. Even if slow as hell, it's still stable. But in a hotel... good luck with using the internet for anything.

[–] spauldo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You might want to check into extended stay hotels like Candlewood or Home2. You get a refrigerator, stove top, dishes and cutlery, a lending locker with things like toaster ovens and crock pots, laundry facilities, a small gym, etc.

Stay away from the cheap ones like Value Place and you're usually good.

The guests tend to be blue collar types doing industrial work.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same here. I've probably done over a dozen stays now. I just always book with a Super Host or whatever they call them, check their rules and fees over a few times, and most places I stay, the owner lives there on the same property.

I like it because I figure people won't ignore things like bedbugs in their own full time living space, I like getting to know them and their tips for what to check out and where to eat. I like meeting their pets! And it makes it feel like you're staying somewhere in particular, not in a generic space that could be anywhere in the world, it is one unique spot that is nowhere else.

I do agree with the problems it can cause in communities. My neighborhood isn't Airbnb homes, but due to many foreclosures, we do have a lot more rentals and it does have a different vibe, so I can empathize with that. But I have only stayed at one that the host didn't live on site. That is in a middle of nowhere place in a very rural area I've been visiting by entire life though, and most of the already not great hotels in the area have closed.

I wouldn't not ever stay in a hotel, but I try to go to unique places and I feel the experience I seek out on Airbnb adds to my traveling.