My wife and I have developed a vacation strategy we call "M&M": markets and museums. We usually book an AirBnB near good transit and food markets. We buy food

My wife and I have developed a vacation strategy we call "M&M": markets and museums. We usually book an AirBnB near good transit and food markets. We buy food for breakfast and dinner at the markets and cook it or have a picnic. So a real kitchen with a fridge and full size stove and often a dishwasher removes a lot of the hassle of eating out every night when we're tired from exploring 8 hours a day. Last place in Paris even had a washer/dryer. Two weeks in heaven. We did have the stay from hell in Queretaro, MX, though. As for the hosts, with one exception they have been extraordinarily helpful: pickups at the airport/bus station, free tickets to a Paris musical(!!!), free lodging with the owner's friend after a devastating hurricane(!!!). I generally have an ongoing conversation with the host via email over the course of the stay, and the cool local tips flow freely. We intensely detest corporate hotels these days. Gonna be in one in Atlanta for two days this week. Yuk. I was in the middle of scoping out the area around the Fair Market in NYC when they passed that recent anti-AirBnB law.