I’ve stayed in several whole-home rentals that were far more stressful than hotels. Broken fixtures, water outages, disgusting roaches seen in living spaces and

I’ve stayed in several whole-home rentals that were far more stressful than hotels. Broken fixtures, water outages, disgusting roaches seen in living spaces and bedrooms, lack of amenities that were promised in the rental description, bad neighborhoods where my car was broken into, and hosts who try to charge me by claiming I didn’t properly take away trash or recycling even when I followed instructions perfectly. Meanwhile, hotels have a great track record of safety, cleanliness and consistency of service from one place to the next. They’re not perfect, but I’m a big fan of saving just a small additional amount of money to stay in a hotel. To boot, hotels actually pay their taxes and I don’t have to feel bad about the booking portal company for hotels hustling municipalities and finding ways to lie/cheat/steal to avoid fair burdens to demonstrate compliance with tax laws, like with Airbnb.