My experience is the opposite. I've used Airbnb dozens of times by now (am typing this from one, in fact), have rarely had a bad experience, and always find it

My experience is the opposite. I've used Airbnb dozens of times by now (am typing this from one, in fact), have rarely had a bad experience, and always find it cheaper than hotels, especially nice hotels. The only consistent negative, in my experience, is that there's so much variation that I end up spending way too much time comparing listings before picking one. I've gotten good at it but there's a paralysis issue and I don't really want to spend a whole evening on something like that. I think I have less anxiety around picking a hotel because hotels are more predictable. But I'd hate to go back to before Airbnb.