That would suck. Airbnb is great if you need housing in a weird location with no hotels (e.g. walking distance from something in Santa Clara), it's great for ex

That would suck. Airbnb is great if you need housing in a weird location with no hotels (e.g. walking distance from something in Santa Clara), it's great for extra privacy (e.g. getting a TH in a quiet area in Europe away from both your loud hotel-mates and the loud tourists outside), it's great when you just want a bed on the cheap (everywhere; why pay for a hotel and its overhead when I need a place to store a backpack, shower and crash 8 hours a day). It's also great for weird places if that's your thing (I love it when they have a dog you can play with; sometimes there's house cooked meals; I actually once stayed in a house where the listing explicitly called out that a cat will likely come to your room and go into the bed :)). Oh yeah and places with assigned parking with no obnoxious valet system and parking charges are great everywhere. The only inconvenience is usually the key hand-off, but private places usually have lock boxes these days, and shared ones have people living there. The secret is never staying in airbnb-s that look like they are run like a hotel.