Similar to Lyft/Uber, AirBNB increased the reach and variety to meet consumer's short-term housing needs. The old "people prefer 70 different spaghetti sauces

Similar to Lyft/Uber, AirBNB increased the reach and variety to meet consumer's short-term housing needs. The old "people prefer 70 different spaghetti sauces to 5" thing. Some aspects of the experience has worsened, and I've been using them since the beginning. Lately these business-oriented AirBNBs have taken over, one I stayed in sent a massive list of paperwork to sign that included requirements like having to send license photos of any additional guests. Having to clean the place is not technically something you do at a hotel, but many AirBNB hosts now come to expect it despite charging cleaning fees. At a hotel you hand them the CC, they hand you the keys, and that's it. The best thing about AirBNBs still remains the fact that you can easily book a treehouse in Tennessee or a palace in Cambodia. That and staying with local hosts who have deep experience wherever you're at is always a unique joy.