I used to be a big fan of Airbnb, but have gone back to hotels. Cost is one thing, but honestly, the entire Airbnb experience is shit now: - Used to be very pe

I used to be a big fan of Airbnb, but have gone back to hotels. Cost is one thing, but honestly, the entire Airbnb experience is shit now: - Used to be very personal/unique. You’d stay in someone’s house while they were camping/whatever for the weekend, they’d meet you to handover keys, give you tips about the area, etc. Now it’s just some landlord with 17 properties that you never see - You almost always have to go to some random storefront far from the apartment to pick up the keys - When things go wrong, there’s no front desk to help you out. For example, I stayed at an Airbnb with very sketchy wiring, power went out in a snow storm and the place became freezing cold, took a full day before the host would do anything - Hosts often try sketchy things, like making you pay off platform damage deposits - Not only are there no cleaners, if you don’t clean to their satisfaction, they charge you extra - Hotels offer so many things that Airbnbs generally don’t: late checkout, watch your bags, gym, pool, etc. - And yeah, it’s very, very often more expensive than a hotel I also don’t like that it’s contributing to making longterm rental markets worse worldwide, by eating up already scarce rental properties. I’m very, very bearish on Airbnb longterm.