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....or even small family trips. Maybe you have a baby and don't want to spend a week giving them pre-made purees. Plus you want a real sink so you can wash bot

....or even small family trips. Maybe you have a baby and don't want to spend a week giving them pre-made purees. Plus you want a real sink so you can wash bottles. Maybe you have a toddler and don't want to spend a ton of money in restaurants only to find they won't eat anything. Maybe you just have kids and don't want to be spending a ton of money eating out every single meal for a week. If you want a kitchen, Airbnb is often the only option. If you want to do laundry, Airbnb is often the only option. Laundromats are few and far between in many areas and hotels charge extortionate amounts. Or if you just want three beds because you don't fancy your oldest kid sleeping on a cot or a couch for two weeks. If you're visiting family in a typical residential suburb, instead of some work or tourist destination, Airbnb is often the only option within miles.

xattt 3y ago
> If you want a kitchen, Airbnb is often the only option. I’m not sure about that. Large hotel chains will offer predictable apartment-style lodging (I.e. Residence Inn) if you cough up whole-home AirBnB money. I’m looking at one right now in off-season that goes for about 390CAD per night in Downtown Halifax. University residences also offer suite-style lodging during the summer, and cater to cost-sensitive individuals. This was a thing for ages before AirBnB went mainstream, who are now trying to convince the populace that it’s their way or the highway.
- ghaff 3y ago
  Residence Inn isn't really the equivalent of a house for a larger group--even if I like it for one or two persons myself. There is a soft-of kitchen but you do have predictability at least even at the cost of more interesting, if less predictable, options. (Which is fine for me in a lot of situations.)
- freddie_mercury 3y ago
  Not all universities around the world do that. Not all destinations are anywhere close to a university. Hotels that offer a full kitchen, and not just a kitchenette are rare and severely limit your options. I visited Surprise, Arizona, earlier this year. There is a single option with a full kitchen: a Residence Inn. But the only options are a studio or a 1-bedroom. Hope you're not traveling with kids. It does come with a fold-out couch. Yay? The next closest option is another Residence Inn 12 kilometers away...but that one doesn't even have a fold-out couch so for more than 2 people you need to rent 2 rooms. I can't even find an extended stay place in the greater Phoenix area that offers two bedrooms. Not to mention Residence Inn has 0 hotels in Asia. I live in Asia and apartment-style lodging from large hotel chains is not common. I don't think your experience in America generalises to the rest of the world very well.

xattt 3y ago

> If you want a kitchen, Airbnb is often the only option. I’m not sure about that. Large hotel chains will offer predictable apartment-style lodging (I.e. Residence Inn) if you cough up whole-home AirBnB money. I’m looking at one right now in off-season that goes for about 390CAD per night in Downtown Halifax. University residences also offer suite-style lodging during the summer, and cater to cost-sensitive individuals. This was a thing for ages before AirBnB went mainstream, who are now trying to convince the populace that it’s their way or the highway.

ghaff 3y ago
Residence Inn isn't really the equivalent of a house for a larger group--even if I like it for one or two persons myself. There is a soft-of kitchen but you do have predictability at least even at the cost of more interesting, if less predictable, options. (Which is fine for me in a lot of situations.)
freddie_mercury 3y ago
Not all universities around the world do that. Not all destinations are anywhere close to a university. Hotels that offer a full kitchen, and not just a kitchenette are rare and severely limit your options. I visited Surprise, Arizona, earlier this year. There is a single option with a full kitchen: a Residence Inn. But the only options are a studio or a 1-bedroom. Hope you're not traveling with kids. It does come with a fold-out couch. Yay? The next closest option is another Residence Inn 12 kilometers away...but that one doesn't even have a fold-out couch so for more than 2 people you need to rent 2 rooms. I can't even find an extended stay place in the greater Phoenix area that offers two bedrooms. Not to mention Residence Inn has 0 hotels in Asia. I live in Asia and apartment-style lodging from large hotel chains is not common. I don't think your experience in America generalises to the rest of the world very well.