Agreed hotels are far better for most types of trips. Everything is catered for and you're not taking away from local housing. That said I've stayed in some re

Agreed hotels are far better for most types of trips. Everything is catered for and you're not taking away from local housing. That said I've stayed in some really downtrodden "hotels" I'd booked on booking.com that looked OK in photos but were not up to scratch in reality.