I'm glad it works for you but as far as I can tell the difference between Airbnb and a hotel is that when you make a reservation at a hotel you actually have a

I'm glad it works for you but as far as I can tell the difference between Airbnb and a hotel is that when you make a reservation at a hotel you actually have a reservation. Meaning you can then just show up and expect the room to be there when you arrive. Whereas with Airbnb you are tying up your money and time based on a mere hope that a room might be available and that the host might respond and tell you so and tell you how to find/access it. Sometimes the host says "sorry, the calendar is wrong - that room's not available". Sometimes the host doesn't reply at all, in which case Airbnb releases the deposit back but you've lost a day or two and now there's less availability. So far I think I'm 0-for-3.