In my personal experience Airbnb is good when you are travelling with a large group of people (6+) and/or with children.
You can get a house with 3-4 rooms, a few bathrooms, a functional kitchen, laundry area, etc, for about half the price as it would be if you got double rooms at hotels for the same number of people, and it's much more convenient since you're not spread across different floors.
For solo travel tho, I'd rather book a hotel sight unseen than use airbnb, since too many people try to make their couch in the corner look like a nice private room in the listing.
> I have no idea what Airbnb offers that hotels don't do better.
As a business? They avoid tons of regulations there for zoning, public safety, etc. That leads to higher profit margins.
To a consumer? I'm not 100% sure anymore. Except some places where hotels are booked through AirBnB to gain better access to customers
Re:The $10m OMG Fund
by JonChesterfield on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @09:54AM
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It's really easy to find an airbnb that accepts dogs and really hard to find a hotel that does.
Re:The $10m OMG Fund
by datashaman on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @05:57AM
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booking.com is often cheaper than directly booking with a hotel.
I've worked for a hotel chain in the past. They're using the same rate codes you could be using booking directly with the hotel. They just know how to show the lowest rate code possible.
If you look at hiltons on booking.com and booking at hilton.com you'll see different prices, until you go through the hilton.com process and select non-refundable/non-cancelable rates, then they're the same rate, expect if you book via booking.com you don't get any points with the hotel chain.
I just checked a bunch of normal boutique hotels and their listing inspire much more confidence and are actually cheaper. At this point I have no idea what Airbnb offers that hotels don't do better.