I’ve never seen an AirBnB listing say you have to cook, because it’s assumed.

“BnB” means bed and breakfast, which of course has lost its meaning with Airbnb.

I knew someone whose family ran a small bed-and-breakfast (pre-web).

I don’t think they cooked all 3 meals but they did at least provide breakfast and brownbag lunch.

Well the "Air" part is for air mattress, which is no longer true, if it ever was. The name was supposed to connotate a very spartan take on a traditional bed-and-breakfast. I've never heard of anyone booking all-inclusive travel through airbnb.

In my experience, and I've stayed at a lot of them, BnBs usually have a hot sit down breakfast but it's not universal. I've certainly stayed at BnBs where the host is politely but firmly clear they're not there to entertain you and there will be coffee out in the morning and feel free to grab so yogurt from the fridge. While there is usually fruit and muffins that you can grab for lunch, they don't usually provide a brownbag lunch as such and rarely dinner.

I've been to hotels like that: yeah, there's a breakfast room; but breakfast is a plastic cup of coffee, a roll, and a packet of cornflakes.

I hate staying in hotels, but one benefit is getting a nice hot breakfast served to you.

The hotels with free breakfasts in the US tend to be pretty crappy buffets. Generally a lot different from what's served at a good BnB. But at least it's something and I'm not inclined to pay for a full breakfast given I don't normally eat one.

You make it sound like you weren't affected by the need to cook? Do you know how to cook?

Edit: If you weren't on that trip then please accept my apologies.

The last two times we traveled, we looked at Airbnb versus hotels. The Airbnb's were all ~$150 for a bedroom in a shared space with shared bathroom/kitchen/living room, or ~1000-~1500 for a house or one floor of a two-story house. The hotel was $325 and $275 for a suite style in both cities.

To me, it's worth it to get consistent quality, guaranteed privacy, no questions about safety, and again, consistency in quality.

And I prefer Airbnb because sometimes I can't afford hotels. It means you're richer than me. I'm glad there are offerings for both of us.

In many markets the prices are very close, once you factor in Airbnb's fees, cleaning services and local taxes/levies. Airbnb is most useful for non-traditional stays, like a cabin at the lake.

She was mad because she had to cook? Perhaps she didn't realize it was an AirBnB? I had no idea there were fully-catered AirBnBs.