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> AirBnBs I've stayed in the past few years have all been janky, weird, and not really any cheaper than hotels

And yet, you stay in them.

>>bpodgu+(OP)
Not anymore. They were cheaper, and then the prices crept up, and the quality got worse. Classic enshittification. I loved AirBnB 10 years ago, but I'm back to hotels now.

>>bpodgu+(OP)
How else would you make or reaffirm a first-hand impression?

Also, while I'm not OP, I gave up on Airbnbs a long time ago for the same reasons, and that impression is occasionally refreshed when I stay in an Airbnb that _someone else_ arranged. I will go out of my way to avoid them if it's all up to me.

>>bpodgu+(OP)
If you have a family of 5 or more, hotel rooms suck - either someone sleeps on the floor or you have to find a "suite" that accommodates that. Or multiple rooms.

The major travel sites all push you to multiple rooms - but lots of hotels now don't have "adjoining room" access (compared to say 30 years ago), and in one case, our 2 rooms were on different floors because of check-in time.

The travel sites are picking up on this and competing with airbnb as well. Typically my experience with those rented homes is a) cheaper than airbnb and b) better service. However, I'm sure they are the same type of superhost company that would be banned in Barcelona.

>>r00fus+c8
Yeah I choose AirBnbs that have a bedroom for kids aren't impossible to cosleep in. Never found a hotel that wasn't miserable even with 2 kids.