> Good thing we arrived at 11am and not 6pm. or we'd be literally f*cked for the night.

Was mostly suprprised to read this, as if they'd never even heard of hotels. Depending on the location, a hotel may or may not have been available, but there are shocking number of hotel rooms available on any given night in almost any location (U.S. in my exerience)

Hotels don't cost much more when you account for all the various fees and unreliable service or unexpected state of the property.

> Stop trusting shitty platforms that treat you like a product. Hotels have existed for a millenia and good hotels treat their customers very well.

Sure.

> Of course it costs more, this is why. You essentially get what you pay for.

What costs so much here is finding new accommodation at the last second. Airbnb isn't significantly cheaper than a hotel on average, from what I can find. It mainly has a lot more options to draw people in. So really, you're not getting what you pay for.

Hotels have existed for millenia but work almost completely differently now. So there's no reason for them to be more reliable. Scammy hotels are extremely common, especially in touristic destinations. Hotel scams are an entire industry of their own, with fake review, ratings, price frauds...

The problem is that for longer stays the typical hotel room is a lot less comfortable than an Airbnb apartment or condo with more space and a kitchen and without weird hotel WiFi that often barely works at all.

The only time it seems reasonable to use AirBnb is when you’re traveling with a large group to a set destination; then you can rent a whole house and split up chores. Otherwise, you wind up paying just slightly less to stay in a place without service, meals, concierge etc usually far away from any attractions you might be interested in. I haven’t personally had any bad AirBnB experiences, but hotels have so many advantages and aren’t all that costly.

> Of course it costs more, this is why. You essentially get what you pay for.

The pricing isn't that different. It's just a worse service.

- Can't open the damn window in >95% of hotels. It's often too warm.

- Noisy ventilation you can't turn off in a significant number.

- No way to prepare your own food. If I'm staying somewhere for a week (or longer) then I don't want to eat out every day.

- There's rarely decent desk to work at. That thing with 20cm depth and a height suitable for midgets does not count.

- There's rarely a decent sofa.

People don't choose AirBnB because it's cheaper. They choose it because it gives them a better service.

Victim-blaming isn't a good look, especially when the "shitty platform" is a multi-billion dollar company that can damn well afford to treat its customers better.