I feel like I'm supposed to be somewhat embarrassed to admit, as someone working in tech, that I prefer hotels to Airbnb. Unless hotels are completely booked, overly expensive, or it's a location with few hotels to begin with, I highly value the consistency and reliability of being able to check-in at anytime, knowing there's a baseline of security that a hotel offers, having access to basic amenities like a gym, having access to generally English-speaking staff if it's international, and having flexible cancellation policies depending on the rate.

With Airbnb, you really have no idea what you're going to get until you get there. The platform skews heavily in favor of hosts, and most listings I see have stricter cancellation policies than your average hotel and zero recourse if the host decides they want to cancel on you last minute.