My wife and I are what I call “hybrid digital nomads”. We stay in a unit in a “Condotel” [1] we bought last summer six months out of the year - October through mid March - and we fly around the US staying in mid range extended stay hotels the rest of the year.

We experimented with AirBnb one time last year while we were in Florida looking at places before we bought. While the experience wasn’t bad, we really prefer hotels.

At a hotel, we always have access to a gym, the vast majority of the time we have access to a pool and we have consistency.

I know exactly how much we will be paying, we check in before we get there on the app, our digital key is usually ready and we go straight to the room and unlock the door with our phone. When we get ready to leave. We leave. We don’t have to wash anything. Clean up anything. Nothing. We just leave.

We don’t have to worry about auditioning to find a place to stay our ratings as guests and we know the exact address of the hotel.

We usually fly out on Sunday. When I land, I want to know what I’m going to get. I prepare my work setup when I land. My wife does an Instacart order.

I don’t have to worry about shady owners, renting places that aren’t zoned for short term stays etc.

If I have an issue, and the hotel can’t or won’t fix it, I can look for another hotel, cancel the reservation with no questions asked and move on.

Not to mention that I’m also getting loyalty points along the way - worth around 25-30% - of each dollar spent for future stays.

We are using the points we earned to stay free for a week this year in a San Juan, PR, Los Angeles, Niagara Falls Canada and Toronto. We stayed in downtown Savannah for a week free New years week.

[1] https://www.thebalancemoney.com/what-is-a-condotel-5212277