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Not all airbnbs equate a hotel. Usually families will try and just book an entire home for airbnb. Even suite style hotels aren’t nearly as nice as a multibedroom home with a yard and potentially a pool with zero other guests and the easiest parking situation possible for the rental car. Probably makes a big stress difference for parents with young kids I’d imagine.

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You’re describing another consequence of hotel and land use regulations. Ease up zoning and hotels in a house form-factor will be built, as demand clearly exists!

Even that might not pencil out like the airbnb. Its still potentially someones home so it doesn’t have to stand alone as a business that fully covers its costs and makes a profit margin. A hotel on the otherhand would have to do that. I don’t imagine youd ever be able to rent an entire home from a hotel company for just a few dozen dollars more than a basic hotel room.

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