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Airbnb has made me really appreciate a good old-school hotel. Find a nice one, and it's so much nicer than any airbnb I've stayed in.

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This is unfortunately/fortunately (?) absolutely not the case in huge parts of Europe.

Guess it depends where you want to travel. I tend to use hotels in Europe now when I travel. My experiences are just as good, if not better, in hotels most of the time.

But Europe's a big place, so I can accept that it's not the case everywhere.

If you care about the price, youth hostels are way cheaper (and includes you in the local life faster), if you don't hostels are just better. For medium-term, Airbnb is still great though.

I came here to say this and you beat me to it. I'd rather pay a few extra bucks a night, get a free breakfast, and not have to worry about doing a bunch of crap like loading a dishwasher before leaving (lest I get a poor rating). In some cases, I'm finding hotels are actually cheaper. My experience is mostly in the US, but I also stayed at a few hotels in England (shoutout to the Holiday Inn next to Luton airport) and was happy with those as well.

Absolutely. Airbnb is great if you want a really unusual stay. Like a treehouse in the Scottish highlands. It should corner that market.

But if you just want an apartment, go stay in a nice hotel.

I stayed at https://another.place in the English Lakes and it was delightful, and only slightly more expensive than an AirBnb in the same area. And like you say... I got breakfast included. Maybe hoteliers will see this as a sign that the pendulum is swinging back if they up their game.

When I live somewhere for three months, I need a kitchen.

If a hotel offered a kitchen be fine, but they do not.

Hotels and AirBnB are only interchangeable if you're looking at a hotel-length stay.

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