Review

You just priced out a weekend trip and the hotel quotes are absurd. $300/night for a cramped room with no kitchen, fighting over a single bathroom with your travel companions, and paying $20 for a mediocre breakfast buffet. For families, it's worse—you need two rooms minimum, doubling your costs while the kids are still crammed together. You're not being cheap; hotel pricing has simply become disconnected from the value they provide. The hotel model was designed for business travelers on expense accounts, not families or groups trying to actually enjoy a destination. You get a bed, a TV, and maybe a mini-fridge. No space to spread out. No ability to cook a simple breakfast or store leftovers. No living room for the group to hang out without sitting on beds. And somehow this costs more than renting an entire home? The math simply doesn't work for most leisure travel. A family of four in a major city easily spends $400-600/night on a decent hotel, plus $50-100 daily on meals they could have made themselves. Extended stays become financially brutal. Business travelers absorb it; everyone else suffers or just doesn't travel. This disconnect is exactly why Airbnb exists. For the same price as one hotel room—often less—you get an entire apartment or house with a full kitchen, multiple bedrooms, laundry, and actual living space. You can stay in residential neighborhoods instead of tourist traps, shop at local markets, and live like a resident rather than a visitor. The platform has over 7 million listings across 220+ countries. The Superhost program identifies the best-reviewed properties, AirCover provides booking protection, and Instant Book lets you confirm immediately without back-and-forth. For remote workers, filters for WiFi speed and dedicated workspaces make finding work-friendly stays easy. The value proposition isn't even close—more space, better locations, and lower costs. If you're still defaulting to hotels, you're probably overpaying.