[paxys]

If you just need a room for the night, sure, of course you should book a hotel. Airbnb never made sense in that case to begin with. For a slightly higher price, however, Airbnb gets you a 1 bedroom apartment (or 2-4 rooms for an entire group) plus a living room, functioning kitchen, multiple bathrooms, and depending on the property a private patio, pool etc. No hotel can compete with that.

[FireBeyond]

> If you just need a room for the night, sure, of course you should book a hotel. Airbnb never made sense in that case to begin with.

That was literally the origin story and first iteration. "Crash on someone's couch or in their spare bedroom."

[paxys]

People still put spare rooms in their house on Airbnb, and you can still book them. It will be a lot cheaper than a hotel. But that's not what anyone really means when they are talking about Airbnb anymore. The vast majority are looking for a private space.