[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.