I don't stay in Airbnbs anymore because it's morally sketchy

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I don't stay in Airbnbs anymore. It's morally sketchy — and hotels are cheaper and better in every way.

Once I started seeing stories like this, I couldn't get them out of my head. And I started thinking: do I really want to be a part of this incredibly troublesome trend? The answer was a definitive no.

Add that to the increased costs and rules of staying in an Airbnb and I'm officially back to hotels. I stayed in a hotel recently with my family and it was amazing. Not only was it $160 cheaper than an Airbnb but there were so many amenities. It wasn't anything fancy, but I forgot how luxurious even mid-range hotels can be. There was coffee and breakfast in the lobby every morning and our room was freshened up each day while we were out.

It was also nice to know there was a hotel employee there 24/7. It made me feel safer than staying in a stand-alone house. I did miss having a kitchen to cook my own food in, which is one of the pros with so many Airbnbs. We have a trip coming up and in an ideal world and ideally, we would stay in a locally owned bed and breakfast.That way, we get the charm of a local place and we know the money goes to the owners and the community. That would be ideal.

Maybe it's the bias of my social circle , but it seems like the tide is turning away from Airbnbs. We want to be aware of the effects our decisions have on our wallets and on other people. Airbnb just doesn't align with us anymore, financially or morally.A representative for Airbnb provided this statement: There have been more than 1.

 

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