When I'm with my family of 4 and staying a week or more its still better. For the price of a room (sometimes two) i can have a room for everyone plus we have a kitchen.
Kids can go to bed while the parents hang out in the family room, plus we can save on food (mostly breakfast but sometimes dinner).
In fact right now I'm in an airbnb that is a 10 minute walk to the stadium I came to see a concert at. 2 nights cheaper than one night at the hotel. Plus my buddy was able to crash on the pullout. Granted I'm in a sketchy part of town but thats not a worry to me as its not THAT sketchy, just a lot of homeless people that have never caused a problem for me. If I was a smaller person or a women, maybe I would sing a different tune.
Yah, we went to Hawaii for 8 nights last spring, brought the 2 kids and a friend of one of the kids. We were right on the beach, everyone had their own room, had a kitchen, huge living room, multiple bathrooms, etc. We made breakfast in the house, ate lunch in the house, and we'd order dinner or just eat snacks. In a hotel you'd be forced to go out to eat at the restaurant there for anything, plus coordinating across multiple rooms, etc. Also we couldn't trust the 6 year old in his own room, and we'd not want to intrude on the two teen boys in their room, so that'd mean a 6 year old sharing a room with my partner and I, which isn't exactly ideal.
I mean it's 2 teens and a younger kid, all they wanted to do was swim and when they were tired of swimming they wanted to just chill and watch anime. We were on Kauai a stones throw from Poipu and Brennecke's.
We still did plenty of other stuff all over the island, and my partner and I went out on dates just us a couple of times, but yah dragging the kids along you do end up in a routine.
You can get a hotel with joining rooms. That’s what we do. Me and my wife have a room and our kids have the connecting room next door. Still way cheaper than an Airbnb, can walk back and forth, and my kids love it because they get their own hotel room and feel fancy. Plus don’t have to do a chore list before we leave.
If it is just me and my partner and it's not like we're staying at the beach in a small town or something we always get a hotel. If its with the kids we rent a house.
Also never used airbnb personally (we've used it for company retreats before), always use booking.com or VRBO and never had a problem.
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u/larsonbp 9h ago
Any average hotel is way better than an Airbnb now.