Travelers have a choice these days -- stay in a hotel or an apartment. Crashing on your cousin's couch may be an option for some, but we'll leave that for another thread.
AirBNB's have some advantages: lower pricing as a rule .. extra space normally .. and full kitchens most of the time.
I'm staying in an AirBNB on a monthly rental right now .. and thus qualify for a 25 percent additional discount. It cost me twice as much (per day) to stay at a hotel in the same neighborhood on a previous trip.
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However, hotels offer advantages too...
1. If you cancel a trip with at least a few days notice, there is typically no cancellation charge by most hotel-related sites such as booking.com ....
AirBNB will slap you with a stiff cancellation fine -- euphemistically called a non-refundable "service fee." The size of the fine may vary, but $150 US is not unusual.
2. A hotel can often crack down immediately if there is a noisy guest in a nearby room or his/her dog is getting out of hand. It's a trickier situation at an apartment building.
3. Hotels may offer amenities, such as an on-site restaurant with room service .. a swimming pool .. or pick-up-at-your-room laundry service.
4. A hotel may be available right next to a casino or landmark you want to visit frequently during your stay. It is often more difficult (though not impossible if you message the prospective host) to figure out the distance between an AirBNB apartment and such landmark prior to the trip.
5. If you require daily cleaning of the room, a hotel will normally include it at no additional charge.
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This thread welcomes your opinions of AirBNB versus hotel. AirBNB is a stand-in on this post for other apartment opportunities that may be less well-known. I leave it to Brother Archer's discretion whether to post Spanish-language website(s) that offer low-cost apartment stays.
FYI, a poster on another expat.com forum strongly objected to my saying I was staying at an AirBNB, calling it an "ad". However, since I do not profit from -- nor am associated financially with -- AirBNB or any of its offerings, this forum affords me the freedom of speech to discuss AirBNB.
cccmedia at an AirBNB