Travel Tip: Thoughts on Where to Stay

Why we are avoiding short-term rentals and AirBnB

Photo by Jason Briscoe on Unsplash

I was inspired by Brenna’s post at Kiss Me on Tulips to think about the criteria we use when choosing a place to stay when we travel. Judging by the filter criteria listed on most booking sites, our priorities are somewhat unusual.

‘Accessible by transit?’ Yes, please; parking garage or airport shuttle? We couldn’t care less.

That got me thinking about how our travel priorities influence our choice of places to stay, and why that’s important to carefully consider.

The death of Airbnb and why design hotels are my favorite way to travel

We have also started to avoid Airbnbs in favor of boutique hotels, largely for two reasons.

First, the large number of full-time vacation apartments has decimated the local housing stock in popular tourist cities, reducing the housing that is available for the people who live there and driving up rents. The city centers of places like Venice and Prague have become virtual city museums devoid of the local life and culture that made them so attractive in the first place.

As Brenna mentions, when …