Airbnb vs. hotels is like Mom and Pop restaurants vs. fast food to me. You might have a better experience at the former, but you know exactly what you're going to get at the latter.

My last Airbnb went perfectly smoothy but there was still a ton of communication with the host. And that was only part of a dozen+ emails and a similar number of app notifications related to the stay. Why? At some point I just want to show up, crash, and leave.