‘This or That’: Airbnb vs. Hotel

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Airbnb used to be a go-to option for fun, one-of-a-kind lodging. Then the cleaning fees started stacking up. Are Airbnbs worth it anymore, or are hotels the better route to go? In this episode, host Sean Pyles talks with travel Nerd Sam Kemmis about how to decide between an Airbnb and a hotel. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.7	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where you send us your money questions, and we answer them with the help of our genius nerds.
0:43.6	I'm Sean Piles.
0:44.8	This week, we are kicking off a new travel series that we're calling this or that.
0:49.4	Basically, we boil down some of the most common questions about booking travel into head-to-head
0:54.2	comparisons. First up is a face-off of Airbnb versus hotels. Booking Airbnbs used to be one of the
1:01.1	go-to ways to save on lodging, but these days cleaning fees have skyrocketed, and guests aren't
1:06.5	getting the same hospitality that they used to. Nerdwallis travel team did an analysis of over
1:11.3	1,000 Airbnb reservations to see how much people can really expect to spend on Airbnb's.
1:16.6	NerdWallet travel writer Sam Chemis is here today to tell us about the results. Sam, welcome back to
1:22.1	smart money. Thank you. Sean. Great to be here. So when people are traveling, one of the main
1:27.1	concerns for booking accommodations is cost,
1:30.3	and it's a bit hard to compare whether a hotel or an Airbnb is cheaper,
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