@Inna22 oh my word, I'm shocked! (well, not really, but come on! these folks can't even read?!?)
I just booked an ABB reservation (did not enjoy the experience! super difficult to see the rules & details during booking process. It was hard to go back and forth between listings to figure out which was preferable. There were SOOOO many terrible listings to sift through. I'm going to be much easier on all my guests in the future and just send them a message after they book - it really isn't their fault that they can't see the rules or answer the questions that I put in the listing for them. ABB just keeps flashing: Book, Book, Book!! so it's hard to tell where you are in the process. Map search didn't work. Payment processing was broken for over 24 hours. Lots of annoying messages kept coming from ABB while I was working on it. 2 hosts were really bleh in their communication. It reallly is a wonder that ABB still has a market, I see now why they're always encouraging us to lower prices, you do need to get a good deal to put up with the frustrations and then have your total bumped by ABB by almost $100 for their ~service~)
In the end, I booked an ABB over a hotel BC:
-kitchen
-parking right in front
-we'll be in one large space instead of 2 hotel rooms (traveling with the kids)
-the money is about a wash strictly for the accommodations (but I think I'll save $ bc of the kitchen)
-I had SH $ to spend
-the host seemed friendly and normal and communicative
BUT I'm nervous about what I'll find (will their stuff be all over the place, will it be weird to be in a stranger's house, are they going to have precious things out that I'll have to guard from the kids, what will be their expectations for how they leave and how I leave the space, this is their actual house and they'll be on a cruise so will I be bothering them if there is a problem during.......) and I don't want to be the annoying guest that asks too many questions, so I get a little better now the apprehensions that guests have
and btw, go ahead and review the heck out of that host -- you had a bad experience.