My wife and I decided to do the whole digital nomad thing earlier this year, flying around the US. At first we thought about doing AirBnbs because that’s what people do.

We booked our first AirBnB and stayed for three weeks. While it was everything the host promised, we weren’t misled at all and it was nice enough. We realized we would like hotels better…

- consistency: we could just go on the Hilton or Hyatt app and we wouldn’t have to worry about what we were going to get. We knew what to expect from a Homewood Suites, Embassy Suites, Home2Suites or Hyatt Place. Even if the hotel ended up having issues, we knew there were easy remedies - everything from getting another room or changing hotels easier.

Besides, we are changing cities on Sundays and I need to be set up to work by Monday morning and don’t need any complications.

And no secret codes. We get to the hotel. We do a digital check in from the app and our phones open the door. We check out digitally and just leave.

- gym access: we have two rooms in our house dedicated to exercise. We have a studio for floor exercises and another room with cardio equipment. We wanted to be able to go downstairs to a gym.

- no hidden fees: we know exactly what we are going to be paying up front.

- no expectation to have the place spotless when we leave. Staying in a hotel is purely transactional. No reviewing the host. No worrying about reputation.

- loyalty points: between the loyalty points that come from the hotel and the cobranded credit cards, you can easily get 15%-25% back in points you can redeem for future stays.

- housekeeping - enough said.