hotels have been cheaper and better for a while now

Strongly disagree. Here's stuff I hate about hotels:

• housekeeping - just leave me alone and clean up when I leave
• rarely have separate bedrooms - I have young kids, so we can't use the room once they go to sleep
• parking lot is a crime magnet
• more expensive for larger groups - we often travel w/ friends, so there's often 10 or so of us
• minimal included entertainment - usually just TV and maybe pool; airbnbs often have kids toys, private hot tub, etc

Airbnbs are essentially the inverse of all of that.

We occasionally go to hotels, but if we can find an airbnb that's a similar price for the scale we need, we go for that every time.