Booking.com vs AirBnb [closed]

I've used both. Booking.com usually gets a number of rooms from hotels and "resells" them at a discounted price. The advantages (in addition to a lower price than if you went directly through the hotel) is that you have the option to cancel your reservation pretty close to the check-in date, you also accrue "points" towards a free stay (after using booking.com for 5 hotel visits, and you're dealing with established hotels as opposed to Airbnb where you "rent" a couch/room/apartment/house from someone else (who has been somewhat vetted by Airbnb). The one time I did stay at an "Airbnb" apartment was when I went to NYC and I actually booked it through....Booking.com so I felt safe that the apartment would be as advertised (and it was) because I was "protected" by Booking.com's policies. Let me mention a few disadvantages with Booking.com. You don't necessarily get a lower rate than you would from the hotel. Many hotels have programs like, "Stay 3 nights, get the 4th night free" and/or giving AAA/AARP/Veterans discounts of up to 15% so you may actually be better off, in some cases, going through the hotel. And you will be less likely to get a room facing a brick wall.