I tend to agree with you.

Between various reward perks and just the general convenience, I am a hotel guy.

That said, what you wrote about groups was one of the things that made Airbnb surge in popularity. There have always been other services available for short-term property rentals, but Airbnb made it easier than ever, and often cheaper, to rent a party house for a weekend (before they banned parties which didn't actually stop parties).