I stopped paying for hotels and I'm more so go for Airbnb or you know staying at friends or families houses. Now obviously that's not always the case if you want to go somewhere where there's no other options. When you're vacationing try not to get the most premium hotel out there because if you think about it even me now I could totally afford to stay at any kind of hotel I want to but why? Don't go out there and splurge in a fancy hotel when your whole purpose is to travel so think about that when planning your vacation.