I rented out a room when i was in Barcelona and Madrid, there were cool, but it was weird, so I only rent out the whole place now, have done it in Mexico, Cuba, Indonesian, and Australia. You only see the host when you check in usually, my host in Australia took me out a couple times though.
Its better than a hotel because it feels like you’re coming home instead of to a room. And if you go with a homie y’all can each have a room, and still have a common area to chill or if girls come back to the pad.
I’d only do a hotel now if it might be a beach town or something, when i was in Santa Barbara a hotel made more sense.