Debora was a wonderful host. This was the first time that I had used AirBnB and as we were travelling to the Rio 2016 olympics with two families we were a bit nervous about how the flat would work out.

Debora was very quick in responding to questions and offered a fixed price for the Olympics which did not change - while other offers all added a 'special rate' that tripled the advertised price of the accommodation. Gil met us at the flat late in the evening when we arrived and showed us how everything worked and had provided maps and guides for the Olympics, which was very thoughtful.

Debora checked to make sure that everything was fine during our two week stay and arranged to fix a broken light the next day.

The flat is in an excellent location - just half a block from Copacabana and a short walk from Ipanema. There are good supermarkets in the same block and we were able to do much more cooking than we imagined. We would recommend Eclipse restaurant - across the road from the flat - for great service and a lovely pianist who played piano with our children!

The flat is also a short walk from the metro and has lots of convenient bus lines running along the street. The porteiro helped us to feel secure and the garage entrance has a helpful wash-down point when you return from the beach.

Gil arrived at 6.45 to pick up the keys and Debora could not have done more to help make our trip a great success.