Hosts are misleading about their space and trying to rob you after booking for an additional thousand reais cleaning fee after already paying a cleaning fee. They said we left hair, dirt, glitter and food crumbs. Sounds like a very basic cleaning to me. They also said we smoked in the apartment, which we didn’t.
They advertise a gym that Airbnb guests are not allowed to use. You need a code to get in. So I wrote the hosts a message to receive the code and then informed us that guests cannot use it. Then why would they put pictures of the gym in the ad?
They also advertise a nice cafe with pool tables and work areas that again, you cannot use. It’s always locked. I asked the workers there when it’s open, they say it never is. That was a bummer because I was planning on working remotely from there. My two kids and wife were in the tiny apartment so I couldn’t work from the apartment itself.
It’s also at the entrance of the Rocinha favela. Beware.