1. October 20: I booked a 14 day stay at Rosseane’s place. The place looked a bit dated, but cute. It was also in a good location and, more importantly, it had a queen bed. I am a very tall, biggish guy, and I only book hotel rooms and AirBnB apartments with King or Queen beds.  2 October 23: Due to a family emergency, I canceled my trip to Rio and the stay at Rosseane’s place. She informed me that she would reimburse me for only a portion of my reservation, to which I agree.  3. On October 27, the problem keeping me from traveling got solved, so I decided to reschedule my trip to Rio. I was happy to see that Roseanne’s place was still available, so I booked it again for the same dates (Oct 30 to Nov 14).  4. After 24 hours in airports and planes, I finally made it to Rio ready to relax and take a long nap. Sadly, as I entered Roseanne’s place I noticed that the one bed in the apartment was not a queen size, as indicated in the AirBnB’s page. I could not be sure, but the bed seemed to be what Brazilians call a “Cama de Casal.” I headed to the nearest store and bought a measuring tape. Sure enough, the bed in Roseanne’s apartment was not a queen (158 cm x 198 cm), but a casal (138 cm X 188 cm). I contacted AirBnB to inform them about the discrepancy and let them know that I could not stay in a place with a bed on which I don’t fit comfortably. To document the problem, AirBnB asked me to take pictures showing the bed dimensions and send them over to them. They told me that everything should be OK for me, since I had not stayed at the place, and I had reported the problem immediately after arriving to the apartment.   AirBnB told me asked me to negotiate a refund directly with the host, so I texted Roseanne. The conversation with her went from polite to uncomfortable to rude. She started by saying that the pictures didn’t show things clearly and that I had not taken measurements correctly (btw, I worked as an architect for more than two decades, and if there is one thing in life I know how to do is measuring spaces, furniture, etc.). She insisted that she knows the bed is a queen size, independently of what I say. And that she won’t refund me my money. She said that I was a problematic person stealing peace away from her, and that she would make her indignation public, which I suspect means she will write a bad review about me as a guest.
Since the conversations between Roseanne and me became less than cordial, I decided to only communicate with AirBnB. I offered to meet a representative of them, or even of Roseanne’s, at the apartment to corroborate that the size of the bed is not what was advertised. I am still waiting for response from AirBnB and Roseanne’s on this…  The way things are evolving, I may end up US$670.69 poorer. If my host does not act decently and accepts that her ad was false, though, she will end up in moral bankruptcy.