We arrived at Elaine’s property, which was in a very inconvenient area of Rio. When we arrived we were shocked with the neighbourhood, it was very dirty and appeared unsafe. It was far from amenities and there was nothing nice about it. Our property went from bad to worse though. After the host did not respond to any of my messages we arrived at the property and knocked on the door. We were greeted by the hosts niece who said that she was living in the property and was unaware that it was rented out. She called her aunt, the host, who claimed she was not paid and not to let us in. That’s not true and we had a receipt from air BnB. We were left stranded in Rio and had to pay through the roof for a same day booking in an apartment during Carnaval after spending the entire day trying to find something. Thankfully Air BnB refunded our property and have promised to put some money towards the accommodation we had to subsequently book. 0/10 do not book with this host.