SCAM! DO NOT STAY HERE.
We stayed here for 1 week as part of our honeymoon and it has to be the worst Airbnb experience we have had. This review covers 3 main parts: the Airbnb host, the on-site staff and the property itself.
Firstly, the Airbnb host Brandon had double-booked the property we were to stay in, I have no idea how this is possible as Airbnb’s system simply does not allow this to happen. Supposedly the entire building was booked out so we were given a different, cheaper property without promised beachfront location. However, a quick search on Airbnb revealed there were in fact many other properties in the same building. Brandon did not reply when I messaged through Airbnb and continues to be completely unresponsive. The lady at check-in promised we would be upgraded to a better room than originally booked, yet this did not happen.
The apartment has paper-thin walls and ceilings, any movement from the above and adjacent properties can be heard. The property above ours had multiple drink and drug fuelled parties. Music blasting, shouting and screaming, furniture being thrown around and a lot of stomping around. This continued through the evening into the early hours of the morning so we did not sleep much at all that night.
The WiFi was shocking, it about as fast as an old-fashioned dial-up connection and frequently went offline. The TV in the property has Netflix, but it is unwatchable as even at the lowest bitrate it constantly buffers. You absolutely should not rely on this connection if you are working remotely.
The whole property suffers from poor workmanship and low quality fittings. A few more examples include: the doors are improperly fitted; locks are installed upside down; some broken and exposed electrical outlets; the hob doesn’t get hot enough to boil water; the cold tap in the bathroom is connected to hot water and vice versa; the partition door between the living area and bedroom has no latch, so just swings open when trying to close.
There is also no smoke alarm in the property, I don’t know the specific laws of Belize but I would be very surprised if this wasn’t illegal.
All in all, I would recommend NOT staying at this property.