We were very excited about our first trip to Vancouver, to start on Monday, September 10th. On Saturday night we received a message from AirBNB telling us that our whole week's rental was cancelled. I had read about this happening to other people, but never expected it to happen to me. We were panicked to say the least.
Although AirBNB staff stepped in right away to help us find a replacement, their suggestions did not match our location requirements. I had to get on the site and find a new rental myself. Staff did help me with the financial changes and offered us an extra 200$ or so if we went above our prior costs. Since the replacement we found was actually less than the original, I was due some money. I haven't seen these changes on my credit card yet, but trust that will be done. The new rental that we found was less money than the first rental, but also lacked some of the luxury of the first. More about that later.
Now to Pedram. In my panic, I reached out to Pedram to rent his place, which was open for the week we needed. He was there right away and confirmed my request very quickly. He was there every time I had a question regarding our rental.
The directions to collect the key were a little confusing, but were cleared up quickly.
The location is perfect. It is in the Coal Harbor district and not too far from Snyder Park, so we were able to walk or taxi everywhere we wanted to go in Vancouver. Pedram's place is in an area that has shopping, including a food store and restaurants and access to tours (we took our tour from the Fairmont Hotel, a 3 minute walk from this condo.)
Since Pedram's place was a replacement, we knew that it was less well furnished than the place we had originally booked. For example, there was no microwave, the dishwasher didn't work, and the furniture was sparse. The WIFI was good, but the television was only usable for
Netflix...no regular TV. There is only one key fob, which was a bit difficult with two couples coming and going. Bedrooms were nice and the beds were very comfortable. Bathrooms were modern.
We made some suggestions to Pedram for upgrading his place and he was receptive to our ideas.
Thank you, Pedram, for saving our trip!