The location of the Airbnb is excellent. It is right in the heart of downtown where many shops and restaurants are easily accessible. This was definitely the best part of the stay.
The apartment itself was clean and the furnishings are as the picture shows. It does kind of have an old apartment feel which was fine. The extra room attached to the living room does have a futon where someone could sleep, but it seemed a little chilly in there since it is surrounded by windows.
Of note, you only get one set of keys which was a little hard for me and my husband to arrange since we had different schedules and I didn’t have a cell phone service.
My biggest issue with this place is the communication with the host. The host that communicated with me on the Airbnb website was Charlyn. I didn’t meet the hosts and I’m not sure that they even live in Vancouver. A “contact” of theirs met me in a Starbucks nearby. The day prior to my check and I asked if an earlier check-in was available at 3 PM and Charlyn replied that she would check and let me know. We waited until 3 PM that day for her reply but did not get any message on the Airbnb app. We messaged her at 3:20 asking if early check-in would be available and she replied after 4 PM stating that “Yes you may check in at your desired time at 3 PM”. Meanwhile her contact had been waiting at the Starbucks since 3 PM. The contact had texted my phone number on file which I was not expecting since it is a US number and it went through as an iMessage. I then had to rush over to the Starbucks once I found out. It was a huge miscommunication error and I felt bad for her contact that had been waiting for us. I wish she had told me that person‘s phone number or that I would be receiving a text on my US phone number but none of that happened. Hopefully communication will be better for future guests.