I did not meet Carol, however I met her husband, Claire. Very nice guy!! Hard of hearing so I waited at the door for a while before being let in. lol. Their home is quite nice and in a lovely neighborhood a few minutes drive outside of Victoria. I found it to be clean, comfortable and a great money saver. I especially liked laying in bed and being able to look out the sky lights. There are cute neighborhood businesses to explore around where they live. I would stay at Carol and Claire's again. Only negatives I have were loud music until late Friday night, but I'm lame and was in bed at 11 so... Also the rooms in an attic and it gets rather hot. There was a fan, but the windows must be opened. And with open windows come bugs... MOSQUITOS! lol. I got a lot of mosquito bites. Otherwise lovely home in a lovely neighborhood. I enjoyed how chill/laid back Claire was.