I had a mixed experience with Maxim. The room and Maxim’s place (it is actually a guesthouse) were okay but Maxim wasn’t really a nice host.
When we arrived with my friend, he barely welcome us and didn’t seem happy to see us. It felt really weird and uncomfortable. My friend was particularly shocked.
It is probably because the day before we had a “delicate” conversation as I asked him if we could cancel or postpone our booking as it would rain the entire week end at Quebec. He refused because he didn’t want to lose money and told me that it wasn’t his problem, and that we should have checked the weather before (as if we could predict the weather in advance...). I didn’t appreciate this response that I found inappropriate and lacking of empathy.
He also offers to reimburse us if he found others guests at these dates but we couldn’t trust him anymore.
So we decided to come and stayed at Maxim’s place but the atmosphere was weird.
For me Airbnb is a wonderful collaborative platform and community whose objective is not only to make money.