Marina's apartment has an ideal location. We really appreciated the proximity to the Montreal Convention Center, Notre Dame, the riverfront, and lots of great restaurants. We loved not needing to drive (there is a paid covered parking garage next to the apartment). We were very grateful for her ability to accommodate our large group, including four children.
Some things were challenging about the apartment, including unexpected loud noise from the street at night. The bedrooms were smaller than expected, and one bedroom had no windows and could not fit a Pack-N-Play. The bathroom shower surround had some mold. The most stressful part was that we ran out of toilet paper. We made several attempts to reach to the host requesting toilet paper and she responded saying that she would bring some, but none was ever delivered. We understand that she was very busy and had a lot of things going on, but I felt embarrassed to host my siblings when we were all stressed about toilet paper.