Our experience overall was wonderful! Matthew was an attentive host in communications & assigned us his assistant as a local resource. Clear instructions, prompt responses. Clean, stylish home. Amenities that go above and beyond: coffee, tea, cream, water, sugar, salt, etc. that made it easy to cook when we wanted to. Area is close to public transport with many eating and shopping places within walking distance. We walked around a lot and felt safe in the neighborhood. People were so friendly! We took a guided bus tour of the city on the double decker red “hop on & off” buses (tix good for 48hrs.) and they run every half hour if you want to get off anywhere to explore & hop on another one later. Highly recommend; & wish we had done this first to get a better sense of the city. Art museum, Kensington Market, etc. we had a blast!
Last but not least, DO NOT take a taxi from the Pearson airport! I was new to Uber & “no cars were available” so we hopped in a taxi and well... $70 later! 🤦‍♀️ So when we were leaving at the end of our weeklong stay, our Uber driver took us to the UP Express train at Union Station which goes back and forth to/from the airport & it was affordable and FAST! Lesson learned. Can’t wait to go back to see more of Toronto someday!