Place smelled like smoke, my friend’s bed wasn’t clean, and the host was abrasive. For the not insignificant price I expected a better overall experience. At least the location is great and the place is big.
While checking in the host pointedly asked if we had rented the place to party, because no guests are allowed. I explained that we were not, and that I always follow AirBnB host rules. That did not stop an aggressive and condescending five-minute lecture on how he had cameras everywhere and he would kick us out in the middle of the night if we had guests over.
Given that we had already said we had no intention of doing so, I have a great rating on Airbnb, and we hardly look like some 19-year-old frat boys, it seemed very unnecessary and it was not the best vibe to start a trip. I get that hosts are protective of their places, but given that we paid a lot of money to stay here and were ourselves agreeable and rule-following, I expect some minimum of politeness in return.