I have been very lucky to travel to many countries and have rented apartments in Europe, Central and South America and in the US. Additionally my husband and I have owned rental apartments for the last 24 years. So I believe that I am realistic about the whole international rental process. I had planned a trip to Paris with my two friends, and we were unanimously excited to rent this apartment in Paris. The trouble began when the host had to change our rental dates after she had initially accepted our reservation. That meant that my friends were going to arrive before me, and as our trip approached I reached out to the host to arrange entry. After writing three times, she finally responded and told me that she wouldn’t talk to them, and I had to be the go between to arrange for their entry. OK. We got that straightened out, and they were able to get in successfully. Once in the apartment, you could see that it was the same place as the pictures, but really timeworn. There were many problems including less than a half a roll of toilet paper, no soap, no kitchen towels. Three of the lamps in the room that I slept in had brown packing tape wrapped around the socket base to keep the bulbs somewhat upright. There were only two fans for the three bedrooms and only one of the fans was working. One of the chairs at the table was broken, and thankfully we saw that before someone sat there and got hurt. There was a scary tangle of cords and wires in the kitchen that came from the TV and phone and who knows what. All in all, it’s a good location in Paris. There are lots of lovely restaurants nearby and handy access to the Metro, but the apartment was not comfortable for us. I tried to reach out to the host to talk to her about the problems, and again I had to write twice before she replied. She said she had just been in the apartment and everything was good, and of course she would now like to blame us for the problems. I am shocked by her attitude and have never been treated so poorly by an Airbnb host. Obviously this is not a suitable apartment to rent in its current state.