We were very disappointed to have cameras that are motion detected when you are in the main living room and hallway between the two bedrooms. At night when you get up to use the restroom the spotlight camera turns on and shines in your face and films every time someone gets up. We tried to work it out with the host to have the cameras off during our stay but she would not agree. She went through arbitration with Airbnb and we either had to agree to the cameras or leave. We chose to leave and we were only there two nights. We didn’t cook or anything the two nights we were there and left the place spotless. We used three water glasses and a spoon for yogurt and she reported damage and that she had to hire a professional cleaner???
We were also surprised to receive rules two days before we arrived that said if anyone asks us who we are, we were to lie and say we were friends of her sister. Under no circumstances were we to say we booked through Airbnb. We had booked for 10 days ($3,000) and had to pick up and go and find a new place last minute. We had lots of luggage and scuba gear that we had to carry down 5 flights of stairs and get to our new accommodation. We just needed a place to sleep, that is all. We were here to see family as my husband is French and we thought it would be nice to have a little space to ourselves. We were surprised to receive a complaint that there was damage and she needed to hire a professional cleaner? We didn’t even get to respond because we missed the deadline to respond as we were busy with family events and had not gone back on the site nor see our messages. I do not trust this host and it is not worth the risk booking here! This is my second time using Airbnb, my first experience was fantastic but this one was awful! Nothing but a headache!