My husband and I were surprisingly disappointed with our stay. The first reason being the cleanliness of the apartment itself. There were cobwebs in ceiling corners, mold in the cracks of the shower, a big stain on the quilt on our bed, a few stray hairs on our bedsheets, a stain on the rug, and hairs in the shower. It wasn’t enough to warrant a cancellation but when you put it all together, it wasn’t good.
The second reason we were disappointed was due to Ray’s persistent contact with us. I completely understand and expect a few messages from the host before our arrival but we had received nine messages from him (not including all the calls he made) before we had even arrived at the flat. Many of the messages were repeat because I hadn’t responded quickly enough. I gave him our flight number so he could track our arrival time. But he was frustrated that I hadn’t let him know that our airline had changed the departure time to a few hours later. Isn’t that why we provide a flight number? And then when he figured out our flight arrived later, he was frustrated that our Uber took so long to get to the flat.
When you’re on vacation, the last thing you want to worry about is having to constantly communicate with your Airbnb host, especially when you decide to unplug and turn off your phones for the duration of the vacation. If our arrival or departure is really that inconvenient, just hide the keys and let us do it on our own. Next time we’ll definitely be staying at a hotel.