DO NOT STAY HERE, unless you want to be stranded in Paris scrambling to find another place to stay last minute. Out of all the countries I’ve visited and stayed at through Airbnb, this has been my first negative experience; there have been Airbnb’s that don’t quite turn out to be what they advertised, but never have I had to endure hazardous conditions.
For starters, George has his own website—separate and apart from Airbnb—to charge his own fees. He notified me that he would charge me $15 if we checked in after 10pm. We arrived at the Airbnb at 9:20pm and had to wait out in the freezing cold for more than half an hour! Finally someone showed up at 9:59pm to let us in.
When we finally entered the place, it reeked of toxic fumes: it smelled like fresh varnish that had been trapped in the closed apartment. We tried to leave the window open to air out the place, but it caused the apartment to become unbearably cold. We were forced to close the windows, however, the toxic chemical smell made it hard to breathe and started to make our eyes burn.
After a long day of traveling, we had to look for other accommodations in the middle of the night because of the toxicity at the apartment. We couldn’t find anything in the area and had to
move into a hotel 20minutes away from our desired location. The entire experience was extremely distressing. I suggest booking an Airbnb with a host who is more considerate, hospitable, and responsible.