My stay at Fred's apartment was short, all of about fifteen minutes. I arrived and Fred told me that there were three rules: 1) No shoes in the apartment. (I was happy to obey this.) 2) No luggage on the bed (also happy to obey) 3) the cat does as it pleases, including sleeping with the guest. It was this third rule that I was not ok with. I am ok with cats overall, but when it comes to sleeping with them, I have a fear. I informed Fred of this and he was quite disgruntled. He told me that I would have to adjust and deal. I told him that this was a non-negotiable, and he proceeded to become very cold. I then offered to stay on his couch and have him stay in his room and sleep with his own cat, but this was not a compromise he desired. Instead, he called Airbnb, proceeded to complain about me -- complaints I understood since my French is good enough to understand when someone is speaking badly of you -- and then told Airbnb to find a solution because I was no longer welcome at his place. This took some amount of time, and Fred was kind enough to allow us both to use his phone to speak with Airbnb about the matter, but he also did this while complaining to me that I should have my own phone with international minutes when I travel. Additionally, this entire fiasco happened at 11 pm at night during fashion week in Paris. Airbnb had difficulties finding me a place, but they did finally manage. Fred helped me carry my luggage out of his apartment, and said enough kind parting words for it to be semi-ok. Overall, my recommendation is that Fred advertises that the guest is expected to sleep with his cat. Additionally, I would only recommend the place if one is looking for a cheap place to stay and will not be in the apartment much. It was close quarters with little privacy. I would have been fine with this, but sleeping with someone else's cat was not something I was willing to do.