What was supposed to be a lovely weekend break with female friends in Paris, turned very quickly into a nightmare because of the utter disaster we had to go through with this accommodation. Writing this review weeks later still brings back unpleasant memories. It is truly shocking that a host can behave the way these guys did and carry on as normal.
We arrived to a house that was reeking of smoke (despite it being labelled as a flat for non-smoking guests), to a third bedding set that was just a sleeping bag, and to a host that was still not ready to hand over the keys to the (uncleaned!!) house at check-in point! We didn’t want to cause trouble so we didn’t make a big fuss about it at the time. Just a couple of young guys trying to make some extra money, right? Wrong! Nothing prepared us for what was about to come.
We returned the second evening to find that someone had been to the flat, opened several doors to drawers and pulled out and left things lying about, knocked things over on shelves AND went through our personal belongings, moving them around and taking them out of our suitcase. The fact that nothing had been taken was small relief for the personal damage that had already been committed: we felt violated, our privacy had been invaded and things all of a sudden took a sour turn. A house that had already felt unwelcoming now felt unsafe.
To add injury to insult, the host denied he knew anything about what had happened, but quickly agreed he would find a solution to compensate us with AirBnB. A promise that he later refused to honour, leaving us chasing AirBnB for a resolution, just to make everything even more unpleasant.
Needless to say, would NOT recommend.