Unfortunately had the worst experience a single female traveller could ever have in a country with a foreign language. The host made contact when I landed in Paris in the night, around 8pm, but after that did not pick up any calls, answer any texts or messages on the airbnb app. I was waiting for over an hour, till midnight, stranded alone in a residential area with no contact and no apartment number to even buzz up into the building. Considering the first thing I mentioned to the host was how I chose her due to the safety she seemed to provide as a host with a family, I was left upset, extremely anxious and on bookings.com to look for alternatives till she finally decided to reply at midnight. With no other option, I spent the night after her son came and buzzed me in, left immediately the next morning as I absolutely could not face her with such anger. As my first Airbnb experience, definitely not the best one. After asking for a refund, only got back part of it. Not happy at all. Felt like I needed to put this up as it is these 'one-off' incidents- which is what she claimed it was, is what travellers need to know about, not all the other passing ones.