Albéric CANCELLED MY RESERVATION ON THE EVENING OF MY FAMILY’S ARRIVAL. I had communicated with Albéric about my travel plans during the weeks leading up to our stay in his apartment. Only after this terrible situation did I learn that Albéric had issues with no running water in his apartment at least a month prior to my scheduled stay and he had cancelled several other guests in July leading up to my stay.
I was in the London train station at 19:30, waiting to board the Eurostar to Paris, when I saw an email from Albéric saying he had to cancel my stay starting that night. He had only sent the email two hours before I noticed it. Due to the very late cancellation, he should have called me right away. After reading the email, I immediately responded asking if what I read was true. After his response I asked if he could recommend another place to stay—anything, like a hotel. Albéric offered no assistance and no effort, only a “Hope you find a place.” When we finally arrived at Gare du Nord late that night at 23:30, my wife and I scrambled to make phone calls to many hotels just to find a last-minute available room for the night. The rest of our stay in Paris cost us considerably more money because we had to find a last-minute hotel to stay for the rest of our trip.
I do NOT RECOMMEND Albéric as an AirBnB host. If the “no running water” situation was true, Álberic should have taken responsibility for assisting us with an alternative place to stay, as he was well aware of our late-night arrival from London. Albéric demonstrated a serious neglect and lack of consideration for his guests.