Overall, it was a very pleasant stay in this airbnb !
Positives :
- Situated in a very central part of Paris, we were within walking distance (around 15 minutes) from a wide variety of restaurants, bars, and shops.
- The appartement itself is very calm and not noisy at all
- Everything was perfectly clean and very high quality (beds, linen, even the crockery)
- The decoration is very elegant and simply beautiful !
Negatives :
- The apartment in general, but especially the living space, is much smaller than in the photos. As a group of 8 friends, it did feel quite crowded.
- Check-in was complicated. The hosts were not present, but they sent me a video explaining how to retrieve both sets of keys, one from inside and the other from outside the apartment. They didn't give me the correct passcodes and the apartment was a bit complicated to find once inside the building, so something to bear in mind for families with small children.
- Whilst the host's were nearly always instantaneous, often communication (in French and English) was difficult to understand
Something to note is that they do require you to give a deposit of 1000€, on a platform separate to airbnb (the money is deducted if you do not adhere to their specific rules), so if you do lose the money, you wouldn't be able to contact airbnb about it. This wasn't our case, but something to bear in mind !
Thank you again Merveil, for a fabulous stay and a wonderful experience :)