This experience was the kind one would like to but can't forget. Nothing expressed in the photos represented the truth. here were the problems:
1. Most important the misrepresentation about location. I asked if it is close to the center of Munich. The host indicated it is....IT WAS NOT! being in a remote wooded area where you need to walk about 15 minutes to the first train then take a second one, is not considered close, unless you have a car. As a solo traveler, single female walking in the rain, was not an option. Her offer of a bike might be good for her as a native, but don't expect a foreigner, to bike around in an unfamiliar town. I'd like this host to do the same visiting the US, maybe she will understand how ridiculous her suggestions were.
2. I realized the situation as I got there, and tried to communicate with Christa the host .....but she does not speak any English, while the impression in communication was that she did. It turned out that one needed to communicate with her daughter...in New York. I did, on my foreign phone paying roaming charges.
3. Communication with the host got to a very frustrating situation, where she got angry because I requested an additional pillow, cover sheet etc. The shower is unlike what it show in the photo, it is impossibly small and hard to move in, and I am a small woman.
I spent a lot of money for a week stay here (above average), and this was not what I bargained for.
4. THE WORST OF IT ALL!
I searched for alternative options for the next day and intended to offer her to stay a second night (her minimum) and then leave. That is when her adult son showed up, never let me say a word, threatening demeanor, belligerent and outright nasty/rude. He demanded that I leave immediately and threatened to call police, as though I was some criminal. HOW DARE HE SPEAK LIKE THAT TO A WOMAN OLDER THAN HIMSELF. He was despicable.....and that was the circumstances for this host.
5. I just came from utilizing another Air b&b in Poland, it was fabulous, the way it should be, and it was sad to have this kind of terrible experience here.
Shame on them, especially sending her son, to behave in such manner.
Sara.