The location includes a little walk both to town and to the beach, longer than advertised but fine overall. Room is small but sufficient for shower, sleep, etc. I have no real complaints about the Airbnb itself - it was as expected, and we didn’t spend much time in it either. What I did have an issue with, was how the owner, Tracey, treated us (my friend and I) and our neighbors. We made friends with our neighbors on the first night and we all played music and talked on the balcony of their room. Tracey came up and yelled at us to turn the music down. She said that the Airbnb booking made it clear that there were to be no parties. We complied and turned the music off, but I’m confident that a group of 6 people in total, chilling on the balcony with a few drinks and chatting with some background music, is hardly partying. We soon left for the clubs after that. That was my first interaction with Tracey where she was angry and yelling, but our neighbors had said she had come up in the same way before with complaints towards them.
On the morning of our check out, she approached us and our neighbors on the balcony once more. It was around 9am and we had returned from clubbing. Understandably, we were all a little tipsy, but not stumbling drunk, and there was so music playing at all, just a bit of talking. Some of our neighbors of the same group were inside sleeping, so it was only about 4 people talking on the balcony. Tracey was very angry with our neighbors and ordered them an early checkout, for reasons still unbeknownst to me or them. She then reminded us of our checkout at 11 and walked away. During that time and our checkout time however, my phone had gone into security lockdown and was completely inaccessible. My friend and I ran around town trying to figure out how to get our ferry tickets printed for later that day and trying to fix my phone. As a consequence of this hassle, we were about 30 minutes late for the check out time. Understandably, after this stressful morning, we were less than pleased to see our bags thrown onto the floor outside, including some of my friends medication thrown into the bin, which she then had to fish out herself. One of her expensive earrings was also lost while our luggage was thrown about, which she was and still is very upset about. It was a birthday present. I don’t believe it’s within the airbnb owner’s right to touch, let alone throw any belongings of the guests out. I offered to pay for the extra time we had taken, and though I did not handle it as diplomatically as perhaps I should’ve, I don’t feel that I was deserved to be yelled at in the way Tracey yelled at me. She started berating me for unrelated things such as coming back early in the morning from clubbing and being drunk. Frankly, if you’re running an Airbnb in Ios, which is known for its party scene, you must expect some young people to come back from the clubs early in the morning. I just don’t understand why it should bother you, literally most of the people visiting are young uni students looking to party. Anyway, she screamed at my friend and I to get out, which we then swiftly did, but it was not a suitable way to treat guests at all, and I felt I handled the situation as best I could given the circumstances.