Very clean apartment with amenities as advertised in a safe part of town within 10 minute walk to city center. There are however two major problems with this listing: 1) the hosts don’t speak English (I get it - it’s Greece - but they do advertise their signage in English) and more importantly 2) I don’t think they know how AirBnB works. I made my reservation via the site and was charged appropriately. I made all communications through AirBnB as instructed and was met by John as agreed upon at the bus stop at the time I stated I would arrive. He was generous enough to give me a ride to the apt and show me to my room. After placing my stuff inside, he demanded payment for the room (I made sure he was talking about the room and not for the trainsfer from the bus stop). I tried to explain to him the the transaction was made electronically, which is where the language barrier came in. After showing him a credit card and pointing to it, the. The WiFi logo, then to him he said “no take credit.” Another guest said something about AirBnB and after about 5 minutes he backed off and let me be. It was awkward and I was not particularly thrilled to leave my stuff unattended lest I find it outside the room. When I finally did venture out, on my return John was cleaning the apt next door which someone and in seeing my passing began a rant that I could hear through my door. I assume he was talking about my “non-payment” as the person he was talking with was very clearly trying to calm him down.
I consider myself to be a very gracious and respectful guest, so I think most of this situation could have been averted without such a huge language barrier. I would recommend anyone who can speak fluent Greek to say here, but would advise those trying to communicate via English that it is probably best to avoid unless you don’t mind being accused of being a squatter. I have been traveling for two weeks via AirBnB and this has been my first and only problem through that time. Very unfortunate.