Worst experience
This was by far the most stressful and miserable Airbnb experience I’ve ever had. Theodora speaks broken English and is extremely difficult to understand.
When we first arrived to the island, I gave her a call and she was very rude and abrasive. She expressed hostility over the phone while I was trying to understand exactly where I was and how to get to her house. There’s only 1 main port that brings guests from Athens and she made it a point to keep asking me which port I was at... there’s only 1.
Upon arrival, she did not even introduce herself or say hello, but rather stared at my luggage and started passive aggressively telling me that no more than 2 people can stay. I had a bunch of luggage with me bc I come to greece every year and bring stuff for my own house.. my friends were simply helping me carry it. She waited outside of the Airbnb telling me to send my friends in a taxi because they couldn’t stay.. not even to hangout.
I had a few friends with me that wanted to go to the beach and hangout for the day - she kept harassing me about paying extra for people who simply walked through the door or came over to the apartment because they were “using the facilities” aka the COUCH.
Within the first 30 minutes of meeting Theodora, I was told I couldn’t check in at 10am, I had to pay her directly extra for anyone not on my reservation and that I was being WATCHED to see who else I would bring home. Can you imagine waking up at 5am, taking a ferry, making it to the island and then being met with unnecessary hostility from a “host”. This woman is the furthest thing from a host, she made us feel extremely unsafe.
She told me check in was at 4pm which my Airbnb reservation said 10am... she told me about 5 times that my check in time was incorrect and too early and made me feel extremely uncomfortable. She kept showing me her phone and pointing to where it said “check in 4pm” and after showing her my reservation that said 10am, she just ignored me and kept making comments under her breath.
THE ONLY REASON i stayed was because i could not get a refund. The first day of my trip consisted of me spending hours on the phone with Amex and Airbnb trying to get a refund and find a new house.
After Airbnb customer service called Theodora to inquire about the dispute, Angela (the owner) then came to the house. She was much nicer but didn’t seem to understand that a host cannot behave in such a manner. I told Angela I refused to speak to Theodora again and the only compensation we got for all of this misery was a free shuttle to the port... which every Airbnb I’ve stayed at offers complimentary.
Also, the couch is more comfortable than the beds.. did not sleep very well.
POSITIVES
Cute house, brand new (dishwasher still had paperwork in it). It’s a 15 minute walk to the main town which is great because the location was perfect. Overall the house itself was nice but make sure they clean it the day you’re coming- our floors were so dusty and there are no rugs anywhere. There’s AC in every room which is great. A bunch of TVs but they don’t really work. I really wish my trip to Paros wasn’t ruined by a host who clearly has never hosted before.