Stay was overshadowed by the fact that I was charged an extra €30 on checkout for my young daughter to sleep in a bed with me and my older daughter. Nothing was said when we arrived, otherwise she could have stayed with relatives no so far away. We had a last minute change of plan which saw both of my girls staying with me. This made it more expensive than staying in a hotel where we would have had breakfast included for €118 per night. Also, hotels often don’t charge extra when you use existing beds. We didn’t even have time to wash before checkout so no towels etc used. Eve refused to hear me out when I tried to explain this to her and was so keen to take the extra money from me that, even when she did not have change of €50, she held on to the €50 note and was willing to have me wait and run late for my plan of the day so she could send someone to the shop (20 minutes approx there and back) for change. In the end I rustled up a mixture of notes and coins to pay her.
Note that THERE IS NO TV. I overlooked this. I had no laptop or anything so drove to Sligo to purchase a small tv in tesco so I could curl up and watch a film with my girls. My daughter said the cottage smelt dusty - I can’t confirm this as I have lost my sense of smell post COVID-19. However, there was a mass of dust and cobwebs on the kitchen ceiling….it would do no harm to attend to this. I’ve no doubt that it’s an ice-box in the cold weather - there are gaps to outside around the front door, though there are heaters scattered about. Nowhere very close to eat. Had no chance to cook by the time I arrived so drove to get pizza (approx 20 minutes away). Disappointed by the host. Like I say, it overshadowed all the positives for me. I’m finding Airbnb not so affordable these days as people cash in post covid lockdowns. No point in getting greedy - it’s harmful to return customers.