Davide was very kind and responsive but we had quite a few hiccups which made our stay little more than a bed with bag storage.
Pro: Davide’s place is beautiful when it’s clean. It is close to the bus station and where we met for our day trip to Pompeii. Davide truly does respond within an hour and does the best he can to make things right when they aren’t. He allowed us to keep our bags there the next day. It was a tad awkward since the next people were already there despite his telling us not to worry as we could check out whenever.
Cons: This listing is not accurate when it comes to amenities. We scheduled our check in for 1-3pm with self check in. Davide accepted this but then let us know at 1pm that he wasn’t available until 6pm because he was working. Obviously that’s not ok with us. We have big bags and it makes no sense to have such a late check in. We would not have agreed. So there is no self check in. Davide did arrange for his mother to come let us in at 2:30. She didn’t arrive until 3:15 and she was NOT happy to be there. We weren’t happy to have waited outside on a doorstep for 45mins. Obviously the apartment wasn’t cleaned as he wasn’t available until after 6 to clean it. That’s fine. We only needed to change and leave our bags. When we came back the place was cleaned and nice as pictured.
There was no WiFi. This doesn’t appear to be a big deal to our host who states that it’s not his fault as the company shut it off for repairs. The problem for us is that we don’t have SIM cards for Europe. We book places that have WiFi and coordinate everything at night for the next day. No wifi means we had to spend our much of our night on the doorsteps of the Ramada Inn down the road in order to book our tours and transportation. It isn’t a very safe neighborhood. It’s pretty run down which isn’t Davide’s fault but it makes sitting outside of a random hotel a bit sketchy. One member of my party went and bought a SIM card because he was concerned we wouldn’t be able to do everything that we needed to.
Cultural difference: just an FYI there is no toilet seat on the toilet. I’m the pictures of the place it does look like there would be one. That’s odd for me and I’ve traveled all over Europe. I assume it’s just normal for the area but for anyone who can’t poop without a seat or doesn’t like to squat, this is vital information.
The truth of the matter is, we wouldn’t have booked this place knowing everything that happened and would not do so again but with the accurate info this could be a place for someone else.