Pro: 1) AWSOME location! This is the biggest selling point of the apartment. You are within walking distance to a lot of attractions and great restaurants. There’s a minimart right downstairs of the Airbnb where you can pick up water and snacks. 2) The shower head provides great water pressure with nice warm water. 3) The kitchen is super cute with a pretty large size refrigerator for the size of the apartment. 4) Our flight arrived a little earlier then check in and we were able to place our luggage in the apartment until our room was available. 5) The host was able to arrange for a private driver to pick us up at the airport for the same price as a taxi ride.
Con: 1) the AC unit doesn’t exactly work properly, only works for max 2hrs before it fills up with water and stops working (we never changed the temperature from what the workers originally set it to so it wasn’t due to it being overworked). This was a little frustrating because during our check in process, we were assured the AC worked BUT was still given instructions on what to do IF the AC stopped working. I would have just liked for the information to be more forthcoming so I could have the proper expectation of my stay, Or at least have a fan provided for if the AC decided not to function properly as it was almost 90 degrees in Rome. Our first night we had to sleep with the windows open and it was still pretty hot/muggy and we were miserable. They sent someone to fix it the following day but the problem continued to happen. Determined to not have another sleepless night, we realized the solution was to keep the water continuously draining into the small trash can by taking the stopper off while the AC ran (preventing the build-up) and it worked! 2) We were never notified a timeframe of when someone would be coming into the BNB to fix the AC. The fist time we were at an excursion and missed them. Didn’t know they even came until we came back to the BNB and saw the AC was messed with. The second time they came I had just gotten out of the shower when our doorbell was rung leaving me to run back into the bathroom. Would have just been nice to be given a heads up prior (I didn’t request the second “fix” since I knew the problem wasn’t able to be a solved with a quick service).
3) This is not necessary a “con” but more of a heads up. The host is not the person who checks you into the Airbnb. It is someone else but he was super nice and responsive when I was texting him about the AC.