It is with great heavy heart that I write this. The host texted me 24 hours before check in that place has problems. Asked me to cancel on my end and she will make a refund. I told her to cancel on her end because it was her who wanted to cancel. Not me. She refused and insisted I cancel because she said she would receive penalties from Airbnb if she cancelled. I received a response from Airbnb and it turned out she didn’t have problems with her place. In fact when I checked in, all rooms were available, nothing wrong at all with the room we stayed in. The issue to the point was that she wanted to cancel because she thought I had come from Venice. Which I did not due to the covid situation. Instead of checking with me, she lied about rooms having issues and simply discriminated against me. To add insult to injury, instead of taking the penalty due to the last minute cancellation, she wanted me to cancel and provide a refund without paying any inconvenience towards my plans. FYI, I’m a Chinese Singaporean. And I understand that the covid situation will raise racism levels. I have unfortunately experienced it with this host. All other hosts in Rome were fantastic and accommodating. So I do not wish to discount a lovely place like Italy due to a singular incident of racism and discrimination. I would advice all chinese people to simply avoid this property. And other people who want to stay here, know that the host is capable of lying to you. To date I have not received any apology from Emanuela. I’m not afraid of whatever other nonsense will be responded. Truthfully there have been simply too much lies I’ve experienced with this property. Good riddance.