Of all my Airbnb experience,I could easily rate Silvia's as the least welcoming.She was gracious enough to rent out the space but there was no aspect of hosting .We landed in Rome and due to some miscommunication among us we forgot to book a place.Silvia was a god sent and she was willing to host us.That was the only thing good about our endeavor about Silvia's place.We landed there and were surprised to not see anyone there to actually tell us where to go.There was a nice enough gentleman who spoke to the cleaner of Silvia's place and we were let it.First glance,the room doesn't look anything like promised.It had mismatched bedspreads and blankets..Atleast it was clean and we had a roof so that was great.But in the 2 days we were there we never saw Silvia.Write to her and we get a message when she has time which may be minutes to a few hours later.Now the most harrowing part,I had requested Silvia to book us a cab for an early morning flight and as expected she did not respond.At the same time the cleaner in Silvia's home was talking to my friends and letting them know that she could drive us to airport if we paid her.Since I was outside talking to Silvia and my friends were at the rental talking to the cleaner(employee of Silvia mind you) ,my friend paid the cleaner for the drive to airport,So the next morning,we were ready at 5:15 am and waiting and even after an hr of waiting no cab.Then i ping Silvia and as expected no response.Guaranteed it was early in the morning .So we then took a cab to the airport.Silvia responds around 9 am to tell us very coolly that her cleaner and her are not the same.But when you think from an Airbnb principle,you assume all of them work together to make your stay comfortable.Then Silvia asks us why we didn't request her personally for the cab when i let her know that we did and she never responded to our requests. Then a few more whys and what followed.But then after a lot of back and forth,Silvia comes back and says that we had requested for cab for 4:30 am when my friends were firm on their word that it was for 5:30 am.Since there was no point in dealing with someone who does not understand what honesty is about and i just using airbnb as a commercial platform,i left it at that.

To sum it up,Silvia does not understand the principle of airbnb which is hosting people and making them feel welcome.She only seems to be running a hotel without all the hassle of a business license.Secondly,she never shows up ever during the whole time we stayed there.Thirdly,there was a key element missing in Silvia's rental..Making people from all over the world fall in love with her city and remember a good experience.Sadly,Silvia has made this kind of a bad memory for us