We are a couple from Canada in our late twenties travelling Sicily for the week. A few things turned sour after booking a 2-night stay with Marion.
1. In search of a local experience, we decided to book with a ‘superhost’. Only after having the booking accepted and payment processed, we were then advised by Marion that she would not be there during our stay. Needless to say we were disappointed and did not get the ‘superhost’/ local experience we were looking for.
2. Once the booking complete we proceeded to note on Google Maps the location given to us in the confirmation email sent by Airbnb. After a full day of hiking, we made our way there only to drive around in circles for more than one hour. Not having any data on our phone, we decided to drive to the nearest town (25 mins away) to connect and ask for clarification. We then found out that the actual location was 12 kilometres south of the advertised location. Marion did offer to send someone to meet us in town and bring us to her house, but we hadn’t seen this message in time since it was sent too late. Needless to say, the driving around frustrated after dark on windy roads and this big waste of time put a damper on our holiday mood. That being said, once we got to the house, we found it to be quite lovely and the next morning, we were amazed at the beautiful scenery.
All in all, further transparency would have been required from the host to have made this stay a recommendable one.