Bring beach towels. “This isn’t a hotel.”
Our expectations were met with the location being right on the beach. It was a lovely spot with access to the water, plus a deck to lounge at. The patio and kitchen were great. There is AC in the living room and in one of the bedrooms. The other rooms stayed pretty toasty. We were a 10 minute walk from all of the restaurants.
The host gave us a walk through when we arrived. They opened the back door but there was a moment where they struggled (it seemed stuck but they did actually open it). There are 6 or 7 trash bins and a sign with the schedule of which day each category goes out. We were instructed to use the bio/compost and the main trash, and to only take out the bio trash to the street in a specific spot. They explained how the fans and ac worked and stated they’d be unavailable for the next few days as they were traveling.
When asked what towels were okay to use for when we went swimming, we were told “you should have brought your own beach towels, this isn’t a hotel”.
More on the Trash Situation — The host is very strict about how trash should be divided, and which days it goes out, and perhaps these rules should be on their Airbnb house rules + the trash cans that we aren’t supposed to use shouldn’t be with the others that we aren’t supposed to use. Make it easy for guests. The verbal walk through to the four of us (we thought we understood) was not enough. Together we were sifting through trash as we checked out and I think everyone was disappointed here. Do not throw ANY food in the trash, only the compost, or you will be picking everything, every single olive, out of the trash with the host when you leave.
The host arrived before our check out time and before saying anything else, asked if we had broken anything. We were never able to open the back kitchen door so we kept it shut the entire time. She requested more money to repair the door and when I declined the request (because we never even used it) she escalated the request through Airbnb arbitration. In the end, all was well because Airbnb understood our situation and we were not made to pay.
TLDR: this host is extremely particular, not very warm, and maybe shouldn’t be renting out their space to strangers OR they should have a much more detailed rules/guidelines book located inside the apartment.