place was fine but when booking on the Lido, you need to be aware the cost of getting over to Venice is 20 Euros per person per day unless you are there for a week and buy a weekly pass which makes it a bit cheaper. so for a group of 4 that is the equivalent of nearly 70 AUS per day which sort of annuls the savings you make on the accommodation. In summer this increases. Totally nothing to do with hosts.