This was a really good solution to visit Venice. The bus stop is 3 mins away and a 15 minute ride to the Venice bus terminal. I can recommend it to others, especially large groups (we were 6 people). Here are a few specifics that we experienced:
Positives:
- Spacious flat that worked very well for our group.
- Flat is meant for renting out short term to tourist. This means there is no clutter and they have basic stuff in the kitchen.
- We had a problem with the hot water and the agent offered to send a technician and Airbnb also intervened to provide a good resolution. We were grateful for this.
- It was a bit hot in June so we were grateful to have air conditioning. Even though it was in the hallway, it helped keep our bedrooms also cool.
- As we were there with our car, it was good to have a gated parking spot.
Negatives:
- Initial communication with the agent felt unfriendly and inflexible even though in reality they were flexible. Later, I realised that they were just trying to be very professional about it (e.g. fix a time of arrival so that she could serve all the different customers she had to checkin that day. She did not want to keep anyone waiting. However, it was difficult for me to commit to a 1 hour slot as we were driving out there and needed buffers for traffic and breaks. We did find a solution in the end and it all worked out).
- We received only 1 set of keys which made it difficult for our group of 6 to split up and do things. For example, to get out, one needs the key to open the gate so you need to go back up and give the key to those that are staying behind. If you arrive at different times, you need to coordinate ways to get the key from each other which is not ideal on holiday (not every tourist has roaming on their phone). This is easily solved by providing a 2nd set of keys.