The positive:
Large room, comfortable bed, and overall exactly as advertised. Clean, easy to find. Convenient location to St marks and many other tourist sites.
The negative:
Within their control:
Communication on Whats app was a bit delayed and I didn’t have the sense there were people around to help as needed. Was asked to provide my passport on the common area table to be fetched and returned later in the day; ultimately sent a copy digitally but that wasn’t a straightforward process.
I had to pay an extra 4 euros per night in cash for the Venice authorities- better to have this be part of the Airbnb fee so guests don’t have to provide addl cash on site. Was also asked to leave this on the common area table.
Not within their control:
The boat ride from the airport was nearly 2 hours. On the one hand it’s a scenic welcome to Venice. On the other hand, I had to wake up suuuuper early to make my flight. In the future I’d stay further north- with easy access to an earlier boat stop.