As an Airbnb host myself, I feel the most honest thing I can do is give both the Pros and Cons of the place.
Pros
- GORGEOUS view and property
- Nice kitchen and patio
- Beautiful area overall
Cons
- Master room isn’t available (locked up) so it’s only 2 small two rooms that are open in the house and the room we stayed in used someone’s personal pillows which were very odorous :( like a gym or sweat locker- not pleasant for us
- The home is shared with other people renting the basement so we could hear them all the time in the living room and sometimes very loud; we thought this was private especially to pay almost $3,000 for a week
- Not well stocked; no extra trash bags and we had to wait for days to get new ones; only enough coffee pods to last 2 days (and they were special ones that we couldn’t find at the store) and no other option to make coffee like a French press or standard coffee maker so we couldn’t even buy our own coffee; we had to go out for coffee every day because of this which was inconvenient for us
- No washing machine as promised on the listing
- It is a Microclimate so 90% of our week was foggy, grey and cloudy; we had to go into the other towns for sun but it was fine because we were there to see the sights in Sintra primarily which were exquisite
- Couch very old, used and sunken in, not so ideal for guests
Overall it’s a lovely space however to pay as much as we did, we would expect it to be treated as a luxury rental with basic necessities provided. This would help it to feel more worth the value of such a high price. If one is going to rent out their personal home, please make some little investments in it to offer a quality experience when you are charging luxury rental rates. 🙏Thank you for the stay and I hope you can take into consideration our suggestions for better customer experiences in the future!