I am a professor and was visiting Malta on a fellowship at the University of Malta. Malta closed its borders because of COVID and my University called me back to the US. The landlord refused to give me any sort of refund, but I had only stayed in the apartment for about 10 days of a 35 day reservation. The landlord kept my entire 4500$. The apartment is great but the ethics of this host are very questionable. Stay else for moral reasons.