Angela's place was as advertised....perfectly located in historic section of Mexico City and a clean and safe building. All was well with our stay (one of many we have done over the years with AirBnB), until we came back to the apt. 2/8 at about 6:00 pm. Due to leave the next morn we were ready to shower, have dinner and prepare to leave. Oops...no power in our apt. No hot water, no light, no cooking, no fridge. Only this unit. Reach Angela....what can be done? She has called someone for next day. Again, what should we do? After two calls Angela no longer answers her phone!!!
Young building "concierge" finally finds us another unit in the building and we gather our stuff in the dark and move there for the night. Still no response from Angela nor have we heard from her since.
Yes, things go wrong, but Angela and other AirBnb lessors need to have contingency plans for emergencies. The AirBnB model will come unraveled without better vetting of lessors.