Let me save you some time: don’t need to compare and just choose this one. No questions asked. Best host I’ve ever seen! super super helpful and engaging - especially since i travelled on a VTL (vaccinated travel lane) and things were crazy with the sporadic and volatile situation, Ed was always there to render the necessary help and support. When I asked him about the need for daily testing, he did a bunch of online research and sent me many helpful links (the ones from my country kind of confuses me at times), reminding me to do the necessary declarations and forms and types of tests etc. He even went arnd town asking museums and restaurants whether vaccination certifications etc were allowed and I didn’t even ask him to. He gave us OV chipcards which was the most important thing (well, to me at least) as my time there was a free&easy travel-around-cities type of trip. So without that card, my trip would have been super expensive and horrible. He lent it to us FOC and all we had to do was pay back what we used (which isn’t a lot compared to buying tickets) absolutely amazing host and person. Faouzia is also super nice and welcoming and they are both excellent people!
The house was beautiful. The room was cozy and it had everything. When I say everything I mean Everything. There’s even wine and food and snacks, washer dryer etc it’s BRILLIANT. it has maps of Amsterdam and historical books and it’s located in a super super convenient spot with many trams to Amsterdam centraal. the neighbourhood is absolutely beautiful and there’s a MARKET within 50-100m. Not the supermarket but those really beautiful Christmas markets (tenkatestraat markt) that I had a blast buying smoked salmon from (xD). It’s located near many many cafes and restaurants and cold supermarkets - and it’s near a few canals as well so you can easily walk and chill. We didn’t use the bikes but he even gives you free ones so really this guy is totally amazing. We thoroughly enjoyed our time there and Faouzia/ Ed were big reasons behind why my time spent there will always be a memorable one! I’m seriously looking forward to going back one day to visit the other cities. <3 thank you so much for the assistance, sincerity and time taken to accommodate us!