Emma is truly a super host! She is incredibly responsive and provides very clear check-in instructions to make it a smooth and seamless process. The actual location of the apartment is absolutely perfect! It is right on Viaduct harbor and near a lot of great places to get food! I will say that the one con of being in such a good location on the harbor is that any noise from the restaurants on the harbor echo and the restaurants get quite busy Thursday night - Saturday night. There is a karaoke bar which gets quite loud, but Emma provides ear plugs to help have a better sleep. I personally am not that sensitive to noise at night so it did not bother me. The location really made my trip - it is a short walk to the downtown ferry terminal where I caught ferries to Rangitoto island, Waiheke island, Davenport, Tiritiri Matangi Island, and more! Also, I booked a lot of tours and the tour companies were able to easily pick me up from the apartment.
The apartment itself is very clean and spacious. I think the best part for me was the washing machine and dryer, as I did a lot of hiking/active trips and needed to do a couple loads of laundry. I would stay here again in a heartbeat if I come back to Auckland!
Perfect combination of enjoying the city of Auckland and close enough to take a ferry, busy ride, or Uber into nature!
Thank you for everything, Emma!