Our apartment was perfectly placed in central Auckland and ideally designed for entertaining guests.
What a shame therefore for me to unfortunately miss a wee draconian stipulation that no guests were allowed.
We were there to celebrate a momentous occasion being the graduation of my daughter, for which this apartment was ideally situated as it was within a “stones throw” of the venue.
We were therefore somewhat peeved ourselves when we discovered builders were working on nearby floors and drilling holes and making noise to their hearts’ content. I don’t actually remember being warned about this?? Also the car park we were offered was covered in mud and water. We didn’t complain however. First world problems right?
Things escalated when our guests arrived at a pretty reasonable time of 6pm and we celebrated our big occasion. There was probably more noise than normal but it was still early, being 6ish and noise not at unreasonable levels, unless you were used to living in isolation on your own private Atoll.
I received an increasing number of texts of an increasingly belligerent nature from AirBnB threatening to have people arrested for trespass etc. I rang AirBnB’s representative to explain the situation and that it was being dealt with only to be greeted with a “WTF” from them.
I do think either the owners or AirBnB have lost the plot when they provide idyllic accomodation in a great location only to lay down ludicrous restrictions that would only be fitting in a rest home.