Cons:
1. There is no hook in the bathroom to hang your towel from. One should be installed.
2. There is no card in the room providing wifi information. There should be a card displaying this information in the room.
3. There is poor communication on the part of the hosts.
I called them the night I checked in that I had no internet available and wasn’t able to get into the apartment. The husband of one of the hosts walked me through the process of finding and getting into the apartment. The next morning, I tried looking for a card that displayed the wifi information, but I couldn’t find it. I called the host asking for the wifi information (and scissors), and I explained that the airline lost my luggage and I needed to buy clothing daily to account for the fact that my luggage was missing (hence, why I needed scissors). Needless to say, the hosts never returned my phone call. I had to walk around Porto for approximately five hours before the Internet on my phone was available again. When it finally became available again, I was able to check Airbnb to find the Wi-Fi password in my message inbox, and it was provided to me prior to me checking in. Obviously, I wasn’t able to get that information because, as I told the host’s husband the night prior, I had no access to internet. Once I came back to the room, I was able to use the Internet and find that my luggage was at Porto airport. Unfortunately, due to the lack of responsiveness of the part of the hosts, I had to retrieve my luggage from the airport a day BEFORE I was to leave Porto (and the continent). If I had the Wi-Fi information sooner, I would have been able to go to the airport and retrieve my luggage. A minor delay of a day may not seem like much, but when your luggage is missing and you have to leave the continent in two days, you would like to know sooner rather than later if your luggage is actually at the airport and if you will be stuck in the country you are visiting for an undetermined amount of time.
Pros:
The room is as advertised. It’s located on the third floor of an apartment building, and it is central to everything! It’s also about 35 minutes by train from the airport. It’s very clean and cozy. I really liked the room. It’s also very quiet, as well as comfortable.
Considerations:
In the room, there is something like a window next to the bed. But it doesn’t show you the outside world; the glass is frosted over so you can neither see outside of it nor can anyone see into it. Something to keep in mind is that there is a light from the staircase that shines into the room through this window. So if you are someone who needs complete darkness in order to sleep, you will not be able to sleep in this room UNLESS you are wear a sleeping mask.