For us, staying at Buthainah’s Airbnb was spectacular from start to finish. Our flight to the US canceled and we didn’t want to sleep in the Cape Town airport. I messaged 8 Airbnbs to see if we could book late at night and Buthainah was the only one who responded. She said she’d wait up for us. It was almost midnight when we arrived, and her wonderful children carried our suitcases upstairs to our room.
It was just what we needed. Only 15 minutes from the airport in a safe quiet neighborhood where the Call to Prayer could be heard from the local Mosque. We were able to cook in the shared kitchen where we met other amazing guests who were also staying there. Buthainah gave us keys to the entire place to come and go as needed (including a key to our room). She provided bottled water when we arrived and her polite beautiful children brought us more when we requested it. We are so grateful to have stayed two nights there and only wish we’d had more time to stay longer.