This is our third stay in Barcelona-and worst so far. Here is why:
1.It’s extremely hard to communicate with the host-she always responded a day late, or didn’t respond at all. The guy who opened the apartment for us knew absolutely no English same as us-zero Spanish. And we did have to go through a great deal of communication.....
1. When checking in-the host said we will have to pay 30 euros for late check-in, and the guy tried to get 50 from us.
2. I was looking for the apartment that had Air Conditioner, because were traveling with kids first of all. Also, it’s summer and it’s hot. And when we checked in the AC wasn’t working. We had to spend the night and almost a whole day with no AC...next day we have been checked in to the apartment 2 floors above where the AC was working BUT!!!!!!
3. It was dirty , dusty, and and beat up as hell...we actually had clumps oh dust and hair under the beds. The kitchen faucet was broken-it was hanging-and it took them one more day to fix. The bedding and towels were stained, the closet shelves had dust inside, the bathroom sink was clogged and the pipes were dripping in both bathroom and kitchen with the smell to go with it.... So yes-they moved us in and didn’t even bother to clean up the apartment or fix the faucet or the AC in the previous apartment.
4. The guy who brought the keys knocked on our door almost every day...either to let us know about the AC, or to fix the faucet(bring the plumber who fixed the faucet while we were there), or to move us to another apartment or to pick up the keys a day too early (because his boss instructed so). Again-we communicated only throughGoogle translation and it took us some time and was inconvenient over all...because we came to enjoy Barcelona-and not to deal with the apartment mishaps every day almost
There are many others things I could add(like no elevator, uncomfortable beds, holes in the shower ceiling ) But the main problem is the irresponsibility and ignorance of the host and whoever is in charge of making sure that the apartment is in the right condition for the guests to move in. Basically they want to rip you off and dont even care about the rest. Definitely not worth the money we’ve spent!