The day prior to our travels to Barcelona we had a conversation with the rental company about checking in at 10 am. We were assured they can let us into the Airbnb at that time. We arrived expecting a nice area of Barcelona and was greeted by an alley filled with trash, graffiti coated buildings, questionable surroundings, sketchy bystanders, and us having to hold very heavy luggage.. and no host to check us in. We were informed at 9:59 am that the host is running 30 minutes late due to difficulties (to which we later learned was a early check in at another property). We were told to wait nearby in a place where we were safe (thank god for Irish pubs at 10 am). 30 minutes of waiting on the host, we were again told the host was running late now due to her scooter not working probably. We were looking at a pricey Airbnb where we were guaranteed an early check in and wasn’t given, given excuses for the tardiness to which she still didn’t show after an hour of waiting, was never contacted by the host directly, and the rental certainly didn’t describe the area as it’s current status. We luckily booked at a nearby hotel called the mimic and it’s been nothing short of lovely! I felt like my time was wasted at this Airbnb, the apology was not genuine whatsoever, and the interactions were very unprofessional all around.