Marc’s place may be great but you will lose your money if you have to cancel the reservation. I couldn’t go to Barcelona because my 18mo old daughter got ill 2 days before our flight. We ended up having to go to the emergency room the night before our reservation and she had bronchiolitis so I am glad we didn’t go. I suggested Marc to switch our reservation to another week that was still free, so none of us would lose the money. He declined. He said they would lose the money, which it’s not true because we would keep the reservation but change the dates, so we would book another weekend that was still open in their calendar (and could potentially never been booked by anyone else). He suggested I cancel my reservation and they would offer us a 30% discount in a future reservation which is to laugh. Then he offered that if I cancel my reservation and in the event someone else booked those days, they would return me a % of our money. Meaning, they would charge double during those days. Very smart. I know their cancelation police is strict but I expect hosts to have some decency and common sense and be flexible if a health issue comes up. They don’t have to but it would only make them look like decent people. I have been a host and I have done it, and I had hosts doing that for me in the past. I hope you don’t have to cancel your reservation because you will lose all your money. Barcelona is a great city and I lived there for 6 years so I know how greedy people can be. I will still go to Barcelona some weekend but I won’t stay at Marc’s apartment for sure.