Pros-
Close to city center
Lots of food options nearby
Nice apartment (with elevator)
Received a manual when we asked for suggestions
Cons-
-Almost no communication, welcome, reminder, etc from renter (I was actually wondering if the reservation had been cancelled since I had heard from from all the other renters except him)
-A police form that was ‘mandatory’ -Along with this renter’s refusal to help me in any way with this document
-The extra complicated key retrieval system!!!! ( after 2 hours at MAD resolving this police form situation, I then had to take a cab to one location to get the keys from a lockbox while the taxi had the meter running, so I could finally head to the apartment, which was around 5 additional euros away
Sadly, this experience was probably the worst I’ve had in the almost decade I’ve used AB&B. It set a horrible tone for my trip and made me nervous to use AB&B again.
I had already booked 2 more in Spain though and I have yet to run into this ‘mandatory’ police form that ate up my morning after just having arrived to Madrid…