There is such a difference between hosts embrace the “community and spirit of Airbnb” the “Airbnb for investment hosts”.
“Airbnb for investment hosts” are removed, difficult to contact, and behave like they are your BOSS, not your host. This rental was one of the latter. He contacted us a week before arrival so he could schedule someone to meet us. Questions I asked about arrival were ignored.
Two days before we were scheduled to arrive I sent him a message through Airbnb. It was ignored. One day before our arrival I tried again. It was ignored. I tried a text. It was ignored. I finally got him to answer on Whatsapp. I shouldn’t have had to chase him down.
He behaved inappropriately when we were leaving too. We asked his “co-host” (who was very kind) for a noon checkout and were granted one. At 16:00 the day before we were scheduled to depart he messaged me to be out at 11. Poor communication all around. Oh, and the floor was so filthy, we had to wash it upon arrival.
We would not return and for others I say “let the buyer beware”.