Our stay with Clive and Delphine was our second Airbnb experience. When looking for places to stay during our trip to the UK, I looked for rooms with private bathrooms, but Clive and Delphine had such high ratings that we chose to stay with them even though the bathroom was shared and we were not disappointed.
We are pretty sure that our stay here is the kind of stay the founders of Airbnb had in mind when they created the company. Clive and Delphine have taken a 2 1/2-year trip around the world so they know what it’s like to be travelers. We especially appreciated being able to do our laundry as soon as we arrived and being able to use the kitchen, as we had already been traveling for 10 days and were tired of eating out.
We came to Manchester for a weekend Manchester City match and so were able to spend lots of time with Clive and Delphine. They even invited us to a 5K they were doing at a local park and looked into whether we could use a computer at the local library. When they took us to the library and it was closed, they generously drove us into the city to an internet cafe. We really appreciated this as we needed to transfer pictures and videos from our memory cards to our hard drive.
Clive and Delphine’s house is about a 10-minute walk from the tram and about a 20-minute ride into the city center. The room is large, the bed was comfortable and the duvet was warm. They also have a nice patio where we sat and talked in the morning sun.
We were a bit hesistant to try Airbnb, but we felt like we had already known Clive and Delphine; we felt like we were staying with friends. We really couldn’t have had a better experience.