****** Simon honours the trust and stays of guests wholeheartedly. ***** On a silent night, in Stockbridge, limping with my suitcase on a twisted ankle, I escaped from a dishonest co-host to Simon’s semi-detached white house. I arrived at Simon’s place feeling welcomed, respected and safe. His main door flat is particularly safe for any single female traveller. ***** At Simon’s, I slept in a comfy bed without having to endure the smelly duvets and then wash them myself the next morning, I unrolled the white, unstained towels without having to worry about Covid, I switched on the radiator without being troubled by any defects. The experience was completely opposite of the previous one in the same area of Stockbridge, from where I escaped to Simon’s listing. ***** Nothing went wrong at all! I was glad to find out I was not opening a pandora box of defects and troubles again. The only messages I needed to send to Simon were two thank-you notes (for his pristine retro studio) and one apology (Simon told me not to worry about the pot on which I left clumsy scratches). ***** The standard safe, clean and functional flat aside, Simon provided guests with accurate information: local eateries, wifi password and the recycling bins in the neighbourhood, for instance. ***** I used to assume all these are basics and normal in all Airbnb listings. But after I met the aforementioned dishonest co-host who manages about 40 listings across Edinburgh, I learnt from Airbnb in black-and-white that these are not supposed to be basic and essential; After receiving the evidence from me how this co-host offered stained towels, bedsheets, dirty kitchen wares, laundry machines, problematic heating system, Airbnb staff shockingly told me those were MINOR ISSUES. ****** Meanwhile, that co-host made up stories about me to cover up the unhygienic issues and defects: from ‘pleading’ for a frying pan, ‘turning up the heater to 31 degree Celsius’ to ‘a serial complainer trying to get free night accommodation’... All these made me very worried about Simon’s integrity, what if he were yet another bad person? ******** I was glad that Simon was an honest and responsible host who understood cleanliness and heating are simply basic. I feel very fortunate that I escaped to Simon’s studio. Simon is NOT a co-host who helps manage a huge quantity of listings across Edinburgh thus become unable to upkeep standard during a pandemic. ***** The prime conditions of Simon’s flat reminds me every day what should always be of a basic standard. ***** To my horror, the bad review that I left to warn other guests from the aforementioned dishonest co-host was not published on his profile; the bad review was only published on the main host's profile of that listing, which means that the co-host continues to manage more than 40 different listings across Edinburgh, and despite there have been repeated bad reviews about the unhygienic and dysfunctional issues because of his malpractice, no bad reviews stayed on his own profile. In other words, he is probably still one of the super hosts in Edinburgh with high ratings. If you would like to see his bad reviews, you must click each of his 40 or so listings and read carefully, you will find that he responded to the bad reviews using the main host’s account. ************ Airbnb allows a dishonest host to make the most of the loopholes, use stigmatising tactics, distorting normal expectation for a safe, clean and functional flat to be unreasonable, demanding and greedy behaviour with a malicious agenda to get free night accommodation. ****** The experience made it impossible for me to trust any Airbnb hosts or stay at any Airbnb flat again. Honestly, at the time of writing this review, I am worried if Simon is really an honest person... I am worried that he might make up stories about me in the review. ******* Yet, it is my moral responsibility to inform all Airbnbers of my negative experiences. I will not use Airbnb again but will keep my profile for your reference if you need to make sure you won’t encounter the aforementioned bad host. ******** Last but not least, I am grateful for Simon’s safe, clean and functional flat. I wish his flat could reflect the basic principles of Airbnb from top-down wholeheartedly.