My boyfriend and I stayed at naoko’s place in Edinburgh for 3 nights and had both positive and negative thoughts.
The pros:
- really great location in the old town
- lovely view of the castle from the bedroom
- nice sized apartment
- great shower
Cons
- the photos really are a bit deceiving. The flat looks charming and romantic in the photos but in real life it’s really quite tatty. The bedroom was quite dusty especially on the bed head board and the bedside tables so I’m not sure if they actually have cleaners come in or if they just come and change the sheets when someone leaves.
- only given one tiny hotel style sachet of shampoo and shower gel. It’s annoying when this is listed as an amenity and for 2 people for a 3 night stay. You’ll find you have to go out and buy your own
- the apparent is in a type of flat complex. This one is on the ground floor so you can’t have the bedroom curtain or window open as there’s people walking past a lot and the lights outside are really bright so it was difficult to sleep as the curtain is cream and didn’t block out any light
- tiny hairdryer - this may seem pedantic but most air bnbs have normal hair dryers. This was one of those really tiny travel ones that meant we had to spend so long getting ready and took 20 minutes to dry my hair
- no bin in the kitchen? Not sure if we were meant to constantly take our own rubbish out but it was odd that we couldn’t even throw away our coffee cup
Overall, if you’re not going to spend much time in the apartment, definitely worth staying at for the location but probably wouldn’t recommend if you plan to spend time at the air bnb!