On Sept. 4 I asked Nadia if I could check in early for my Sept 10 stay. She said I could drop my bag off but could not stay. Normal check in is 4:00pm. Less than 24 hours before my flight, Nadia told me the person who was staying that night asked for a late check out so I could just leave my bag in the livingroom. The livingroom?! That was not going to happen. She then said the room would not be ready until 5:30 pm. When I pointed out this was an hour and a half later than normal check in she offered me a small discount.
I arrived at 5:19 pm. The bed was unmade and the bathroom was disgusting. I called Nadia and she said the privous guest checked out at 5:00 pm but the cleaning lady was on her way. She arrived at 5:30. I left my bag in the closet and went to buy groceries and kill some more time. I got back a few minutes before 7:00 pm and the cleaning lady was just leaving. So my 12:30-1:00 pm check in got pushed back to 5:30 pm less than 24 hour before my flight, then to 7:00 pm by the time it was clean.
Nadia does not live there but she rents a total of 3 rooms. The third person arrived at midnight and banged around getting in her room, the bathroom and back to her room waking me three separate times. She repeated this process at 6 AM the next morning.
In the morning after just a few hours of sleep I was exhausted. The TV is in an awkward position and while getting ready to leave, I hit my head on the corner of it. I spent the next 30 minutes trying to staunch the blood gushing from my head.
This was my first time staying at an Airbnb. Though the bed was very comfortable I would not stay at Nadia‘s again. I don’t think I will use AirBnB again. Who knows, maybe it’s my concussion talking.