This review is from the perspective of someone who constantly tries to be a skeptic when purchasing via internet. You have to be a smart consumer and avoid getting scammed/your identity stolen/in a scary situation.

When I saw the pics of Ryan's house, I thought wow, what a nice place. I thought, these look like real estate photos, the house probably doesn't look like that in person.

On AirBnb, Ryan has all glowing reviews. I thought, "hmm, too good to be true." Fake reviews or something (like on Amazon).

I messaged with Ryan and he was very nice and immediately responsive. I thought hmm, probably too good to be true, maybe he is some kind of creeper. (Sorry Ryan lol— women have to be vigilant on the internet!)

But here's the thing...

We got to Ryan's house, and it was exactly as pictured. The house really is that nice, well-decorated and well-kept. If not nicer. And it smells good.

RYAN really is as nice as everyone says. He is so upbeat and easy to get along with. He had so much local expertise to offer and told us if we wanted recommendations, all we had to do was ask. At the same time, he let us have our space. He works doing like 10 different things, so he was probably only home 25-50% of the time we were.

We knew we could count on him if anything went wrong, or bug him with any questions we had. Do you have a pitcher? Where is the net for the pool? Can we do arts and crafts in this nice living room? Where are Wolfie's treats in case he wants one?

And we really used this house too, we didn't flit in and out. We cooked in the kitchen. We swam in the pool every day. We watched shows on the TV. We ate poolside. We made drinks and had a friend over. We played with Wolfie, The Most Adorable Dog of All Time. And we did do arts and crafts in the nice living room!

SO if you are reading all these reviews thinking, "seems too good to be true," take it from me — it's not! You should really stay here. Everything about it was wonderful; it made our vacation.