The host was quick to respond to questions throughout the process. Location of the property was fantastic. Just short of being a beach front property, it really can't get much closer than this place. Loved the overall theme/decoration - was very fun, yet easy going atmosphere we were looking for in a beach house. The pool table and the dart board upstairs was awesome, not to mention the two balconies (w/ a nice big BBQ grill!). Also loved the fact that the unit had bikes available for us to use. Riding them along the beach up to Santa Monica and back was one of the highlights of our stay. We took 4 cars and was able to find street parking nearby relatively easy for the two cars that didn't get the assigned parking spot in the garage. One word of caution: the unit right next door seemed like a vacation rental also and unfortunately, our neighbor during the 2nd night of our stay were very noisy so we had to wake up in the middle of night to ask them to keep the noise level down. Other than that, we had a blast.