I reached out to David and Manoela last minute to my trip to LA and within minutes they replied to me answering the laundry lists of questions I had, completely soothing my anxieties.
I got to their place at around 2:30/3am and David greeted me with open arms despite waking probably waking him up (sorry man haha). Unfortunately Manoela was on vacation where I originally flew in from oddly enough, so I didn’t get too meet her which is a bummer. He gave me a tour of the house, answered any questions I had, offered me beer, ideas on things to do, and really helped me get settled in. The house was extremely clean and accommodating, especially the bathroom which I seriously appreciated. My bedroom was amazing too. Nice and cozy with a comfortable bed, two big windows to help bring in that cool sea breeze, a tv with Netflix/Prime Video/YouTube/etc. They also had a nice standalone cooling fan Incase I got too warm, but honestly the temperature was perfect so I didn’t need it (it’s appreciated though). The neighborhood they’re located in is really great too. I never felt unsafe at all throughout my time there, everyone seemed very friendly. I’m typically a light sleeper but nothing kept me from getting a good nights sleep. David did hook me up with a sweet pair of ear plugs as soon as I got there but I didn’t have to use them (appreciated again). Their 2 cats were extremely cute and funny too haha.
Literally within a day of being there I felt like I’d known David for years because of how personable and easy to talk to he is whether it be about music, food, to just life in general. Whatever I needed I just asked and without hesitation he helped me out no questions asked. For example, I got sun poisoning from falling asleep at the beach, but thankfully David went out to their aloe plant and cut me off a stem for me to use and then gave me some Excedrin to help with the pain. You were a godsend that day, thank you so much dude haha. He gave me a ride to Trader Joe’s cause I wanted to check it out, then he was nice enough to give me a ride to Manhattan Beach which saved me a lot of money on using a ride share app. He wouldn’t take my gas money or offers on food/drink, just a really friendly dude who’s happy to help out.
I could go on and on but I figured this is getting lengthy so I’ll try to wrap it up. If you were like me and completely overwhelmed on which Airbnb to stay at, please just stay here. It’s extremely affordable, close to everything while still being quiet, the house is perfect, and the hosts are absolutely lovely. Even though I didn’t get to meet Manoela, I heard nothing but amazing things about her. Just from communicating with her through this app I could tell everything David said about her is 100% accurate.
I was incredibly nervous about traveling 3,000 miles away from home to stay with people I didn’t know, but you two completely erradicated those anxieties immediately. It’s nice to know the next time I go to Los Angeles I won’t have to stress about where I’ll be staying.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys SO much for having me and taking such great care of me.
Much love
-Jacob