It was an enjoyable stay; the location made it easy to get to Universal in little to no time. We took an Uber to Universal and with UberXL (for the amount of people we had), it only cost $18 round trip. An UberXL to and from the airport was $50 round trip. There is an In N Out within walking distance (<10min). Since we didn’t have a car, we had Postmates deliver eggs and fruit and it came within an hour.
The house is clean and looks very tidy. The pictures are very accurate. There are plenty of seats in the living area. The air conditioning works really well. The beds are all comfortable. TV only has 2-3 channels, but Netflix is available to watch. The internet is fast, able to handle several teens in the family using their phones and Netflix on at the same time. There are lots of towels for you to use. Soap and shampoo in the bathrooms are small travel ones from hotels, so you don’t need to bring some if there are just a couple people in your party. There isn’t a welcome basket with treats or ideas for the area so do you own research.
A few downsides include the very shaky toilet in the smaller bathroom (connected to the bedroom with the two beds); It’s somewhat unstable. Also, the pool did not look so inviting which was a bit disappointing. In addition, the kitchen has pots and pans, but no basic items other than sugar and salt. In all of the Airbnb’s I’ve stayed at, those kitchens came with basic items. Be aware that the salt box is completely mangled (opened from the top and not the metal opener on the side) so who knows how many hands have touched the salt. There was no cooking oil present which made it slightly difficult to cook scrambled eggs in the morning. We had one paper towel roll half used so when we ran out, we were told more were brought, but we couldn’t find them. Good thing there were lots of bath towels to dry dishes and hands!
During our time, the neighbors hung out in the carport and were drinking into the early hours of the morning and the trash pick up starts at 5:30am and it came several times until 8:30am. I don’t hold that against this Airbnb, more of just an FYI.
Tips:
- Navigation apps will place you a 1-2 houses before the actual house
- Look at the photos given for check-in to find the keys and doors needed.
- When locking and unlocking the deadbolt on the front door, pull the door slightly towards you
- Tina communicates quickly to questions we had