This was my first experience with Airbnb. Maureen was very accommodating and her apartment was clean. I did smell her cute Pug dog when I walked into the apartment, but it did not bother me. She kept the dog confined to the kitchen tile, unless she was out walking him, which was often. The dog was super sweet.
My daughter was attending a volleyball camp at LMU and I walked back and forth to LMU (25 minutes) each day without a problem. My daughter stayed with me the first and last night of our Airbnb stay and we walked to the beach (about 20 minutes) the last day. The beach was beautiful, family friendly and the weather was fabulous! The surrounding areas felt safe as I walked around, although I would not have felt safe walking home from the beach after dark.
I felt bad I put Maureen in an awkward situation. I thought that when you saw a Airbnb price with the description 2 guests that the price included 2 guests. In my messages to Maureen I told her my daughter would be staying the first and last nights with me, but reserved it with only 1 guest. I failed to look at addl' pricing which stated that each additional after 1 guest was 75.00 per night, and Airbnb called me the last morning of our stay and told us we owed 150.00 more. I was not aware of the charges and Maureen took pity on me and changed the charges to 121.00 which I paid to Airbnb that morning... I also didn't realize the check out time was 7:30 am. She allowed us to leave our luggage at her apartment while we walked to the beach and picked it up at 12:30 in order to catch our flight.
I would definitely visit Maureen again. She even gave my daughter some succulent plant starts!!