We had a good time at Vanessa’s house but just know Vanessa has a lot of rules - and very in-depth rules. I honestly felt like I was on edge the entire weekend because I was concerned about breaking a rule I didn’t see (her check in notes are very long). However, her check in information is very thorough, which is at least good.
The house was nice and very clean. Vanessa always responded within an hour and even gave tips on getting shuttles to the airport.
Make sure you have a car if you’re staying here. There isn’t really a way to call an Uber and the trendy place like Malibu Cafe/ Malibu Farms are about 20-30 mins driving.
This is a great option if you are planning to stay in and hang out - but there is a noise curfew so be aware of that. The host originally told me it was 10 pm and then after check in told me it was 9 pm. I didn’t bother to clarify as I didn’t think we would have a loud group.
Lastly, we had a couple people miss their flights (we stayed during the two weeks that all the flights were being canceled and rerouted on the east coast) or their flights get cancelled as they were traveling from the east coast and another person develop Covid symptoms. I edited the number of guest to be transparent and the refund should have been about ~$300 but Vanessa said that due to paying for the “linens” for 10 people she could only pay me $100 back. I find that odd, but just took what I could get so I could somewhat pay the people back that had missed flights (and originally we had 10 people and five didn’t show up - and I only asked for 3 peoples money back because I wasn’t trying to be greedy because 2 others canceled several weeks in advance but I forgot to update the reservation prior to one week out which is in accordance with Vanessa’s policy - so that was my bad…. Just do not feel that the same consideration was granted towards me)
I was able to work through the anxiety and my friends and I had a nice time.l and grateful for Vanessa’s recommendations!! Just wanted to leave a very transparent review!