The bed is great, Ayana is a very helpful host. It is also wonderful that she is on site almost all the time. The main drawback is the price of parking. The $12 lot in the posting looked just as risky as on street parking, so the only safe alternative is the $42 parking garage, or pretending you are stating at the Hampton Inn nearby for $32 a night. This is not Ayana's fault. Oakland has many signs warning about car break ins--apparently the city seems hopeless or unwilling to deal with it.