The home was listed as accommodating 8 people for $250/night. I was renting the place for visitors for a conference that I was hosting and confirmed with the host that this would be okay. When I arrived, 2 of the 4 listed rooms were locked and the host said that I would have to pay an additional $25/person for every guest after 4 people. This is a reasonable request BEFORE an agreement is struck. It is completely unreasonable after the fact. The result is that some of our visitors didn’t want to create an extra burden and chose to stay elsewhere.
Upon arrival, I met the owner who told me that he was using a manager to handle confirmations and that we were given the wrong price based on our number of guests, even though the listing clearly stated $250/night for 8 people. He told me to use AirBnB to text the manager who never responded. The owner then opened 3 out of the 4 rooms, when all 4 should have been available.
This property could have realistically been listed for a higher price and could have been a good value. I considered it a very good value at the price it was listed. However, when the owner decided to change the terms after I arrived with the guests and their baggage the uncertainty that it caused for everyone greatly reduced the quality of the experience. Ultimately, for the price the owner wanted for 8 people I could have set them up in a real bed and breakfast so they would have had food as well. I have never written a negative review, but I have very little tolerance for someone that changes the terms of a financial agreement AFTER being paid in full based on what they initially asked for.