The Airbnb is in a temporary housing building on an unsafe block of downtown San Diego (look up the history of the building, you’ll find some interesting stories). One person stepped in front of me on the street to urinate on the building. At night I waited for my Uber inside as the street was full of homeless men. On the second night I came home to a homeless woman strung out in the Airbnb doorway and I had to reach over her enter the door code. In the parking lot next door, I watched 3 people shoot up at 8am in the morning. An Airbnb on this block should not cost almost half a grand for 2 nights.
The room was not as nice as the photos showed, the patio furniture in the photos (which was part of the reason I booked) was replaced with hard stools, the bed was half made, one lamp did not have any light bulbs and in the other lamp only one worked. There is dust along the top of the ceiling, I saw a baby roach, and the vents are filthy. The cost per night did not match the value of the Airbnb and I wished I bit the bullet and paid more and for a hotel.
The Airbnb owner was nice (via Airbnb messenger) and responsive but admitted that he does not oversee the unit. If I was at a hotel, they would have offered me at least a partial refund.