We never saw our host. This was only my second airbnb so that's my comparison. The first the couple was there, helped us move our things out of the car, gave us lots of hints and help. Every day they gave us directions for how to get to where we were going that day and even gave us recommendations for restaurants or entertaining things to do in the area we were heading toward. Brent had sent us an email that he wouldn't be there when we got there and how to get in.

He also left a brochure for one part of town for us and his phone number where he could be reached. The phone number was helpful because we had invited three people to dinner our first night there. Unfortunately, the picnic table shown in the pictures was non-existent and the grill wouldn't light, so we called Brent and he told us it probably was out of propane. Luckily the second side of the grill we could put briquettes in so we could still grill out. But the table in the unit only sat four (and three guests plus my husband and I made five).

The inside of the unit was as shown, so no surprises there. The location was fine.