Cons: I got *** BED BUGS*** from this place. We checked in on a Sunday night and by Wednesday morning I started to see bites. I kept getting new ones every day. At first I thought they could be normal bug bites from outside (even though I didn't see or feel the bites when they happened, and I didn't go anywhere that typically has bugs like mosquitoes). By the end of the week, I had 55+ bites, mostly on my arms, hands, shoulders, neck, and ALSO my FACE (they bit my eye lid). I didn't have time during the stay to look into it, but since the itching was way worse than anything I felt before, I started researching online once I got home. I found that the timing and appearance of the bites matched that of bed bug bites, according to the CDC. Bed bug bites are typically found in clusters, in lines, or zig zags - which is what I had. They also typically don't show up right after being bit and can take 1-3 days to show up, which is ALSO what happened to me. I went to urgent care the day after we checked out. I was prescribed topical and oral steroids to deal with the reaction to the bites. These steroids ruined my ability to sleep, changed my appetite, and gave me anxiety. One morning, I slept through 3 alarms and missed my first work meeting (which never happens and was horribly embarrassing and unprofessional). A lot of the bites have become open wounds because of the scratching, and may scar and continue to be discolored. I also have to cover my arms up when I go out now, because it looks horrible - but this sucks cuz it's hot outside. The day after check-out, when I realized it was bed bugs, I reported it to Airbnb. I gave them all the proof, photos, etc - I also offered to show them proof of NO BITES before checking in, and I have witnesses. Airbnb asked Tracy (the host) to get inspected. Tracy provided them with a report from Pest Control stating that they don't have bed bugs :| THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. And also, TOTALLY possible to bribe a Pest Control rep if it prevents her from renting her property and making money. Meanwhile, I have been so scared of spreading the bugs to MY home, I threw out my luggage, put all the contents into bags until I have the nerve/time to wash the things that can be washed at high temps. And I'm freaking out that I will have a population in my home soon. Bed bugs are REALLY hard to get rid of - they can survive a year without food/water, you can't kill them with sprays, they are TINY, they lay hundreds of eggs a day.... *sigh. So Airbnb closed the case and won't help me deal with everything because Tracy probably paid off someone to write a fake report. I went back to Urgent Care a week later because I'm still SUFFERING (woke up at 3:50 AM scratching off my skin), so they prescribed me something different and more intense than Benadryl - again, the doctor agrees that these are bed bugs and that I only could have gotten them from where I slept, and based on the timeline of when they appeared and when new ones stopped appearing, it only could have been Tracy's home. ALSO interesting: Urgent Care, Doctors, and even ER will turn you away if you complain of any skin issues right now - they are afraid of mokeypox, so they force you to start off with a video visit. So it really sucked to be treated like I had monkeypox.... If this happened at a hotel, the hotel would still take responsibility even if I reported it after checking out - Airbnb, though, doesn't make exceptions if you realize a problem after you checked out. BTW, Tracy's home also has an ant problem, which we DID report during our stay. It's manageable, but if the Pest Control report didn't mention the ants, that's also suspicious because there are ants, we did see it, and we have witnesses.
Pros: nice home, good space, clean, paper towels and hand soap provided, extra towels, quiet. I'd say more here but I don't feel like it given the bed bug situation.