1. First day checked in, they had correct outdoor keypad number, but their room keypad number was incorrect. The host was having a wrong pin, I found the pin else where.
2. Window was broken, couldn’t open or close it. It’s also right next to the outdoor lounge area, which everyone had access to, felt very unsafe.
3. Bathroom. Shower area-doesn’t suggest for tall people. In addition, if you don’t put anything on the bathroom window, anyone standing out side in the night can see the inside clearly, and you can’t see them.
4. It’s inside an apartment. The room was small as I expected. The piano was real though. The style was cool, same as pic.
5. Safety. A lot of homeless people outside around the streets. Be expected to smell drugs anywhere downtown.
6. Location. Since it’s in downtown, it’s walkable to the zoo, USS midway museum, San Diego convention Center, and etc. for average of 30 min. 5 min to San Diego trolley/bus stations.
7. Communication. Made a reservation for a week, planned a week-travel. However, something unexpected happened and I had to change my travel plan during the week of stay. I tried to change the reservation ahead before the day I had to leave so I didn’t have to waste all the money for rest of the nights. However, the host rejected the request, saying he could not accept the request due to Airbnb policy. The policy literally allowed us to change the reservation, so I asked again. Then the host said I could cancel the reservation on the day, but couldn’t change. Then I knew, the money returned would be different between if I changed the reservation ahead and if I cancelled on the day. Then I asked the Airbnb customer service, didn’t help. I got around $60 back for the rest of 3 nights instead of $175 if I changed the reservation ahead.
8. Won’t try this apartment again.