Great hostess, only thing that was her frequent visits back to the cottage. We paid the extra fee to have the cottage for my family and I. It is her permanent residence and everyday while we were there she came back because she forgot something, at first I understood and thought it was no big deal, but after a few visits back it was uneasy. Nice lady, but for extra 400.00 I was uncomfortable at times.. I felt like it was more of a check up on us. She has a really nice place but I couldn’t relax. At one point she and one of her friends where over cutting up parts of the plants (she has a lot of plants) so her friend can have them. It was a little awkward. Other than that it is right around the corner from the beach, we went bike riding and had a really good time in San Diego. Thank you Mercy for lending us your home.