Terrible experience all around. I’m not sure how other people had even remotely a good experience after the one I had. While the Airbnb is in a great geographical location - it’s in a filthy, urine-ridden part of the Gaslamp. Homeless everywhere, including in front of the entrance to what has to be the most antiquated apartment building in San Diego.
The communication with the host was awful, and as matter of fact I’m not even sure that I communicated with the host at this point but rather their assistants (I’ve never booked an Airbnb and dealt with anyone who wasn’t the host.) We were let in the Airbnb late after standing outside the apartment lobby in this sketchy part of the gaslamp by one of the assistants who informed me that our Airbnb wasn’t even ready as it was experiencing plumbing problems.
His solution was to have us wait in the room with the plumbing problems while they prepared another space for us. He informed us that the process would be resolved in less than a hour and that the Host of the Airbnb would contact me with a proposal of accepting that room at a lower rate or being moved to another. Fair enough - except for the fact that I was never contacted by the host and had to reach out to Airbnb support to help me resolve the issue and get a refund.
There’s really so much more to say but I don’t have any more energy to invest into this awful experience.
Awful host and area (though very centrally located like they mentioned, but no parking😂). 0/10 - skip.