This was our first AirBnB experience and we are so glad it was! We wanted to find a reasonably priced but comfortable lodging in or around Half Moon Bay to celebrate my wife's birthday because she enjoys taking photos there. We looked into every hotel in the area and they were either cheap & sketchy with not so good reviews, or so incredibly expensive they were out of our budget! So we decided to try out AirBnB to see if we could find something & this popped up. There were a few other rentals available but this one just seemed the most comfortable, the most reasonably priced, so spacious, and we liked the location a lot. We felt very lucky since it seems to be booked very often and all the reviews were terrific!
The rental is an entire house & it is incredibly spacious. The house was also very clean & well maintained. I'm a former house cleaner & I'm very picky! I can say I totally felt like this was cleaner than most hotel rooms I've stayed in. We also felt like we were in a very safe neighborhood & in very safe house, which is also a big plus!
There are two full living room space areas. One is definitely made a great spot for kids to hand & play with some kid-friendly gear available. The other is more of an adult hangout. There is also a separate dining room next to the kitchen & a beautiful backyard & patio area with lots of seating & a grill! Sadly it was too cold when we were there to enjoy but it looked lovely.
The three bedrooms are all a great size and we were actually really impressed with how comfortable the mattresses, pillows & linens were! (Seriously, wanted to steal one of the beds and take it home, we slept like logs!)
The location is absolutely perfect if you have a car. And certainly still quite lovely if you are a biker or an avid walker. We didn't have a car, and being disabled I don't bike or walk much. However, we were always able to get a Lyft or Uber wherever we wanted, even if sometimes it did take a little while early in the morning or late at night. Also, the house is just a few minutes walk from a beautiful beach area & wetland. What a great spot to greet the morning or watch the sunset! Plus it was incredibly quiet & so peaceful.
Historic downtown Half Moon Bay was a very quick car ride. Mavericks beach, Pillar Point (where the whale watching tours launch), and lots of other great places of interest are a very easy car ride. Go visit the grounds of the Ritz Carlton very close by just to look or grab (pricey) drinks during the day, it's beautiful! Also the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve near Moss Beach is AMAZING!
We would absolutely recommend this rental as a beautiful, spacious, comfortable & highly enjoyable place to stay. In addition, the hosts were amazingly communicative & so very friendly and nice. Which is not something you get often at a hotel that is for certain! They gave us all the info we needed in advance, and when we had a couple of little questions they were immediately responsive. We really appreciated that aspect of our experience.
If we had any notes at all, it would be that there is only basic cable television. Which honestly, most people will not care because it's too beautiful to stay inside! However, being disabled I did spend more time in the house & although there are a few old DVDs to watch, there is no way to (for example) plug in your Amazon Fire or Roku & watch your Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime etc. There are two TVs but one is very old and has no HDMI port & the other the HDMI port is inaccessible behind a tightly wall mounted TV. We brought our Fire but couldn't use it. So if you like to hang out and watch movies or something, then be sure to bring DVDs to watch!
Lastly, just be careful when entering because there is a high step up! And there are is a drop down into each living room area. We just stuck a stool at each one to remind us not to trip. The floors around the bedrooms & bathrooms are all one level though so no worry about sleepy nighttime tripping!