My partner and I booked this place at the last minute because it was cheaper, our hotel checkout was at 12pm, and we had a flight to catch at 10pm. We booked it thinking we’d stay from checkin until around 7pm and then head out to IAD. The host was nice; the person we speak to we’ve never actually seen, his partner seems to manage the day-to-day.
That night, we missed our flight and actually looked around at the place we now had to shower and sleep.
The saying “you get what you pay for” rang true in this situation. The sink wasn’t wiped down, the toilet was filthy with dust and dried pee, the shower we’d never used had hair. I’m not particularly “picky,” I even took out my contacts in the Amtrak bathroom on the way here. This bathroom, however, didn’t feel safe to do so. There was another guest’s trash on the night stand and pistachios under the bed. Very strange.
I would’ve given the stay four stars if the host were willing to acknowledge the gravity of the situation. We obviously requested a refund of the cleaning fee. Because we didn’t say anything until after the 10am checkout (who wakes up before 10am on vacation?), he claimed it was retaliation. He was unwilling to take accountability for his negligence, saying he wanted instead to “acknowledge my feelings.”
We wouldn’t have cared or noticed much had we left at 7pm as we were expecting, but actually sleeping and waking up in this place was not great. I would never recommend it, especially matched with the hosts attitude when asked to actually acknowledge fault.