Staying exclusively in AirBnB spaces, my husband and I contracted COVID on the tenth of our thirteen day road trip (12+ hours from home). We're both vaccinated and have never had COVID before. Trying to be responsible, we reached out to the last three hosts to cancel our stays in order to protect their homes/families from us, even sending a photo of my test result. Two of three hosts graciously and quickly cancelled. Mariam, after an 8 hour delay, refused. She stated that she couldn't cancel and refund us, AirBnB reported that she declined to cancel and refund us. Having to face quarantining 12 hours from home, Mariam's refusal to refund us forced us to quarantine in her home in order to not pay to for two places (a hotel and an empty AirBnB). Oddly enough, it seemed she had a (loud) house guest(s) the night we stayed. I hope she informed her friends of our positive status. AirBnB shows her home as booked for the same night we left. I sincerely hope she cares enough to deep clean that space for the incoming guests.
Regarding the space, the bedding smelled and certain sections of the bed felt like crumbs were under the sheets. The space itself smelled of floral air freshener and wet dog. The blinds in the bathroom couldn't come down past 2/3 making for a lack of privacy. The upstairs door only locks on the home owner side. Would be nice if guests could lock their side as well. The futon had a broken leg which made laying down pretty uncomfortable.