We made a reservation months before the actual stay, and paid for about half of the whole price to reserve the place. When Airbnb tried to charge us for the rest of the price, the credit card that Airbnb had on file had expired and the second payment didn’t go through, so our initial reservation was canceled. On the day when this happened, we found out, we made a brand new reservation for the same dates and exact same price, paid in full, and contacted Thomas to let him know what happened. Since this wasn’t an actual cancellation, Airbnb told us that we’d get the initial payment back as long as the host agreed. But Tomas refused to refund the initial payment, so the stay costed us 150%, and Thomas pocketed an extra $2000 just because he could. The location is great, apartment is as pictured, but the way that Thomas does business is not acceptable to us and we would not recommend staying with this host. We most certainly won’t be back.