UNPLEASANT experience!
I understood from her documentation that the check-in time was between 4 PM and 10 PM.
The day before our stay at her place, the host messaged me wanting confirmation that we would not arrive past 11 PM.
And I immediately replied that we would arrive earlier than 11 PM.
The host waited to the day of check-in to confirm our stay there -- just before I would have looked for another place to stay.
The host's instructions included stopping at her mailbox and calling her before coming to her house.
Her documentation also referenced "Self check-in with keypad".
So, I am still in a state of confusion about that.
Later, I messaged her questions about cell phone reception and how well lit the mailbox area would be in the dark.
She blew off my questions -- did not answer them at all, but instead said she needed to know what time I planned on checking in?
I replied that I would give her a heads up on our ETA, we were not sure at that time.
She immediately messaged me back, "I need to know an approximate time of when you will be checking in I work full-time as a mobile notary and I have opportunities to take jobs and so I need to know if you're checking in at 4 or if you're checking in more like 8 thank you for your understanding I must be home when you check in"
I replied "We will be sightseeing and snorkeling. The best that I can tell you is that we will arrive between 6:30 PM and 10 PM. Is that OK?"
And she responded "Perfect thank you so much have a great day"
I feel that the host should not have said that she needed to know an approximate check-in time, because that was already established the day before, and it served to restrict our vacation activities.
Otherwise, the place is roomy.