The stay at Ashley's wasn't what we had in mind when we booked. It's in a very humid area of Hawaii and the cottage doesn't get good airflow.
It gets very hot and stuffy and there's also an issue with bugs. We first ran into a cockroach when we first got there. Kinda shrugged it off since we are in a tropical setting I guess? The floor was dirty and the futon felt like it might break but we tried to make the best of it.
The first night my fiance and I got bit up by mosquitoes. I found some bug spray and some outdoor coils so Ashley is aware of the mosquitoes issue.
I got out of bed around 1am covered myself in bug spray and tried to stay under the sheet even though your so hot you don't want to be under anything.
Next morning we realized there was no hot water I took a cold shower I was sticky from the night before and the bug spray.
We mentioned the water issue which got fixed. Also mentioned the bugs and Ashley said it was "like living outside here". I was not expecting to live outside.
We also realized then that there was no actual soap in the bathroom. They filled up a old bottle with water and left that as the soap in the bathroom.
We booked 6 nights here. I lasted 3 before I couldnt take the hot nights with mosquitos biting us all night. It was so bad I would wake up in the middle of the night to reapply bug spray. We decided to leave and we booked another place for the last 3 nights.
Ashley reached out to me and when I voiced my issues with her she got defensive and then asked me to not include any of the negative issues in my review. I was shocked that not was she not apologetic. She didn't offer a refund for the 3 nights we didn't stay there and instead asked me to not leave an accurate account of my stay there. Seems shady to me so I wrote this review to let ppl know. I think Ashley and her partner need to put more effort into their cottage to make it more comfortable for their guests especially guest staying for an extended time like 6 nights.