We chose Flor and Abel’s place to stay as we were travelling from the UK for the marathon. We didn’t want to pay city prices which are always over inflated for event weekends and so looked for an Air BandB.
From the start communication with Flor was second to non. She responded quickly to any questions we had around the location of the property because we were concerned about how to get to the race at 6am.l on a Sunday morning.
The day before we arrived we received full and detailed instructions on how to check in, this was seamless. When we arrived we were grateful to see there was some supplies kindly left for us. We were really grateful for these after a long trip.
The property was well presented, clean and well stocked for everything you might need. I have to say the bed was super comfortable! Towels were fluffy and clean and we were never cold!
The property is a 10 minute walk from the blue CTA El line into the city but you can also hop on the 77 bus which is at the end of the street to get to the El to save your legs, buses are very frequent. Getting from the property to anywhere in the city was so simple using public transport.
Upon reading reviews from others when booking I noted that people had commented on the fact you can hear Flor and her family upstairs and that the property is older in style. This is true, however this is Air BandB and in our honest opinion it is Air BandB at its best! This is Flors home, the property is a traditional Chicago style property! If what you want is shiny gloss marble floors then book the Hilton.
For us this was perfect and we are grateful Flor shared her home with us and made our week in Chi memorable - we will definitely recommend to other marathon travellers!