We stayed at Lawrence’s Airbnb for 3 nights. At first, we reserved the place for a total of four people. Then I updated it to six guests, which I had told him weeks in advance. The details listed that there would be a pull-out sofa so there would be an extra mattress that two ppl could share in the living room. He said it was okay.
The part that made me angry was that LAST minute, the day before we arrived, he charged me an additional $200 without notifying me!! I did not confirm that there would be additional people coming.
If he was going to charge me extra, he should have acknowledged it right then & there after i informed him of the alteration, not have a surprise bank statement.
This caused a mess of planning between my friend group as they were expecting to save money by splitting the total, not be charged more for less space & sleeping in the living room. So I changed it back to four ppl to not receive the extra, ridiculous charge. It took DAYS for the money to go back into my account.
Then to make matters worse, once we arrived to the place, there was NO PULL-OUT SOFA! It was a tiny gray sofa that could barely one person laid out. I texted him about it & he was so sure there was one. It’s as if he doesn’t even know his own place. He wasn’t of much help. This again caused stress between the group. It was an unpleasant welcome during what’s supposed to be a carefree vacation/birthday trip.
Then hours later, he mentioned there was a pull out mattress under the bunk bed. (Was not in the description at all).
The place has two bedrooms and is more fitting for a family with small children (the bunk bed with a pull-out mattress), rather than an adult group where one’s feet would be hanging off the mattress. He also told me to do the dishes, yet charged $79 for a cleaning service fee.
The location is in Avondale, close to Logan Square, but not that close to all the tourist locations if you’re looking to do all that.
If I were to grade the experience (from planning & the stay itself), I guess I’d give him a C.