This is a very beautiful home to stay at, however we had some complications with Nancy that made our stay less desirable. The Airbnb listing stated “The rate quoted are for three people there is an additional $25 per person per night charge for the 4th guest.” (I have the screenshots) During our stay, Nancy contacted us and told us that we would have to pay the $25/night for the THIRD person making our total to be an additional $100. She told us that the listing I saw was incorrect and the price is for two people and the fee is for the third person. We both contacted Airbnb and Airbnb told me to try to dispute it with the host, which I did. We spoke in person and she escalated things by raising her voice at me. When I said I checked the listing and I have the screenshots of what I saw, she interrupted me and didn’t let me finish explaining what could’ve been the misunderstanding. She then just told me in a passive aggressive manner that “Life’s too short. You know what? Keep the $100” and we parted ways. During our final night here, one of our friends was in town for a AOTA convention and needed a place to leave his luggage since he was going to be hanging out with us for the day. I already told her that he’s just here to be with us and that he isn’t spending the night. When we came back to the Airbnb at around 7PM, we noticed her peeking through her window to watch us with all the lights in the house off. That made us feel extremely uncomfortable. I’ve stayed at Airbnbs where the owner is on the property as well, but I’ve never had a situation where someone continued to keep a watch on me constantly.
We apologized for our noise level but we had just returned from a ghost tour and unexpectedly found a voodoo doll that was hanging by a string in the closet of the Airbnb. We don’t know if the previous stay had left it there or if it was intentionally left there in the closet but it spooked us and left us feeling a little nervous. We didn’t feel like it was appropriate to have a voodoo doll hanging like that when some might be superstitious.
Overall, Nancy had a nice home and I thank her for opening it to us. However, I am a strong believer in hospitality/customer service. I really hope this was all just a misunderstanding between the two of us, but my party had a bad experience here.