“When it rains, it pours ... and there’s bugs”
My birthday trip to NOLA took a hard turn when we had to leave this trendy-cute place due to what was a mass of “bugs” flying in and entering the home . We couldn’t tell where they were coming from but they literally were coming from all over; starting in one room and then eventually from various rooms and even the master bathroom sink- so weird !
Now, when we first arrived there were in fact small piles of dead bugs on the floor in some spaces but we didn’t report that because look, stuff happens right? We come from humble beginnings are didn’t mind sweeping up quickly and keeping the party going.
The next day after exploring NOLA we came back for some naps before we hit the town again. Well, when we woke up ...these bugs were everywhere ! We were cleaning up our luggage and clothes trying to get these things off of us thinking maybe if we found the source we could stop the bugs and then make the accommodations work. Well, these things start coming in faster and in larger numbers so we had to jet, and find another air BNB . Now the owner refunded our money for the two nights-we would be staying else where-but would you believe he kept the cleaning fee !? It was apparent that we should have at least gotten our cut of the cleaning fee back considering we (the guests) were the ones who helped clean and that this was a team effort *heavy sarcasm*
The owner’s assistant acknowledged that “sometimes they (the bugs) come in during the rain and yea... so we can’t help it” . I was taken aback. I didn’t get why something like that wouldn’t be shared or if known ahead of time( of the potential of invasion) why wasn’t more done To check in from time to time,making sure the place was clean and holding up to par.
Host or assistant didn’t even offer to help find another place or anything. Anyway.... I told the owner that we honestly loved the house and thought it was waaaaayy toooo cute to have its vibe tainted by what seems to be a fixable issue with a bit of an investment of time, attention and money .
That being said stay here at your own risk and during dryer times ....because if there is bad weather coming in or a slight drizzle in NOLA, according to the owner’s assistant, those bugs are coming in and there isn’t much they can do. If the weather is nice and hot or chilly you may not deal with what we did- I pray no one does ... especially during a celebration!