My wife and I have stayed at various hotels in the area but this was the first Airbnb stay. We are Super Hosts and have a condo on the beach in PCB so understand what it takes to not just please, but impress our guests. Based on that, we have some feedback to share.
The location is good. It is pretty close to the night life on Bourbon Street in one direction and Harrah’s in another direction. There are two parking garages around the corner and close enough to roll your luggage. The overnight price we paid for parking was $35. The one across the street from that one was $25, but I didn’t see that until after we parked and committed.
As far as the unit is concerned, it is nothing like ours. We would have been happier if the unit was actually set up as a second home with some personality. We stay in our unit so know what is needed for a short stay or even a longer one. This unit was not set up that way. The unit is rather large but was sparsely furnished. The large bedroom had two queen beds that were not very comfortable but only a small TV tray type table between the beds with a lamp on it. There is a full length mirror that was nice but there was not dresser or chair or even a luggage rack to put anything on. You either use one bed to keep your luggage on and open to use and sleep on the other or you keep everything on the floor. There is more than enough room for a dresser and chair and actual night stands. Personally, I would have preferred just a king bed instead of 2 queens. I can’t imagine two couples sharing the room but to each their own.
The living room has a sofa and small chair but there is plenty of room for some type of occasional table or something to break up the bare wall where the TV is mounted. It would have been nice to have had a flat screen on the bedroom wall as well.
There is lots of light because of the wall to wall windows. The aluminum mini blinds had some of the blinds bent and it looked kind of tacky but not that big of a deal. The “curtains” that were hung up were pretty much shear panels that did not really do much in either room. It would have been much nicer to have thicker curtains in the bedroom to block that morning sun and maybe muffle some of the honking and sirens that were all too constant.
The bathroom was a good size but was missing a few things. There is only one small towel bar that was nowhere close to the shower so it was a bit inconvenient. Speaking of the shower, there is nothing to put your soap/shampoo and such. There is no shelf or even a hanging shower caddy so everything had to stay on the shower floor. We notified the host about the mold that on the ceiling of the shower and their solution was to have the maintenance guy some paint over it. I am no expert but I suspect if that was really mold, it is still there. The shower glass door didn’t seem to be too effective in keeping the water in because after each shower, water was along the outside of the shower where the caulking looked like maybe there was a mold issue there as well.
The kitchen looked nice. My only question was why there were no kitchen towels to dry your hands or a dish or whatever. I would also have liked to have an option for coffee from pods rather than the simple drip pot that was provided.
This may all seem harsh but we just felt that this unit has a lot of potential but it didn’t seem that the owner had any desire to make it homier. The furniture that was there did not seem to fit the modern look and just felt cheap. The towels were great but the sheets on our bed were worn through to where holes were in them. We did get these two nights at what looked like a discounted price so the value was there but without that discount, I would have been upset at paying more for a place that had so many flaws.